Psychology
At Ability Action Australia, our psychologists provide specialised assessment, diagnosis and treatment of mental health, behavioural and emotional conditions for people of all ages
We offer face-to-face services in NSW, Victoria, TAS, QLD and WA either from one of our clinics or through our convenient mobile services where our clinicians come to you. We also offer services nationally via our Telehealth service.
How you benefit
Our Psychology service offers a broad variety of benefits for NDIS participants, including an improved ability for you to relate to family and friends, connect with your local community and enrich your quality of life.
There is strong evidence for the benefits of psychology for a range of participants, including those living with physical, psychosocial, neurological, sensory, cognitive and intellectual disability.
Like other allied health disciplines, the role of a psychology clinician providing services via an NDIS plan is to help you reach your goals. Our psychology clinicians will complete a specialised clinical assessment to identify the mental health, behavioural and emotional conditions preventing you from working towards your goals, and then generate an individualised, evidence-based intervention plan to address these. The intervention our psychology clinicians provide could include:
- Assessment of cognitive or intellectual functioning, to support a better understanding of the challenges you face and facilitate more effective intervention
- Support and intervention of cognitive difficulties, such as problems with memory, attention, and planning
- Support with the adjustment to a new health condition or with challenges related to a lifelong disability
- Strategies to improve emotional regulation, inclusive of anger, anxiety, or sadness
- Skills to facilitate social interactions, social communication, and connections with others