NEW OFFICE
OPENING IN
SYDENHAM
OCTOBER 2023
Exciting News! We are expanding to a new Sydenham location, opening in October 2023.
The new clinic will offer cognitive, psychoeducational, and autism assessments. Therapy services will commence in November 2023. Current waitlisted clients will be invited to access services at the new office. Referrals are open for children and young people, and funding options include NDIS, private fees, and CAREinMIND partnership.
For inquiries and appointments, please contact us at 03 98117052.
We look forward to welcoming you at our new location soon!
The new clinic will offer cognitive, psychoeducational, and autism assessments. Therapy services will commence in November 2023. Current waitlisted clients will be invited to access services at the new office. Referrals are open for children and young people, and funding options include NDIS, private fees, and CAREinMIND partnership.
For inquiries and appointments, please contact us at 03 98117052.
We look forward to welcoming you at our new location soon!
Child and
Family
Psychologists
We provide a range of child and family mental health and wellbeing services, including support workers. We have child & adolescent clinical services; neurodevelopmental assessments and interventions; as well as psychoeducational assessments. We also have wonderful youth support workers who assist kids and teens in our Like Minded & Co. interest based groups.
Our Values
Our values guide our approach to all aspects of our work, both as team members and our
work with clients and their families, as well as the community around us.
● Celebrate diversity: All our lives are enriched by diversity and in doing so we embrace and honour unique perspectives and respect lived experiences
● Integrity: We build trust through responsible actions and honest relationships
● Collaboration: We achieve more when we collaborate and work together
● Curiosity: We seek a deep understanding of other's experiences and needs
● Compassion: We approach relationships with compassion and sensitivity
● Creativity: We know complex challenges require unique solutions and we value 'out of the box' thinking
work with clients and their families, as well as the community around us.
● Celebrate diversity: All our lives are enriched by diversity and in doing so we embrace and honour unique perspectives and respect lived experiences
● Integrity: We build trust through responsible actions and honest relationships
● Collaboration: We achieve more when we collaborate and work together
● Curiosity: We seek a deep understanding of other's experiences and needs
● Compassion: We approach relationships with compassion and sensitivity
● Creativity: We know complex challenges require unique solutions and we value 'out of the box' thinking
What we can
provide
We are a team of child and family focussed psychologists with offices in Sunbury and Sydenham. We share a strong commitment to supporting families through evidence based quality services. We strive to develop open and supportive relationships with the families we see. We value your feedback and participation at every step of the way, from assessment to planning and treatment. Our office is set up to provide a supportive and welcoming space for families and children.
Assessment
In family/child work we usually meet with your family first, to hear about your concerns and hopes. Assessment usually involves a mix of seeing parents/carers and children, both together and separately. A feedback session with parents/carers provides a space to further discuss concerns and work together to develop a tailored intervention for your child.
Therapy and
Interventions
Similarly to the assessment phase, therapy may involve working via a mix of joint and separate parent and children sessions. Most approaches will require both parents and children to commit to some shared goals. Child-only sessions may involve talking, play-based work, drawing, and other child-friendly therapeutic activities.
Family Wrap-Around
Services
Sometimes more than one person in a family might benefit from support (e.g., siblings or parents) and we can provide a wrap-around service for the family with multiple clinician's working together to support the family. If needed, and where possible, we will try to provide parallel appointments so, for example, a child and parent can be seen during the one appointment time to reduce the load on busy families.