Services at Benesse Psychology
Our team provides compassionate and expert care tailored to your individual needs.
Therapy
Improving mental health and wellbeing through individual therapy.
Who is this for?
For adults across the lifespan, therapy services will help you work through life’s challenges using effective evidence-based psychological therapies. We tailor our services to your individual needs, with an approach designed to reduce symptoms and improve mental health and wellbeing.
What types of presentations do we work with?
Depression and associated emotional difficulties
Anxiety disorders, including phobias, panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder
Autism, ADHD
Post traumatic stress disorder
Complex mental health presentations
Grief and bereavement
Adjustment difficulties and life transition issues
What psychological therapies do we use?
We provide an integrative range of evidence-based therapies. These are therapies that have shown repeatedly in controlled research studies to be effective in reducing symptoms.
Some of the therapies we offer:
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Acceptance and commitment therapy
Dialectical behaviour therapy
Person-centred therapy
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
Psychodynamic therapy
Online therapy
Supervision
Professional guidance and advice for psychologists and mental health practitioners.
Benesse Psychology has a supervisor approved by the Psychology Board of Australia who can provide supervision to meet a range of industry needs.
Professional supervision is important for facilitating the learning and mentoring of practitioners at various stages of their career. Supervision provides a safe place for reflection to reveal areas for ongoing professional development. As a private practice, our own ongoing clinical supervision helps us to stay up to date with new skills to assist our therapy.
What types of supervision are offered?
Ongoing professional development and peer supervision requirements
Endorsement as an educational and developmental psychologist
Registration as a psychologist
Mental health practitioners wishing to further develop their skills
Assessment
Everyone has potential and an assessment can guide their journey.
We provide comprehensive and accurate educational and neurodevelopmental assessments. The assessment process can be a guide for children, adolescents and adults on their journey to reach their potential. We have expertise with specific learning disorders, attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, autism and intellectual disability.
The assessment process can provide insights, recommendations, and practical strategies that honour each person’s uniqueness. Our neurodiversity-affirming approach is informed by the belief that assessments should not just identify areas of difficulty but also highlight each person’s strengths and capabilities.
What is the process for assessment?
1. Initial assessment consultation
Plan: Discuss your concerns and provide relevant background information.
This consultation focuses on your or your child’s developmental history, education, learning experiences, social interaction, daily living skills and any areas of challenge. During the session, you will learn about the type of assessment, what to expect, and any other requirements that may be helpful
2. Formal assessment sessions
Plan: Identify cognitive and/or learning strengths and challenges.
Problem solving tasks are completed over required sessions with breaks as needed. These sessions are tailored to the assessment needs and may include additional questionnaires, assessment tools, or a structured interview.
3. Report writing
Plan: Provide a comprehensive written report of the assessment process.
The report is drafted detailing current strengths and challenges, a summary of significant findings, and practical recommendations for support. The report will be provided to you con completion of the assessment process. It is typically available 4 weeks after the assessment.
4. Feedback appointment
Plan: Clarify any questions and discuss the assessment findings in detail.
The feedback session provides an opportunity to unpack assessment findings, understand recommendations, next steps and support strategies.
Information for Healthcare Professionals
Professional Supervision
We provide supervision for Psychologists and other Healthcare Professionals.
Kathy is a Board Approved Supervisor with the Psychology Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Principal supervision is available for those working toward endorsement via the Educational and Developmental Psychology Registrar program.
Accessibility
We offer sessions online so that people can connect from the comfort of their home or office. We also provide in person sessions at our consulting rooms in two locations.
Our Brisbane consulting room is in Holland Park (Brisbane, Queensland, 4121).
Our Toowoomba consulting room is in Newtown (Toowoomba, Queensland, 4350).
Referrals to Benesse Psychology
We welcome client referrals from General Practitioners, Psychiatrists and Health Professionals. To make a referral, please email your referral letter and required documentation (for example, Mental Health Treatment Plan as appropriate) to admin@benessepsych.com.au or Kathy@benessepsych.com.au.
