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The Bright Place - Psychology and Wellbeing, 2/20 Gray Street, Ipswich (2025)

24/11/2024

Today we celebrated an enormous year with a little Christmas party (sans Melisa, who is on leave currently!). It marked the first time our QLD team was in the same place at the same time, and it was so nice to share space with these beautiful people!

27/01/2024

First update of 2024:

We've been busy bees so far in 2024, with our new signs ready to go and about to be put up (look out for them on the signage diagonally across from Ipswich Hospital!). It's been a long time coming!

In terms of availability, Andrew and Hayley are back from break and ready to take on new clients over the age of 14. If you or someone you know needs support, check out their profiles on our website (www.thebrightplace.com.au) to see if one of them might be a good fit, and contact us directly by email (info@thebrightplace.com.au) or phone (0409 762 944) to book in. Mel is currently booked out due to some things she's working on in the background, but we'll advise when she's back in action!

As for me (Tameika), I'm currently at capacity for individual clients but have started picking up a few ADHD assessments to support individuals wanting to streamline the process before they seek out psychiatric input. If this is something you'd like to have a chat about, don't hesitate to reach out.

I'm also SUPER excited to be hosting a mental health workshop for fitness professionals at the Ipswich Goodlife next week. As a team we're increasingly exploring the health and wellbeing of our clients, as it's well-established that our physical health is inextricably linked with our mental health.

This year we're also in the process of adding support work and personal training to our repertoire, so watch this space, or feel free to reach out if you'd like us to send you an update about this directly!

We hope that your year has been off to the kindest start, and we're so looking forward to whatever 2024 will bring us all, individually, as a team, and as part of the beautiful Ipswich community.

As always, take care of yourselves and each other!

19/09/2023

🎉ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! Long post ahead:

I could not be more excited to announce that we have now transitioned from Tameika Greenaway Psychology to The Bright Place - Psychology and Wellbeing!

We have a new website:
www.thebrightplace.com.au

We have a new email address:
info@thebrightplace.com.au

We have the same contact number and virtual admin team:
0409 762 944

We are now made up of a beautiful team of like-minded, values-aligned psychologists (with the "wellbeing" part of the team in progress...watch this space!):
Me, Dr Tameika Greenaway (Clinical Psychologist)
Melisa Holmes (Counselling Psychologist)
Andrew Connellan (Psychologist)
Hayley McGreevy (Psychologist/Clinical Psychology Registrar)

Why the change?
Well, as some of you who have known me for a long time will know, I started working as an independent psychologist when I suddenly had to hit the ground running (while pregnant) following a location issue, and after having my small human Alice it just made sense to only share myself between my little family and my small little business. After becoming very quickly overwhelmed with the amount of referrals that came my way (which I am INCREDIBLY grateful for!) I realised I needed a team of people that I could trust to provide the same care to my clients as I do. Over time I've slowly collected my favourite people and we're now working together as a team (how cool is that?!) which means we have even more capacity to help whoever might be a good fit with us reach their goals, whatever they happen to be.

So am I a big boss lady business owner now?
Not so much. My values as a person, a business owner, and a psychologist remain totally the same: provide evidence-based, human-focused, individualised care in an ethical and sustainable way. This means that I believe in people being seen by the right fit for them and I believe in people getting paid fairly for their own work. What that also means is that everyone on the team gets to choose their referrals to make sure that it's a good fit from the start. No taking over the world over here!

What's next for us?
I will keep seeing my people, and we're all currently open for new clients (though a bit of a wait time to see me currently!). In the background I'm exploring some additional services, including possibly neurodiversity assessments, DBT groups, and perinatal groups (though groups might be a long-term plan!).

So excited to start this new chapter! If you've made it through this mammoth post, thank YOU!

As always, take care, and be kind to yourselves! 🐱🌻🌞🌙

04/08/2023

It's been a minute! Here's a little update on the practice, along with a picture of the beautiful bouquet I was lucky enough to receive today!

Availability:
My waitlist is currently open, though I've been historically terrible at estimating times, so I'm not able to provide an ETA at this stage.
Melisa has current availability for telehealth in the evenings during the week.
Andrew has current availability for Saturday appointments face to face.

Rebrand:
There are exciting times ahead - we are currently working on a rebrand of the logo (don't worry, the cat will still be a feature!), a new name, and getting a website up and running! It isn't just little old me any more, but a proper team of people working together in a values-aligned way. Stay tuned; I am SO excited to share the new concept.

Admin Support:
We had some teething issues with administrative support but are now fully functional! You can call through on 0409 762 944 between Tuesday and Friday and talk to a real human who will help you with booking appointments with one of us!

I hope you're all taking care of yourselves as best you can in these strange economic times and post-COVID unreality. For our part, we're really excited to be continuing to provide support and slowly building on the team vision!

30/06/2023

Super exciting news - we have another new recruit with immediate face-to-face Saturday availability for adult clients!

Introducing... Andrew! Andrew prides himself on being an empathetic and supportive psychologist who sees people as who they are, not based on their previous behaviour or diagnoses. He utilises a strengths-based approach to empower others to direct their strengths and values towards creating positive changes for their future.

Andrew has experience working alongside various presentations, including anxiety, depression, mood disorders, personality disorders, self-harm issues, and general behavioural concerns. He is well-versed in cognitive behaviour therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behaviour therapy, and he is also strongly informed by attachment theory such that he seeks to understand how a person's experiences have helped shape their sense of self and how they connect with others.

If you'd like to make an appointment with Andrew or would like more information, please feel free to contact our admin team on 0409 762 944 or tameika.clinicalpsychologist@gmail.com.

16/02/2023

Have you met Melisa yet?

I am SO excited to announce that Melisa Holmes has joined our team. Melisa is a Counselling Psychologist who has been practising since 2015 (in fact, I think we have known each other that long!). She has a wide range of experience with strong interests in trauma, emotional dysregulation, anxiety, depression, relationships, and personality. Melisa’s style is compassionate and empathetic but also empowering and challenging.

The best thing about Melisa joining our team (other than the absolute gift it is to have her on board) is that she is offering appointments for adults and older adolescents by telehealth with IMMEDIATE availability, and all of her appointments are after hours!

If you or someone you know is in need of support NOW, up for telehealth, and might be a good fit, please feel free to email me at Tameika.clinicalpsychologist@gmail.com or call our admin team on 0409 762 944 from Tuesday to Friday.

26/04/2022

WAITLIST UPDATE:

Having hit the ground running this year with little time to pause, I wanted to provide a brief update on my waitlist. I've had to close my waitlist to all new referrals, as due to a number of factors, including the availability of additional sessions due to COVID, I have not been able to move people through my waitlist in as timely a manner as I would like.

Please feel free to contact me if you're in need of some general recommendations for other psychologists in the area or if someone else has suggested to you that we might be a good fit - there are a number of absolutely wonderful psychologists in the area who will be able to meet your needs just as well as I might have been able to, had I had availability!

As always, be kind to yourselves.

07/12/2021

As we approach the end of a busy and fulfilling year, it's time to provide an update!

Christmas leave: Next year I plan to hit the ground running again after a couple of weeks to refresh over Christmas, with my return date scheduled for the 11th of January. From 24 December to 11 January there will be no one manning the ship, but I or someone from my lovely virtual admin team will get back to you as soon as I'm back in action if you leave us a message during those times.

Waitlist update: My waitlist is looking pretty big at the moment, and with taking a few handovers following Kim finishing up her placement, I don't anticipate I will be able to take anyone new on in the next little while. If you do decide you want to be added to the waitlist, please hedge your bets and contact a few different psychologists so that you've got a few options on the go. Clients getting support in a timely manner is the most important thing to me, so I don't mind getting in touch and finding out you've made a connection with someone else!

New referrals: I've also made the difficult decision to put a pause on taking on child clients. Currently waitlisted children will still be seen when appointments become available, but in order to ensure I have diversity in my work to manage my own wellbeing, as well as a couple of other considerations, I will be referring on all new child (12 and under) referrals.

It has been a wonderful and enormous year, with still a few weeks to hopefully do some good before greeting 2022!

As always, be kind to yourselves :)

03/10/2021

I'm taking a break for the next week! For any enquiries, please call my admin team on 0409 762 944. Take care and be kind to yourselves ☀

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