That’s a Wrap 2024

WOW – A decade celebration

In August this year, our esteemed colleague, Sam Lloyd celebrated his 10 th year as part of the Growth Psychology Practice team. Over this time, Sam has been able to support and treat over 950 clients. Although the majority of Sam’s clients are children, he does also have availability to see adults. The team can attest to having a great night celebrating with Sam in a relaxed atmosphere at Little Creatures.

Run Geelong

When living and working in Geelong, whats not to love about a morning run/walk with the community while raising funds to support the work Barwon Health provides to locals and visitors to the region? At Growth, we are a very active team so it was no surprise we had close to 20 participants (including family members) take to the water front and share the morning with other like minded individuals. It was a stunning morning and the weather was ideal for us.

SHADES & SHADES-Y

We are opening up places for our next SHADES group in 2025. SHADES is an adult group program that runs over 8 weekly sessions and offers education on symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as training in practical self-management strategies. This program has had some great results for participants and is well worth signing up.

SHADES-Y is also expected to run in 2025. SHADES-Y is suitable for adolescents aged 14-17 who are experiencing and struggling with anxiety. This program runs for 7 weeks. This might be just the setting to help your young person achieve some goals and boost their confidence.

Please contact our admin team to register your interest or for further information.

End of Year Xmas Party

It was great to be able to take some time out together at our end of year Xmas celebration. This year, we embarked on a cryptic Scavenger Hunt around some beautiful parts of Geelong that kept us guessing and filled with lots of laughs. Following this, we enjoyed dinner at Mav’s restaurant where the good times continued.

Xmas Hours

The clinic will be closed from midday 24 th December 2024. We will re-open on Monday 6 th January 2025. You are welcome to call the practice during the Christmas break and leave a message for our return in early January.

A big thank you to all our clients and referring partners for making the year enriching, rewarding and supportive.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe and healthy New Year.

The Growth Team

Kicking Off 2024

New Team Member

We are excited to welcome Kirrily Zablan to the team this year. Kirrily is finalising her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and completed her thesis around animal companionship for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Kirrily will be seeing clients from 12+. Please feel free to have a look at her profile page and reach out to our admin team to discuss her availability. 

Corporate Triathlon – February 2024

As you can see from the feature image, six adrenalin filled team members headed down the hightway to Elwood and had a fantastic day at this years Melbourne Teams Corporate Triathlon. We entered 2 teams of which each individual either completed the Swim, Bike or Run. We had fantastic results, surprising even ourselves!! We had a delightful breakfast in the sun after the event as we congratulated ourselves on what was a fun and successful meet.

2024 APS College of Clinical Psychologist Conference

Adelaide is hosting this years APS Clinical Psychologist Conference which is being held 22nd – 24th March. At Growth our team are forever ensuring that they stay informed, inspired and educated. The participants attending from Growth will benefit greatly from this 3 day event.  We will update again on the workshops attended after the event.

SHADES-Y

We are gearing up for our next SHADES-Y group after the Easter Break. This will be the week commencing 15th April 2024. We still have a few spots available so if you have or know of any young people (14yr-17yr) who are experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression please do not hesitate to contact our team for more information and register your interest. More details are listed under the Services section on our website.

Update for 2023

15 Years!

Growth Psychology Practice turned 15 this year! A big congratulations and thank you to all the clients, practitioners and referrers over the years who have supported the development of the practice. We are proud to have provided quality assessment and care to many clients, families and organisations and contributed to the heath and wel- being of our amazing community.

SHADES-Y

After a break in offering our Group Therapy programs due to COVID we were pleased to re-launch in October 2023 our first SHADES-Y group. SHADES-Y is best suited to adolescents experiencing symptoms of anxiety and depression. The group commenced in October and was very successful with enthusiastic participation and great outcomes.

We will be running further SHADES & SHADES-Y groups in 2024 so keep an eye on the website or give our admin team a call to discuss further.

2024 APS College of Clinical Psychologist Conference

Some of the Psychologists at Growth will be making the pilgrimage across to Adelaide in March next year to attend the APS College of Clinical Psychologist Conference. This is a great opportunity to spend time with peers and professionals alike. The conference has a dynamic and diverse range of full and half day workshops that is sure to inspire.  A team dinner will also be arranged and we look forward to learn more about the topics addressed at the conference. Watch this space for more details post event.

Corporate Triathlon 2024

Growth will be entering 2 teams into the Melbourne Corporate Triathlon in February 2024!  This will be a fantastic day with lots of healthy competitive fun and no doubt a lot of laughs as our teams make their way around the course. We are looking forward to the participation, the support from our crew and of course the coffee afterwards!

Thank you Referrers

Finally we would like to thank our referrers for their continued support. Without their ongoing engagement it makes it difficult to provide the exceptional care that we do.

We wish everyone a healthy, safe and happy Christmas!

SHADES-Y

Do you know an adolescent that maybe experiencing anxiety and depression?

Growth Psychology Practice is excited to again be offering SHADES-Y to young people in our community. This group is a supportive and inclusive method of treatment to help a young person navigate what can be a challenging period within their life.

SHADES-Y is a proven and successful 7 week group program that is suitable for young people aged between 14 and 17 years, who are experiencing and struggling with anxiety and depression.

Sessions will run for 90 minutes each week with 2 experienced facilitators and 6 to 10 participants.

Expressions of interest are now open for our February 2024 intake. 

Please contact our office to register your interest or for more information.

PH: 03 5242 8637           E: [email protected]

SHADES-Y Group Flyer

High demand for services

At Growth Psychology Practice, we are experiencing peak demand for our services and as such our Practitioners diaries continue to be heavily booked many months in advance. 

It is advisable for our existing clients to schedule follow-up appointments and attend their current scheduled bookings to avoid lengthy delays in consecutive appointments. 

 We welcome enquires from new clients and will try to accommodate new referrals if and when diaries of our Practitioners have availability. At present, this availability is limited however we will continue to work with our referral community

Cancellation fees

Due to the unprecedented demand for Psychological services, it is imperative that clients avail of the session times afforded to them. 

Clients need to provide at least 24 (business) hours notice of cancellations to avoid a $100 fail to attend fee. This fee is payable prior to scheduling or attending any further sessions. 

Non attended or cancelled evening appointments will result in a full fee charge and may apply to sessions not attended during business hours. 

The cancellation of ongoing sessions or failing to attend sessions without notice may lead to future bookings being removed from the Practitioners diaries to accommodate outside demand.

We thank you for your ongoing support.

Changing from onsite to telehealth

In keeping our staff and community safe, scheduled appointments may change from Onsite to Telehealth at short notice. 

It is the expectation of the practice that clients continue with their scheduled appointment as a telehealth booking to ensure the success of the ongoing treatment.

Returning to Face-to-Face Appointments

From Monday 8th November, Growth Psychology Practice is moving to offer face-to-face appointments onsite to clients who are FULLY VACCINATED. If you are fully vaccinated and wish to have your appointment in-person, you MUST provide proof of vaccination.

We are pleased to announce that Telehealth appointments will remain available if clients are unable to fulfil this requirement, unable to provide proof of vaccination, or they simply prefer this appointment type.

The quickest and easiest way to show proof of vaccination is by adding the COVID-19 digital certificate to the Service Victoria app on your phone. Please ensure your digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate is linked ahead of your appointment, and feel free to email your certificate through ahead of time for efficiency.

We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter as we endeavour to best safeguard our clients, staff, families and community.

Please note we are in the exciting process of developing our new website which has been delayed due to the pandemic. Should you have any queries and the above information not be current, please do not hesitate to contact our administrative team on (03) 5242 8637. Our information and COVID-19 responses and handling will be updated to meet best practice and in line with the Australia Psychological Society and Department of Health and Human Services requirements to ensure the health and well-being of our clients and staff.