Registered Psychologists (Clinical)
*Medicare Bulk-Billing and Workcover, Insurance and Educational Assessment
Ngak Min provides a supportive environment, working closely with you, to understand your individual situation and needs. Through discussions focussing on thoughts and feelings that may be of concern, we look towards you gaining new perspectives and understanding.
Psychological tests may be part of the counselling process. Counselling can be provided on a one-to-one basis, or you may be seen with your partner, family or significant other.
Client privacy is protected under strict guidelines for professional conduct of Psychologists that include confidentiality. Ethical codes are set and monitored to safeguard consumer welfare.
How a Clinical Psychologist can help:
- Manage stress and conflict at home and work;
- Deal with grief, loss and trauma;
- Overcome feelings of depression, anxiety and fear;
- Increase self-esteem and confidence;
- Cope with disabilities or health problems;
- Deal with problems related to alcohol and drug use;
- Manage chronic pain;
- Recover from eating disorders;
- Handle obsessions and compulsions;
- Deal with sexual concerns;
- Enhance personal relationships;
- Manage anger or violence.
- Build a satisfying relationship;
- Manage conflict or disagreement;
- Improve parenting skills;
- Improve difficult relationships;
- Cope with separation, divorce or re-marriage;
- Deal with problems in blended families
These services are covered by Medicare and will be bulk- billed:
- Assessed Mental Health Disorder
- Alcohol use
- Drug use
- Chronic psychotic
- Acute psychotic
- Bipolar
- Depression
- Phobic
- Panic
- Generalised anxiety
- Mixed anxiety and depression
- Adjustment
- Dissociative (conversion)
- Unexplained somatic complaints
- Neurasthenia
- Eating
- Sleep problems
- Sexual
- Hyperkinetic (attention deficit)
- Enuresis
- Bereavement
- Mental disorder, not otherwise specified
- Pregnancy support
- Children < 13 with autism & DD -4
- People with chronic medical needs
Non-Medicare services
- Workcover (6-8 sessions)
- Employers assistance program (3) psychological/educational assessments and medico-legal reports