Services
Core Focus
Individual Therapy
Michelle offers individual therapy sessions lasting 50 minutes. During your initial appointment, Michelle will focus on exploring the reasons you are seeking therapy and gain a comprehensive understanding of your primary concerns. Michelle will also review your personal history to better understand you and tailor a treatment plan accordingly.
By the end of your first session, you will have a clear sense of the treatment direction. Michelle will collaborate closely with you to establish goals aimed at enhancing your overall well-being. Subsequent sessions will concentrate on working towards these goals, with regular check-ins to ensure your satisfaction with the therapy’s progression.
Michelle can support addressing the following concerns:
– Self Esteem
– Self-Harming
– Sexual Abuse
– Sleep or Insomnia
– Stress
– Suicidal Ideation
– Workcover
– Family Conflict
– Infidelity
– Life Transitions
– Marital and Premarital
– Peer Relationships
– School Issues
– Chronic Pain
– Codependency
– Coping Skills
– Depression
– Divorce
– Domestic Abuse
– Domestic Violence
– Emotional Disturbance
– Anger Management
– Anxiety
– Behavioural Issues
– Bereavement
– Career Guidance
– Chronic Illness
Assessments
At Building Stability Psychology, Michelle offers Cognitive, Psychoeducational and ADHD assessments (subject to capacity and availability).
The Assessment Process
For all assessments at Building Stability Psychology, an initial intake assessment will be required, where comprehensive background information is gathered to gain a holistic view of the individual. The next step is the testing session.
The time will vary depending on the assessment, but can be up to 3 hours. Michelle will then score and interpret assessment data and complete a comprehensive report.
Psychometrics including self-report measures will be sent to you for completion at home and Michelle may also recommend that collateral information is obtained (for example, from a partner or parent) to aid in the assessment. Michelle will provide you with information regarding this during your intake assessment.
Following this a feedback session will occur to discuss the assessment results and report in detail.
Cognitive Assessment (6yrs to 90yrs)
For all assessments at Building Stability Psychology, an initial intake assessment will be required, where comprehensive background information is gathered to gain a holistic view of the individual. The next step is the testing session.
The time will vary depending on the assessment, but can be up to 3 hours. Michelle will then score and interpret assessment data and complete a comprehensive report.
Psychometrics including self-report measures will be sent to you for completion at home and Michelle may also recommend that collateral information is obtained (for example, from a partner or parent) to aid in the assessment. Michelle will provide you with information regarding this during your intake assessment.
Following this a feedback session will occur to discuss the assessment results and report in detail.
Educational assessment
An educational assessment requires an additional assessment (Weschler Individual Achievement Test – Third Edition) to assess a person’s academic functioning. It provides useful clinical information including a person’s academic strengths and weaknesses, designing learning plans, informing eligibility for educational services and diagnosis of a specific learning disability.
ADHD Assessments
ADHD assessments may include a cognitive assessment, clinical diagnostic interview and additional assessment questionnaires to be completed by parents, teachers or other family members.
There are variations for Adult assessments. Please contact Michelle for further details.
Cost (subject to change):
The costs are all inclusive of the time required to complete the relevant assessment (including initial appointment, the completion of several questionnaires, testing appointment(s), scoring/interpreting, report writing and feedback session).
The full assessment is $1950 and a 50% deposit is required upon booking. The written report will be provided within 2 to 3 weeks of the assessment.
Psychoeducational Assessments is $2400 with a 50% deposit, described above.
Please contact Michelle for fee’s related to ADHD assessment.