Psychology Services for Townsville & North Queensland
Alliance Rehabilitation provides psychology services to help improve a person’s quality of life by delivering counselling and support services to improve wellness and encourage recovery.
Benefits of Seeing a Psychologist
Taking care of your mental health is incredibly important to live well. Your mental health is linked to your wellbeing and how you engage in the community. Our focus on rehabilitation allows us to assess and treat cognitive and functional difficulties while you are recovering, as well as help you increase your independence and participation in the community.
Disability, injury, and chronic health conditions can create an emotional burden and make completing everyday tasks more difficult. Our psychologists support you to find the balance between acceptance and motivation to move forwards in your recovery.
Benefits include:
- Improved confidence
- Improved self-esteem
- Improved independence
- Developed skills to self-manage
- Coping strategies
- Mental clarity
- Mindfulness
- Improved memory
- Improved acceptance of condition
- Behavioural change
- Decreased symptoms
- Prevention of burnout
- Improved sleep
- Improved mood
- Improved communication
- Increased creativity
- Increased productivity
- Improved physical health
Our treatments focus on changing your thinking patterns, teaching you to recognise your own symptoms, demonstrating how to implement coping skills, and helping you develop the skills to self-manage your own condition. Our psychologists do this through a variety of techniques; each chosen to suit your individual requirements including your values, personality, goals, circumstances, and what you feel comfortable with. They treat developmental, cognitive, social, and emotional difficulties for people of all ages. Our service is not one size fits all – we develop different approaches tailored to your own experience and targeted towards your goals.
Interventions include:
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) – This is a branch/ continuation of CBT.
- Behavioural Interventions
- Counselling
- Psychoeducation
- Mindfulness Techniques
- Relaxation Techniques
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- Schema-Focused Therapy
- Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Self-Help Therapy
- Psychometric assessments
- Support through rehabilitation
- Carer support for burden/burnout
- Motivational interventions
When it comes to psychology, the work is incredibly varied. Any condition impacting your ability to live well, disrupting your day-to-day functioning, affecting your relationships, and harming your productivity can benefit from psychological input.
The most common conditions we treat at Alliance Rehabilitation include:
- Neurological Disorders such as Parkinson’s Disease and Stroke
- Anxiety & Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Depression
- Carer, family, and support worker burden/burnout
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Low Self-esteem
- Relationship issues
- Phobias
- Paediatrics – educators, parents, children to resolve behaviours in school and home
- Eating Disorders or Disordered Eating
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Trauma, grief, crisis, adjustment
- Gender Dysphoria
- Body Dysmorphia or negative body image
- Substance and Addiction abuse – gambling
- Autism Spectrum Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Child and domestic welfare concerns
- Domestic Violence
- Sexual Assault
- Bad new diagnosis
- Chronic Disease or Medical Diagnosis
- Experience a major life change
- Food related issues
- Post-Hospital Support
- Disability Support Services
- Support while engaging in rehab
- Stress or pain
- Sleeping difficulties
- Bereavement
- Athletic performance
- Any condition that results in you needing support for your mental health and wellbeing
What to Expect from an Initial Psychology Session?
Choosing a psychologist is a uniquely personal experience. You need to feel comfortable in your sessions to get the most out of them. The initial session is as much for you to get to know your clinician as it is for them to get to know you. Our initial psychology sessions are designed to get to know as much about your personal history, medical history, social history, current level of motivation, like, dislikes, what you want to achieve, your strengths, and your challenges. Based on the information provided, your therapist will design a therapy plan and case formulation which will work towards your identified goals.
Paediatric Initial Psychology Sessions
Our sessions for children are a little different. The first session is generally where the psychologist will sit down with a parent or carer to discuss their identified goals and what they want their child to achieve their expectations with therapy. They will discuss the context of behavioural issues, what they are struggling with, what areas they are doing well in, and a general overview of strengths and challenges.
Understanding the background of the child’s social and medical history, sleeping patterns, interactions with siblings and each parent, how they play, their triggers, and sensory issues will all paint a larger picture. The psychologist will then meet the child and create a therapy plan.
Psychology Townsville & North Queensland Community Visits
Our psychologists can also provide community visits, school visits, and home visits – assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Multidisciplinary Approach
Our psychologists try to be as involved as possible with the rest of Alliance’s multidisciplinary team. Case conferences between clinicians allows for strategy sharing and gives everyone a full picture of your needs. They can also combine sessions to assist in implementing strategies to help you cope through the physical aspects of rehabilitation.
Referral Options
There are multiple ways for you to be referred to our facility. If you are completing services with us and are not able to continue on a different referral stream, our psychologists are able to discuss next steps and transition options.
How is Alliance Rehabilitation different?
We are a community rehabilitation facility and work across multiple disciplines to provide a comprehensive service. Our community approach allows us to tailor a program to each individual and ensure we are meeting your goals. Our clinicians collaborate to aid in your rehabilitation, and we provide comprehensive assessments, therapy planning, and monitoring to ensure you are experiencing the best quality of life.
Psychologists are passionate about improving your wellbeing and ensuring you are emotionally, cognitively, and socially healthy. Engaging with a psychologist will be one of the bravest steps you take and can help you achieve your full potential. Being mentally well is something people take for granted and having coping strategies in place will ensure you are always supported and ready to take on anything life throws your way.
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