Services we provide
Why see a psychologist?
Psychologists are trained in the study of human behaviour. Many of the reasons underlying our behaviours are subconscious, or unconscious. Simply bringing to consciousness our motives for behaviour allows us to become more aware of our actions, and progressively motivates us to implement new skills to manage what would otherwise be defined as difficult circumstances.
All psychologists at The Hills Psychology Clinic are fully registered with the NSW Psychologists Registration Board. The highest level of training – as outlined by the Australian Psychological Society (APS) – requires that a psychologist is university trained, with a minimum of 6 years training in psychology: 4 years undergraduate and 2 years Masters in a specific discipline of Psychology.
All psychologists at The Hills Psychology Clinic meet this level of training, so you can be sure that you will be receiving the highest level of theoretical understanding, practical skills, and expert service.
We can offer
- Assessment for individuals, children, couples, families
- Psychological counselling for individuals, children, couples, families
- Advice and strategies for corporations to manage conflict resolution and coaching for staff regarding how to manage psychological issues in the workplace
- Advice and strategies to facilitate improved relationships between a child/adolescent and their future directions (academically or otherwise)
- Psychological reports and profiles for schools, employers, legal proceedings
Know yourself
Karen Michael (Managing Director and Principal Psychologist) has developed a 10-12 week program (using an integrative approach of two evidence-based psychological models) that produces effective, adaptive long-term solutions to recently identified, long-standing difficulties to daily functioning.
The program has demonstrated that the possibility of relapse is significantly minimized, and in fact, from feedback data collected over the last 5 years from over 327 clients, no significant relapse has been reported from clients after a 10-month period from discharge from psychological counseling.
The program involves a 5 week course exploring an individual’s lifetime of experiences and relationships, outlining the exposures to models and perspectives of the world. The individual is then guided through a deconstruction of these models and perspectives, allowing the individual to define his/her behavioural patterns, as well as the psychological and emotional motives that underlie them.
From this, we are then able to define the “missing links” – the information and skills that are required to allow the individual to develop and progressively implement improved means to manage their environment, in order to challenge long-standing motives and behaviours.