Services

Adult

On average, one in five people in Australia will experience some sort of mental health concern at some point in their life. If you or someone close to you is suffering because of a mental health problem, help is just a phone call away.

  • anxiety and depression

  • panic attacks

  • motivational concerns

  • relationship difficulties

  • concerns about addiction

  • stress

  • pain

  • anger management

  • adult ADD ADHD

  • grief & loss

  • health and body image

All of your enquiries are non judgmental, treated with confidentiality and respect.

Adolescents

Most adolescents are psychologically healthy, sometimes difficulties can arise.

Parents may identify changes in behaviour such as:

  • increased aggressiveness

  • school disengagement

  • relationship problems with family and friends

  • low mood

  • alcohol and drug abuse,

  • inappropriate sexual activity

Rockingham Psychology, are specialists in adolescent mental health and provide services for adolescents who may be experiencing difficulties navigating through this period in their lives.

Children

Parenting can bring joy and meaning to your life, but there's no denying that it can also be a challenge and can result in much stress. At Rockingham Psychology we can help you to work out the origins of 'problem behaviour' and effectively manage these challenges.

Some of the problems parents are often concerned about include:

  • hyperactivity

  • changes in sleep patterns and nightmares

  • anxiety and fearfulness

  • toileting issues and bed-wetting

  • language problems

  • increased defiance

  • refusal to attend school and

  • anger outbursts

  • adjustment to changes in family structures

These are just some of the behaviours that may indicate distress or disturbance.
Rockingham Psychology is experienced in diagnosing and treating many child related issues and welcome your enquiry.

We use child-friendly assessment and treatment approaches to ensure your child feels comfortable. In fact, many children even enjoy attending!

Workers Compensation

Full-time workers spend about one third of a week working and travelling to and from. Work takes up considerable time, effort and resources and has many powerful benefits but it is associated with stresses that may cause harm to workers such as physical injury and psychological difficulties.

In fact, a number of reports indicate that psychological ill-health is much more common than physical injury, requiring longer recovery times. Workers are however less likely to present for psychological difficulties due to the stigma associated with both with mental health and Workers Compensation claims. Management also often fail to realize the costs of such illness to organisations/business.

We believe it is important to deal with psychological issues relating to work which can affect every working person either directly or indirectly due to injury, bullying, and things like job control, demands, work-load and job security. This can lead to Workers Compensation claims for illnesses such as depression, anxiety and PTSD developed because of work conditions.

As such our goal is to assist our clients to deal with these disorders/situations arising from the work-place using evidence based therapies to enhance their well-being, potential and return to employment.

Motor Vehicle Accident

Most people are likely to be exposed directly or indirectly to potentially traumatic events. These may be single episodes such as a motor vehicle or other accident, physical or sexual assault, natural disasters e.g. flood, cyclone, earthquake, bushfire; a terrorist act; or repeated and persisting events e.g. domestic violence, childhood abuse/neglect, military and emergency services roles, refugee and war experiences. Intense emotional feelings such as fear, anger, shame, guilt, terror, numbness, powerlessness or hopelessness often affect the survivors.

The usual process is for this intense emotional state to lessen and stop a few weeks after the event i.e. the natural healing processes take place. For some, and it is a significant minority the natural process does not operate as well as expected and people have difficulty recovering following traumatic or stressful events. This is not a measure of weakness or inability. The emotional distress continues and may develop into mental health conditions such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), acute stress reaction, depression, an anxiety disorder, other mood disorders or a substance use disorder. These are not necessarily exclusive. Repeated trauma and children abuse increases the likelihood of negative physical, psychological and social effects.

Symptoms may include:

  • repeatedly thinking about the events

  • dreams and nightmares

  • intense emotional responses triggered by reminders of the events

  • avoiding or escaping from thinking, people, situations, places that could be reminders

  • changed perception of self or the world

  • relationship difficulties

  • impulsive and self-destructive behaviour

  • difficulty with strong emotions like depression, anxiety, anger, shame, and guilt

There are evidence based psychological interventions which are effective that are recommended for the treatment of disorders such as PTSD and are used by our trained therapists. Other evidence based approaches are also available for other associated disorders such as depression, anxiety, mood and substance use.