Services

Adult Psychology Therapy
Child and Adolescent Psychological Therapy
Counselling
Family Therapy
Group Therapy
Group Based Pychoeducation
Health Psychology
Medicolegal Service
Organisational Services
Psychological Assessment
Relationship Therapy 
Supervision

Adult Psychological Therapy– Treatment for the following:

• Abuse – victim sexual, physical abuse.
• Addictions - Smoking, Alcohol, illegal drugs, gambling
• Adherence to Medication
• Adjustment disorder - Marital Breakdown, Life and/ or job changes.
• Anger Management
• Anxiety – panic disorder, agoraphobia, health anxiety, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, specific phobias or fears.
• Behavioural and Mental Health Problems in persons with an intellectual disability
• Bipolar Affective Disorder
• Depression –mild, moderate and major depression, Postnatal
• Dissociative (conversion) disorder
• Eating Disorders – Overweight, Anorexia, Bulimia
• Grief and Loss Counselling – Death, Marital Breakdown, Life changes
• Impulse-Control Disorders- trichotillomania, kleptomania
• Pain Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosis  
• Sadness
• Sexual – Loss of Desire, problems with partner, sexual pain, orgasmic disorder, premature ejaculation
• Stress
• The time it takes for many of these difficulties to improve will vary a great deal from person to person, and will depend on the severity of the difficulty and as well as other factors affecting a person’s life.

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Child and Adolescent Psychological Therapy

• ADHD/ADD
• Adjustment disorder - Marital Breakdown, Life and/ or job changes.
• Anger Management
• Anxiety and Fears – panic disorder, agoraphobia, health anxiety, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, specific phobias or fears.
• Attachment Disorders
• Autism Spectrum - Aspergers
• Behavioural and Mental Health Problems in persons with an intellectual disability
• Bipolar Affective Disorder
• Bullying Victim
• Child Abuse victim
• Conduct Disorder
• Depression / sadness –mild, moderate and major depression.
• Dissociative (conversion) disorder
• Eating Disorders – Overweight, Anorexia, Bulimia
• Elimination (Toileting) Disorders – Encopresis (Constipation and Overflow)  and Enuresis
• Grief and Loss Counselling –, Death, Marital Breakdown
• Low Self Esteem
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Pain - Chronic Pain, Migraine, Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Personality Disorders
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Psychosis
• Selective Mutism
• Stress
• Tic Disorders - Tourette’s Disorder

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Counselling

Counselling is for any individual who wishes to improve areas of their life. It is a confidential, supportive and professional service for those seeking assistance with personal, work or life issues. Counselling can allow for greater self-awareness, that is, one comes to a greater understanding of how one’s thoughts, emotions and behaviours interact and influence our management of problems and relationships. This information often results greater freedom to fully participate one’s life. For example, counselling can help people overcome barriers and/or make positive changes around specific issues or situations (such as improving our relationship with our parent(s)). Counselling is usually of shorter duration than psychological therapy.

Family Therapy

Is designed to assist family’s functioning by examining the barriers to communicating and behaving effectively in all key members of a family unit, including, siblings, parents, step-parents and grandparents. The goal is to develop skills and patterns of relating which help families more effectively manage their problems and conflicts now and in the future.

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Group Therapy

Weekly sessions of 60-80 minutes (depending on enrolment numbers) will run for minimum of 12 weeks. Groups on specific topics will be repeated during year depending on demand. A minimum of   people is required for some group programs to run and 6 people need to be enrolled to attract a Medicare rebate.

Therapy Groups will be closed; that is no new people will be able to join the group once it has commenced. Patients will be required to enrol in the group program by completing an application form and they must be in individual therapy. Individual therapy can be provided by another service such as Community Mental Health, Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service, Lifeline, Centerlink psychologist or another private psychologist. Applicants are expected to be able to attend most of the sessions.

Inclusion in the group program is influenced by a number of factors, including; the specific characteristics of the applicants. The aim of the selection process is to minimise dropouts and make the groups as productive as possible. On selection to a group, you will be provided with a set of behaviour standards for participating in group therapy including the requirement to provide 2-sessions notice before dropping out of group.  

Planed Closed Therapy Groups for 2008

• Mature, Blues - Older persons with depression (commencing February 2008)
• Get It Together - Distress Tolerance and Social Skills Training for people with a mental illness and/or personality disorder (commencing February 2008)
• Stress Less - Anxiety Disorders  (commencing April 2008)
• Girls Talk – Psychotherapy group 15-16 year old girls with a mental illness or emotional difficulties  (May 2008 – 18 week program)
• Confident Kids – CBT program for 10 -12 year old boys with emotional difficulties (August 2008).
• Clearing Up Troubles (CUT) – Dialectical Behaviour Therapy program for young people who self-harm (October 2008).

Other Groups may offered depending on demand (e.g. anger, post-natal depression, substance misuse disorders – binge drinking). 

Please feel free to contact Insight if you are organisation caring for a number of persons with difficulties as we can tailor a program to the groups needs (e.g. managing chronic pain, social skills for adolescents etc). 

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Group Based Pychoeducation

• Fortnightly education session (40 minutes) on improving quality of life when mental illness or an emotional difficulties affect you, a loved one, or friend. List of topics to be posted monthly under NEWS on this website and advertised in The Chronicle Newspaper.
• Open group format (anyone can attend any of the session) commencing February 2008. However, attendance limited to 10 people per session. Enrolments taken via email, fax, phone or in person at rooms. Cost is $10 per person.  
• All revenue raised is to help fund an annual 4 day ‘adventure-based’ therapy camp (Time Out)  for Hervey Bay children whose parent’s have a severe mental illness. This will be run by occupational therapist and Australian expert in adventure based therapy. Currently, Insight is seeking sponsorship from other businesses to support this activity. Please contact, Justine Clark, if you are able to assist.

Health Psychology

• Headaches (migraines and tension)
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Sleep problems
• Weight management
• Adhering with medical treatment
• Management of chronic pain

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Medicolegal Service

Insight is able to provide the following range of medicolegal consulting services to assist in claims management and litigation process:

• General forensic assessments (including juvenile assessments)
• Court reports (criminal and civil cases)
• Post-traumatic psychological injury
• Child custody evaluations and parenting adeptness
• Personal injury assessments
• Malingering assessments
• Psychological and neuropsychological assessment
• Testamentary capacity and assessment of capacity to make decisions
• Work Cover claims and workplace stress related injuries assessment

We have worked in a variety of sectors including child and adolescent mental health, adult and older person’s mental health, rehabilitation and organisational sector. We have been required to manage patients with a variety of forensic or other legal issues, undertake assessments, and write court reports while they are under our management.

We able to conduct independent, comprehensive assessments of psychological injury in claimants who might be suffering from conditions such as; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Stress or the impact of unfair treatment and harassment.

Assessments include interviews, psychometric testing and liaison with employers/colleagues, and other relevant parties. All our findings are reported clearly and thoroughly, with attention given to contributing factors; validity of reported and presenting symptoms; psychometric test findings; DSM IV Diagnosis and treatment and/or return to work recommendations.

Similarly, in criminal assessments (related to assaults, sex offenses, robbery, fraud, traffic offenses or drug charges), we pay close attention to referral questions and standard reports include the following:
(1) Comprehensive background information to identify factors relevant to offending;
(2) Psychometric testing (IQ, personality, emotional state, specific clinical factors, and neuropsychological functioning where appropriate);
(3) Detailed scientifically-based conclusions, and
(4) Practical recommendations for treatment and/or sentencing.

We accept referrals from Legal Aid and private solicitors. Referrals can be made by contacting the rooms or click here to email your clients details.

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Organisational Services

• Employee Assistance Program
• Psychological Safety Assessments – Self-report tool and further psychological assessment interviews for ‘at-risk’ employees.
• Critical Incident and Trauma Management
• Team Process and Development (e.g. improving dysfunctional teams)
• Work Place Conflict Resolution
• Workshops – improving personal effectiveness (e.g. stress management skills) and relationships with co-workers or customers (e.g. communication skills and dealing with angry customers).
• Program Evaluation – Survey or questionnaire design and analysis; organisational and cultural change assessment and management strategies.
• Vocational Rehabilitation Assessment and Return to Work Services after Psychological Injuries.

Psychological Assessment

• Autism Assessments
• Cognitive or IQ Assessment (Intellectual functioning)
• Neuropsychological Assessment
• Memory and Dementia Screening
• Testamentary capacity and assessment of capacity to make decisions
• Personality Assessment
• Gifted and Talented Assessments
• Developmental and Learning Difficulty Assessments

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Relationship Therapy 

• Strengthening and Enrichment programs for non- or mildly-distressed couples
• Affairs - repairing relationships after infeidelity
• Severe Conflict (and/or violence) in Defacto and Marital relationships
• Same sex couples
• Sexual difficulties
• Surviving Separation and Divorce
• Parenting Plans

Supervision

• Allied Health Workers - Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Dieticians seeking specific supervision on psychological interventions or issues.
• Counsellors - Supervision and professional development plans.
• Psychologists - Able to provide supervision for psychologists for professional development or to become members of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists.
• School Guidance Officers  - Supervision of cognitive assessments and interventions.

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