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“Know me for my abilities, not my disability.“

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With close to ten years experience within government, NGOs, and the private sector delivering psychological services to support adolescents and adults living with disability Rebecca is able to provide high quality and informed therapeutic interventions, assessment, training, and consultancy services for adolescents and adults with a disability, their families, and their providers.

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Services delivered by Rebecca are person-centered, trauma-informed, evidence-based, wholistic, and tailored to the individual needs of the person.

 

A multi-disciplinary approach is often preferred as it is understood how important it can be to have everyone around the person working together to help them achieve their goals.  This often involves working with the person, and with the person’s consent, their other providers including their Support Coordinator and their support workers as well as with  their GP, their family, and any other people or services the person identifies as important to them.

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Think Psychology Services offer mobile disability services across Adelaide.   Fees charged are equal to or less than than the recommended fee indicated by the current NDIS price guide, dependant on the complexity of the work. In the NDIS plan psychological assessment and therapy fall under the capacity building - improved daily living skills (CB daily activity).   If the person is instead accessing the ten sessions per year for assessment or therapy under a Mental Health Care Plan because of the specialised nature and requirements of psychological intervention in disability the fee is the same as if the person was accessing services under the NDIS.  As a result, there  can be an out of pocket gap fee.

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Or if you would like to make a referral for an adolescent or adult with a disability you may download and complete a referral form.  

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If you have completed the referral process you can download the intake form here. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Understanding the Impact of Disability on Mental Health

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individuals with living with disability can, and typically  do, live complete and meaningful lives and have positive experiences.  These positive esperiences can often be  because of, not in spite of, their disability. 

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There can however also be many challenges faced by those living with disability.   Unfortunately, the psychological impact of disability on the person’s wellbeing and their capacity is often one of the least recognized aspects of disability.

 

Difficulty identifying and communicating emotions, barriers to developing social support networks, and executive functioning difficulties leading to poor impulse control and emotional regulation difficulties, sensory impairments, grief and loss and adjustment to a new or progressive disability are just some of the factors that can impact the person’s capacity, wellbeing, and mental health.  Factors outside of the person can also interact to mediate mental health outcomes for the person including living in a world not adapted to the needs of a person with a disability, economic disadvantage, frequent transitions, limited self-efficacy, discrimination, and higher rates of abuse and trauma.

 

Impairments in communication, problem-solving, processing information, and learning can make the demands of managing these strong emotions and challenging environments even more difficult for the person. They also mean that traditional therapeutic methods to treat mental health problems usually need to be adapted. Rather than just working together with the individual  it is also often important to work  with their support people and within their environments, the number of sessions are often increased to allow for repetition and practice, and supports such as visual  cues are often used.