OUR SERVICES

The NDIS has recently implemented Psychosocial Recovery Coaches. INSIGHT is working towards making this service available to clients. Recovery coaches will provide support to people with psychosocial disability to live a full and contributing life. People will be assisted to take more control of their lives and to better manage complex challenges of day to day living. Through strong and respectful relationships and skilled coaching, people will be supported to build capacity, including strengths and resilience. Recovery coaches will work collaboratively with people, their families, carers and supports to design, plan, implement and adjust a recovery plan. They will collaborate with the broader service system and will assist with the coordination of NDIS and other supports.

Psychotherapy & Counselling. Is a comprehensive and intentional engagement between therapist and client for the healing, growth or transformation of emotional, physical, existential and behavioural issues, or of chronic suffering, through well-founded relational processes. The aim is to support increased awareness and choice, and facilitate the development, maturation, efficacy and well-being of a client.

• Identify and work towards new goals
• Find relief from negative feelings
• Minimise the impact of anxiety and depression in your life
• The tools and techniques for coping with challenges
• Manage mental health disorders by creating a plan, offering support and treatment with a trained professional
• Improving your social skills to develop and enhance your relationships
• Feel more independent

Counselling and psychotherapy can assist in various areas. Some of these are:

• Difficulty making (important) decisions
• PTSD
• Treatment for depression
• Treatment for anxiety
• Low self esteem
• Anger management
• Addictions
• Stress and stress management
• Sexual abuse
• Difficult life events
• Traumatic experiences
• Behavioural issues

Often a good place to start is just talking about whatever it is that either concerns you or what you would like to achieve through counselling or psychotherapy.

Therapy can provide you with new skills and strategies to move towards the goals you have set for yourself. Therapy can be an empowering process that can help you to build and make use of your own resources and make long lasting changes.

Mental Health Nursing Care. 

Provides physical and mental health assessment, treatment, counselling and assistance to improve daily living where it is impacted by your disability. This can occur provided sufficient time is available within your package. 

Mental Health Nurses work with their patients and clients in many different capacities to manage their illnesses within the context of daily life, encouraging and assisting them to achieve their goals, managing their medication and caring for their wellbeing.

Mental Health Nursing is a specialised branch of nursing with a focus on the care of people with mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, addictions, eating disorders, psychosis and crisis responses. Working collaboratively with a range of other health professionals including Medical Doctors and Psychologists. Mental Health Nurses have a range of skills including mental health promotion and screening, prevention, specialist counselling and psychotherapy, medication management and direct nursing care.

Source: Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.

Clinical Mental Health Nurse is responsible and accountable for their own practice standards and activities they delegate to others. This involves consultation and liaison with other professional disciplines and non-governmental organisations. A Clinical Mental Health Nurse uses clinical knowledge, skills and experience in the application of direction, support, orientation and education to other staff and leads and participates in action research projects, quality improvement activities and policy development within the practice setting.

Our Mental Health Social Work will assist for National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) participants, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

Our Mental Health Social Workers can also address any external problems, which can negatively impact your mental health including inequality, injustice, or discrimination. This unique collaborative approach ensures we don’t just help alleviate your symptoms of mental health problems, but can get right to the source.

People reach out to a Mental Health Social Worker when you:

• Are seeking therapy or treatment for depression, anxiety, or another mental health condition including issues with drug and alcohol.
• Have recently undergone a major life change and need support.
• Need geriatric assistance for an elderly family member.
• Are finding it difficult to cover the costs of basic needs (food, shelter, water, or others).
• Are having difficulty manoeuvring the system.