What are the opening hours?

Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm

Mind Matters Psychology Gippsland

Home
Australia
Traralgon, VIC
Mind Matters Psychology Gippsland

Clinical Psychology assessment and therapy services for children, adolescents, and adults.

12/09/2024

🌞R U OK? Day 2024🌞

A few years ago I posted about how R U OK Day is a great day to check in with others about how they’re travelling with their mental health, but that we need to remember to do this 365 days a year.

I was stoked to see this year’s theme:
⚠️ ‘Ask R U OK? Any Day’⚠️
Please check in on the people around you today and throughout the year.

A conversation could save a life, on ✨ANY✨day.

💬💬💬

***depreventionmonth ***depreventionweek

03/04/2024

Our latest (and equally greatest) provisional psychologist, Kara, has availability to take on some new individual therapy clients, with initial appointments available this month.

Kara loves working with children and adolescents, so please get in touch now if we can assist you and your family.

Kara offers NDIS and reduced-fee private psychology appointments. Medicare mental health care plan rebates do NOT apply for Kara’s sessions. Our friendly reception staff will happily assist with enquiries about your referral type and session costs if you phone during business hours.

Secure your place now. We look forward to seeing you soon.

📞 📞 📞

13/03/2024

Meet Kara, the latest addition to our team!

Kara is a psychologist (provisional), with clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and young adults in the public and private health sectors. We are very lucky to have Kara join us after a recent move from Melbourne to Gippsland.

Kara has a warm, engaging style and enjoys providing individual therapy, group therapy, and undertaking psychological assessments.

🟤 Kara has studied and completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science, Postgraduate Diploma of Psychology, and Master of Professional Psychology.

🟤 Kara has also taught psychology at university level, and contributed to psychological research projects.

🟤 Kara is completing her sixth/final year psychology internship under the clinical supervision of Lisa Johnson (Clinical Psychologist + Mind Matters Director), to become a psychologist with general registration.

🟤 Kara has developed a love for Gippsland, leading to her move to the area.

🟤 For leisure, Kara enjoys camping and experiencing the uniqueness of different areas, and learning new skills such as surfing and hiking.

Kara is offering NDIS services and reduced fee private services to children (aged 5+), adolescents, and young adults. For all enquiries, please phone reception.

We are thrilled to have Kara on board as Mind Matters continues to grow and offer services to our community.

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

07/03/2024

International Women’s Day.
Inspire, include, and make waves.

✨✨✨

25/12/2023

Time to pause.

As the Mind Matters team take a break to recharge and reflect, we’d like to say thank you to everyone who has trusted us on their journey this year, and to our dedicated colleagues and referrers.

Whilst Christmas isn’t a happy time for everyone, we wish everyone the best for the holiday break. Please take good care of yourself and each other.

Much love,
MM

🌲🌲🌲
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

14/08/2023

Where the magic happens✨
Mind Matters Psychology Gippsland
10 Kay Street, Traralgon

✨🌳✨

08/08/2023

Daisy the Dalmatian is back in the clinic!
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Whilst Lisa (Clinical Psychologist) returned to the clinic from her maternity leave many months ago, her therapy dog Daisy has only recently joined back in.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Daisy has recently been lucky to enjoy the beautiful sunshine and company during some outdoor therapy with child clients in the green space adjacent to our clinic.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Outdoor sessions with Daisy are organised in line with therapeutic goals, such as increasing participation in sessions, recognising emotions and communication in ourselves and others, and practicing mindfulness of our environment for improved emotion regulation.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
On other occasions Daisy will sit happily on her mat for an in-clinic session, providing great company and a calming presence. Even after over a year away from the clinic she still remembers exactly what to do!

🐶🌳☀️
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

19/07/2023

We have a few appointments available in the coming weeks for new adult clients (aged 18+) for one on one therapy.

Call reception during business hours to secure your place. For any questions, chat to our friendly reception staff, or see the website for more details about our clinic.

📞 📞 📞

01/06/2023

All jobs have their unique challenges, but let’s put medicine in the spotlight for today.
👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️🧑🏽‍⚕️

At some stage, doctors you rely on have all experienced
the long hours, intensive training, the on-call with sleepless nights, the need to turn up at work the next day notwithstanding, taking home worries about patients, unsocial hours, compassion fatigue, burnout, fear of making mistakes, the increasing fear of litigation, the anxiety of board investigations, the difficulty in maintaining connections outside of work, poorly supported training rotations, the increasing violence against health care workers, and workplace bullying within a hierarchical training structure paired with punishing conditions. The accumulation of many of these moments is what puts our doctors at disproportionately high risk of poor mental health and su***de.

Operational targets in medical settings are often also set top-down by individuals that rarely set foot in the clinical domain, resulting in a mismatch between the clinical work demanded of them throughout their day to meet patient needs, and expectations from above.

The resilience myth in medicine - “When I was battling the demons of severe depression and suicidal ideation, the word ‘resilience’ was mentioned … well, more stated at me. You’re just not resilient enough … if only you were stronger … you’re just not able to cope … you know not everyone is cut out to be a doctor … have you considered another career? … you are too sensitive, too self-reflective, that’s your problem. I was a 20-year plus veteran in the profession however.” - Dr Geoff Toogood, Consultant Cardiologist and Founder of . Medicine takes a bright group of people who are caring, self-reflective and sensitive – is this not what one requires in a doctor? – and places them in a hostile and increasingly unforgiving environment. The result is an increase in mental health issues.

30/05/2023

🧦CRAZY SOCKS FOR DOCS DAY - THIS FRIDAY!🧦

Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Start picking out your craziest socks, and extra points if you mismatch them from two different pairs.

We’re taking part to acknowledge all of our fellow healthcare professionals, especially our referring GPs, paediatricians, and psychiatrists, who we know take great care in the health (including mental health) of others.

We all rely on doctors in our times of need, and their knowledge, skills, and manner save lives regularly. But doctors are human beings before they’re doctors, so let’s spend a day reflecting on the impact of their work on their own mental health. We’ll be posting more in the coming days, but for now just get your crazy socks ready.
- Lisa -

A bit more about Crazy Socks for Docs ⬇️

🧦 Crazy Socks for Docs is an annual event which highlights mental health challenges experienced by doctors (+ other healthcare workers) and strives to make it okay to talk about them.

🧦 The aim is to continue to raise awareness about mental health in healthcare workers, but also to focus on removing the stigma associated with it.

🧦 The Crazysocks4docs Trust Foundation was established to fulfil Dr Geoff Toogood’s vision of breaking down the stigma around mental health issues in doctors and health professionals. He wants to reduce doctors’ su***de around the world, in response to the long-standing challenges faced by doctors, and the disproportionately high su***de rates in the medical profession.

🧦 Geoff is the founder of the Crazysocks4docs movement. He is a consultant cardiologist in Melbourne, Victoria. He has lived experience of both depression and anxiety. He faced stigma and discrimination at many levels and was determined that once recovered he would create an awareness movement to break down the stigma faced by health professionals.

08/05/2023

We aren’t finished with the big news just yet.

Whilst we adore our current clinic and are in no rush to move on, last year we decided that eventually we’d love a place to call our forever home (/clinic). We won’t be moving anywhere for quite some time, and I’m certainly not ready for another renovation just yet (!), but in the background we’ll be gradually working on our next move and dreaming up an even more luxurious space for the future of Mind Matters Psychology.

- Lisa -

⚡️⚡️⚡️

03/05/2023

World Maternal Mental Health Day
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
[Trigger Warning: Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Child Loss]
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Poor mental health in the perinatal period is more widespread than you’d think, and can impact anyone.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Keep an eye and ear out for your friends, family, and peers during the perinatal period (and always), as the majority women will hide or downplay their symptoms.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Encouraging people to reach out for support via a Maternal + Child Health Nurse, GP, or directly to a psychologist in in the best interests of women, children, families, and society as a whole.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Professional support can assist mothers to better identify their support needs and resources, and give them a safe empathic space to feel heard, without judgement.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Remember, everyone wants to hold the baby, but look out for the mothers too.
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
👩🏽‍🍼🤰🏼🤱🏾
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Address

10 Kay Street
Traralgon, VIC
3844

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61351736863

Website

http://www.mindmattersgippsland.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Mind Matters Psychology Gippsland posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Mind Matters Psychology Gippsland:

Shortcuts

Address
Telephone
Opening Hours
Alerts
Contact The Practice
Claim ownership or report listing

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Traralgon?