At Bundall Psychology Centre we focus on Mental Health Assessment & Treatment across a broad range of psychological issues, disorders, and concerns.
We provide services for individuals, couples and families, including adults and adolescents.
Mental Health Assessment & Treatment is a primary area of our focus and commitment, and we receive referrals from medical practices, psychiatrists, paediatricians, psychiatric wards, WorkCover, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA), probation and parole services, schools, universities, child care centres, community organisations and the elite sporting community.
Fees for these services are set out on the Fee Structure page.
Treatment Areas:
Treating adults and adolescents, our key areas of treatment include (but are not limited to):
- anxiety
- depression
- anorexia nervosa
- PTSD
- OCD
- panic disorder
- personality disorders (including BPD)
- suicidal ideation
- self-harm
- conduct disorder
- issues of adjustment & coping
- dissociative disorders
- abuse & trauma
- bereavement
- aggression
- other behavioural issues relating to adolescents
- alcohol and other drug use and addiction
Strategies of Approach:
We integrate a broad range of therapeutic approaches to suit the needs and attributes of each client. Working towards the goals you wish to achieve, some of the approaches we often use include:
- cognitive therapy
- cognitive behaviour therapy
- motivational interviewing
- interpersonal therapy
- narrative therapy
- person-centred therapy
- general psycho-education
- psychodynamic
- psychosocial/attachment based approaches
- broader family systems model of approach when working with adolescents.
Online telehealth means that distance need not be a barrier, because video calls let you consult with us from wherever you are with an internet connection.
Research suggests that the therapeutic relationship formed by video call can be comparable to that formed in person.*
Email reception@bundallpsychologycentre.org today to coordinate a time for a video call with us that fits in with your time zone.
* Simpson, S. G., & Reid, C. L. (2014). Therapeutic alliance in video conferencing psychotherapy: A review. The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 22 (6), 280-299.
We work closely with couples, guiding them through healthy ways to communicate as they discuss key areas of conflict and concern.
Our primary aim is to help couples move towards an invigorated partnership by working together on the barriers to their intimacy and renewing their love and commitment.
Key issues addressed along the way may include, for example, effective conflict resolution, creating and respecting boundaries, and communication skills. In cases where relationship separation and/or divorce is the preferred outcome, we assist couples to come to as healthy a resolution as possible.
Our team brings experience as qualified school teachers, university lecturers and parents. We have a broad range of expertise in the areas of child and adolescent development, parenting, and family dynamics.
Families
Key family issues we regularly help with include discipline & behavioural issues, conflict resolution, family dynamics, separation & divorce, step-families, and school issues.
With families, we often combine individual sessions, including separate sessions for adolescents, with group sessions for several family members.
Groups
At Bundall Psychology Centre we also provide opportunities for group therapy sessions on specific topics at different times throughout the year. Focus areas for these sessions include anger management, stress management, anxiety & depression, post-trauma recovery, parenting, communication skills, and assertiveness training.
With 3-10 participants per group, sessions are scheduled to run once per week, for 10 weeks. Details of the next group therapy session available and how you can be involved can be obtained by contacting our office.
We provide psychological assessments for adolescents and adults, and the purpose of each assessment is agreed at the outset.
A full assessment usually requires 2 to 6 consultations, depending on its purpose. Components of an assessment include the completion of assessment items, followed by a review and discussions relating to those items, often culminating in a written report.
In addition to private clients, we often receive requests for psychological assessments from a variety of other sources, such as WorkCover, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, probation & parole offices, solicitors, and schools.
This wide range of referrers reflects the many possible objectives for psychological assessments, which can also include high-performance functioning, team dynamics, and group cohesion in contexts such as sport, the performing arts and the workplace.
We can provide psychological assessments and reports for psycho-legal matters.
Each report follows a comprehensive assessment of the client’s psychological state over several sessions.
We also provide psychological rehabilitation services and related treatment of criminal behaviour, with referrals from probation & parole offices and related criminal court-ordered treatment plans. We work with clients towards authentic and enduring rehabilitation.
What to expect
Seeing a psychologist for the first time can feel a little unnerving, and it is natural to have some reservations.
We are sensitive to this and therefore committed to providing a relaxed environment that will not create pressure or expectations on you.
Your first session is an opportunity to get to know your psychologist and for them to gain an understanding of you and the situation you want to work through. The sessions that follow will involve you working together with your psychologist toward the goals that you wish to achieve. Each standard session is 50 minutes in length.
Because our work is for your benefit, we are always glad to talk through anything about our services that leaves you uncomfortable or unsure.
