Services

Therapy Services for Children and Young People

To fully engage in therapy, children and young people need to feel safe, heard and understood. At yellow dog psychology we pride ourself on creating a fun and engaging environment that supports and fosters participation and willingness to address the concerns of your child or young person.

What do we treat?

Depression and low mood
Anxiety disorders
Low self-esteem
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Trauma based behaviours and attachment concerns
Behavioural problems
Parenting and Family relationship difficulties
Peer relationship difficulties and bullying
Anger management
Learning difficulties and disorders
Exam stress and anxiety
Self-harm and suicidal ideation

Our therapeutic approaches

Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Schema Therapy
Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Attachment-based therapy
Narrative therapy
Play based therapy
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy

Therapy Services for Young Adults

Stepping into to young adulthood can be challenging and daunting, particularly if childhood brought its own significant challenges. At yellow dog we can not only help with a range of concerns and worries, but we can support you to understand how your journey through childhood impacts on your current emotional experience, your relationships and your sense of place in the world.

Trauma Therapy for Adults

Trauma can have a huge impact on your life, effecting all facets of everyday functioning. It can impact on your intimate and family relationships, effect your performance at work and can result in debilitating symptoms. Despite this, it is possible to heal from your past experiences.

At Yellow Dog Psychology we are passionate about helping people heal and overcome the traumatic events they have experienced. We provide effective, evidence-based therapy that helps you manage the symptoms and day-to-day impacts of PTSD/trauma. Therapy can include EMDR, narrative, somatic (body based) and schema therapies and the right therapy approach will be a collaboratively agreed upon.

Assessment and Testing

We offer comprehensive learning and cognitive assessments for children, and young people. These assessments help to identify any underlying problems your child or young person may be experiencing with learning.

A learning / psychoeducational assessment can assist in identifying or diagnosing:

Specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia (problems with reading, spelling, writing, maths)
Attention and memory difficulties
Intellectual disability
Intellectual giftedness

These assessments will be tailored to your specific need, contact us for further information.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Assessment

At yellow dog psychology we offer Autism Spectrum Disorder assessments. The assessment process can assist in the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in children and young people.

Our ASD assessments are conducted using a range of assessment techniques, including clinical interviews (Autism Diagnostic Interview - Revised; ADI-R), Observations and child assessment sessions. Our assessments are conducted according to the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5)

Clinical and Reflective Supervision

We can provide supervision for provisional psychologists under the 4+2 and 5+1 AHPRA intern program. We can also provide supervision for registered psychologists wishing to gain their clinical endorsement.

Professional/clinical supervision is an important part of individual development and professional accountability. We provide individual professional/reflective supervision.

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