Mental health matters for children and adolescents

What problems can a Psychologists help with?Child Clinical Psychologists deal with a wide range of mental health problems. Many children and young people are troubled by emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems and these cause worry and distress to those who care for them, their families and teachers. A large part of a Clinical Psychologist’s work is to identify the problem, understand the causes and advise about what may help.

Services offered
An individual service is offered to clients either in their own home or at the consulting rooms.  Children may experience personal problems, relationship difficulties, trauma, emotional stress or issues relating to self-concept.  This may be addressed with behavioural, cognitive-behavioural (CBT), systemic, and solution focused based therapies. 

Expertise
Specialist advice, assessment and intervention is offered for developmental and acquired difficulties such as traumatic brain injury, ADHD, learning difficulties, and school attainment issues.  Assessment and advice is provided regarding the necessary school based requirements to meet the child's special educational needs in mainstream or special schools.