NDIS Psychologist Wollongong
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Positive Moods is a registered National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider for expert mental health advice and services to people living in Wollongong. By getting in touch with your local National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) office, you can find out if you are qualified for NDIS benefits and receiving support from Positive Moods. Because every client has different needs and goals which require an individual approach, our psychologists take great care to tailor their services to each NDIS participant.
While Positive Moods’ Wollongong NDIS psychologists take an active role in helping NDIS participants form plans and receive treatment, we also work hand in hand with other people such as the participants’ stakeholders and other healthcare providers. By consulting and collaborating, we ensure that the participant’s needs are being met and that a truly holistic plan has been formed to improve the NDIS participant’s life.
The NDIS psychologists in Wollongong are trained to handle a range of concerns for their clients. They are fully equipped to give mental health support to NDIS participants who have intellectual disabilities, sustained and acquired brain injuries, mental illnesses, impaired capacities, and medical challenges.
Because seeing a psychologist can pose difficulties in scheduling and transportation—especially for those who have disabilities—we make it a point to allow at-home sessions. The NDIS-registered psychologists understand these challenges, and we can go to your home in Wollongong and provide the same quality of care without the hassle of planning a trip out. Alternatively, we can also conduct your sessions in our safe, calm and relaxing offices.
The Benefits of Seeing An NDIS Wollongong Psychologist from Positive Moods
Positive Moods’ psychologists receive years of training and expertise to understand the challenges each client faces, in order to help them find solutions and achieve their life goals in a healthy, productive and balanced way. By collaborating with clients and learning more about their problems and situations, our Wollongong psychologists can give NDIS participants the assistance they need to improve their mental health.
While our treatments will vary based on each client’s individual needs, all clients benefit primarily through one on one discussion sessions and the development of self-awareness. By gaining clarity in one’s thoughts and feelings, many clients learn to identify their problems and reactions, and develop the skills needed to deal with situations in a healthy and constructive manner.
We also provide a safe environment where clients can express their emotions and thoughts, and explore them without the fear that the person listening is judging them. Because they have the security of a confidential environment, our clients are more open about their needs and goals. This openness makes it easier for our psychologists to help a client take steps to change unhealthy behaviour. It also allows an NDIS psychologist to offer a different perspective that can give our clients an opportunity to be more reflective.
Seeing a Wollongong NDIS psychologist is beneficial because therapy allows a client to become vulnerable and gain a better understanding of themselves. It is also an excellent opportunity to diagnose any possible mental health problems. Our psychologists can give you an unbiased and expert diagnosis of your mental health, and provide you with a plan to handle your situation. We can also work in tandem with other medical professionals if you need additional forms of treatment.
How to Know If You Need to See Our NDIS Psychologists
Regardless of how old you are or what stage you are at in life, you will reap many benefits from consulting a psychologist or counsellor from Positive Moods. Seeing a mental health provider does not automatically mean that you are suffering from a mental illness—you are merely equipping yourself with more tools that can help you develop a healthier, more beneficial mindset that can improve the way you deal with problems and stressful situations.
Those who have disabilities have unique needs which may require more mental health support, which only a psychologist or counsellor can provide. Our Wollongong NDIS psychologists at Positive Moods are specifically qualified to help such individuals with incapacities or mental health issues.
If you have been struggling with difficulties in your present situation, experiencing heavy stress, developing dependencies, or struggling with coping mechanisms, these are some signs that you may need to consult a psychologist. Other signs are feeling anxious or fearful, worrying about burdening others, feeling burdened by social interactions (even with loved ones or friends), or behaviour that is destructive or otherwise having a negative effect on your life.
Different Ways Positive Moods Can Offer Support
Positive Moods aims to turn around the lives of our clients and give them the best possible chance at a healthier, richer life. We do this by improving their mindset so they can tackle challenges with ease.
Our NDIS-approved Wollongong psychologists primarily offer support in two ways: through therapeutic support or through behaviour support. Therapeutic support is focused on counselling. We look at a client’s specific needs and life goals. Forms of therapeutic support include group counselling and therapy, individual counselling, and consultation with community engagement assistants.
Behaviour support focuses on changing harmful or challenging behaviours, addressing clients’ methods of handling situations and dealing with them. We examine present behaviours of clients and create plans to improve them so they can develop positive behaviours that will support their mental health and make it easier for them to face challenges. Forms of behaviour support provided by our psychologists include the creation of a behaviour management plan, training clients in their behaviour management, and providing special intervention and support.
Both NDIS participants and their carers can avail of these two forms of support from us as required. Whether their plan will be focused on only one form of support, or if they need to tailor their plan to have multiple ways of giving mental health treatment, we can help them find what works best.
Are You Qualified for NDIS Assistance? Sign Up and Connect with Positive Moods!
The NDIS aims to provide all Australian citizens and residents with a permanent and significant disability with the services and support they need for a better, fuller life. If you need funding to access resources for your disability, apply to the NDIA office in Wollongong. If your application is approved, you can start creating a plan and consult us to improve your life and mental health.