Welcome to Minding Family Townsville

We offer a wide range of Psychological and Allied Health Services to individuals across the lifespan to enhance and promote everyday balance, health and wellbeing.

Our clinicians are highly qualified, experienced and committed to helping you find balance and wellbeing in your life. We pride ourselves on delivering techniques and therapies with demonstrated effectiveness (evidence-based interventions) for a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties for individuals, couples and families across the lifespan. In addition, our clinicians are all trained to work with individuals with disabilities.

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How we can help

  • Anxiety, stress, depression and phobias

  • Developmental problems and learning difficulties

  • Eating disorders including preventative programmes

  • Behavioural, concentration and sleep problems

  • Grief, loss and adjustment difficulties

  • Self-esteem and social skills training

We offer individualised treatment for:

  • Parenting supports

  • Family dispute resolutions

  • Relationships in the home and workplace

  • Study skills without the stress

  • General life direction

  • Complex disorders: ADHD, Tourette’s.

We also provide Psychological and Occupational Therapy Assessment for:

  • Early developmental baselines following delays/birth

  • Autism Spectrum conditions

  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders

  • Intellectual disabilities/global developmental delays

  • Learning difficulties/disorders

  • Neurological conditions (traumatic brain Injury; stroke)

  • Assessments for competency.

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Frequently asked questions

  • Psychologists study human behaviour in undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, subsequently completing a period of supervised experience prior to gaining registration. Unlike psychiatrists, psychologists do not obtain a medical degree and cannot prescribe medication, although they may have doctoral level qualifications. Psychologists can assist individuals, couples and families with a range of concerns such as anxiety and depression.

    Clinical psychologists have specialist training in psychological therapy and assessment for mental health conditions that range from mild to severe as well as complex disorders.

    Alternatively, psychiatrists obtained degrees in general medicine prior to completing further study to specialise in the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric problems, treating the effects of these conditions on the body and mind.

    Counsellors assist individuals to make changes to their lives, each having very different qualifications and experience levels.

  • Sessions typically last 50 minutes. During the initial sessions, the psychologist will explore your background and presenting concerns, along with your thoughts, feelings and behaviours, to assist with identifying your individualised treatment goals and planning.

    Our psychologists are highly trained, experienced and committed to providing the highest quality psychological services which are effective in achieving your specific goals.

  • The aim of therapy is to improve symptoms and decrease distress. Improvement in symptoms and the duration of psychological intervention varies depending on the complexity of the presenting concern, and some presentations are suited for longer-term management. Therapy is particularly effective when skills taught in session are applied in your everyday life and practiced regularly. Most sessions will involve ‘homework’ activities relating to session content, and progress is regularly reviewed in session.

    We may also regularly ask you to complete questionnaires to help us monitor your improvement and satisfaction with services.

  • Psychometric or diagnostic assessment typically takes place over a number of sessions. Initially, the psychologist completes a clinical developmental interview, asking questions about symptoms, medical/developmental history, educational background, and social functioning.

    Comprehensive cognitive and behavioural assessments (sessions are typically 2hrs each) are then conducted, involving tasks like answering questions or completing paper and pencil exercises. Test scores obtained from these assessments are then compared to groups of same-age healthy people to determine whether or not the obtained scores are expected for a particular age group. Psychometric assessments enable the identification of strengths and difficulties in cognitive and behavioural / emotional functioning, and are useful for differential diagnosis and treatment planning.

    Following the completion of scoring and interpreting assessment results, a comprehensive report is prepared and a feedback session will be organised to discuss the results and recommendations. An original and copies of the final report will be provided.

  • Psychologists are bound by legal and ethical requirements for confidentiality and privacy of client information. Client files are stored securely in line with our Regulatory Boards’ (APS & AHPRA) guidelines.

    Information that you disclose to the psychologist in session is confidential unless you provide permission for disclosure of information; if your information is subpoenaed by a court; or if failure to disclose the information places you or others at risk of severe harm.  For further information regarding confidentiality, please see the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Charter for Clients located in the ‘News and Resources’ section of this website.