Thinkahead work's across both the clinical field of private practice as well as the corporate consulting space. Thinkahead (Corporate Services)
Within the corporate environment Thinkahead works in partnership with organisations to achieve transformation at the individual, team and organisational leve. We focus on the alignment and skills building of people and organisations and provide coaching and mentoring to many business leaders in dealing with the broader people issues that surface in all organisations. Our passion is designing and developing tangible programs and services that evoke insight, build capabilities, improve health and performance as well as delivering lasting behavioural changes. Our Programs and services focus on corporate wellbeing, performance optimisation and business improvement strategies. We species in developing cost-effective bespoke programs which range from:
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (Risk Minimisation)
• Corporate Training (lunch & Learn, ½ and full day programs)
• Leadership Development and Coaching
• People Strategy and business consulting
• Psychometric Assessment
• Psychological Services
Thinkahead has worked with clients such as Safework NSW, Office of State Revenue, AMP, Channel 10, KPMG, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, QantasCU…….. Thinkahead (Clinical services)
Within the clinical setting Thinkahead also has a Child & Adolescent Centre (REACH UP)
As all children and adolescents have their own unique personality traits it is not uncommon for them to experience a few bumps along the way as they navigate through life’s challenges. Our vision at our Thinkahead/Reach Up Centre is to unlock your child’s true potential and work with families to build on a child’s strength and help them reach their goals. A strong therapeutic relationship with both the child and parent coupled with evidence-based assessments and interventions is what underpins the success of our services. Our child and adolescent centre caters for children 0-18 years with mental health issues, developmental delay or disabilities. We specialise in providing support in the areas of mental health, behaviour management, social and communication skills, learning/special education. What makes our service unique is that we see your child not only in our centre but also provide therapy and support in your child’s home or school setting to ensure we are more quickly able to affect meaningful change and equip them with the skills most important to you and your child. Our services are individualised and based on your family and child’s priorities, strengths and needs. Our centre uses a multi disciplinary approach and our team of educational/child psychologists, social workers; behaviour management specialists and speech pathologists will work with you and your child in the one centre. Whether you need a child assessment and diagnoses; a behaviour management plan ; counselling or family intervention or perhaps your child needs skill development then Thinkahead can assist. Our centre conducts thorough assessments which range from:
• Intelligence assessments for pre-schoolers from 30 months to 6 years as well as adolescent and adults
• Educational assessments including reading, spelling, writing and mathematics, including assessments for special provisions in the HSC or IB
• Remedial reading and spelling
• Identification of learning difficulties, memory and attention problems
• Assessment of gifted and talented children from early school entry, accelerated progression or suitability for OC classes or selective schools, entry to MENSA
• Assessment of behaviour and personality including behavioural problems including ADHD, Autism, Anxiety and Depression
• Identification of general or specific developmental problems to support access to additional services at school or NDIS funding
Thinkahead’s Counselling and Clinical Intervention can assist with :
• Fears including, separation anxiety, school refusal and general anxiety.
• Internet gaming/ social media/ screen time addictions
• Sleep disorders
• Assistance with withdrawn or depressed behaviour.
• Grief and loss as a result of separation, divorce or bereavement.
• Behavioural management of Autism Spectrum Disorders, ODD or ADHD.
• Assistance coping with stress, help with time management, organisation and study skills. Our Behaviour Management Plans and Home Support Service:
Assists parents and carers in understanding why behaviours of concern are occurring. Observations of your child’s behaviour is conducted in the natural setting ie your family home; day care or school environment to gain more insight into your child’s behaviour. Clinicians will teach you how to create an environment that reduces the likelihood of these behaviours’ occurring and also develop a behaviour management plan that outlines a consistent way to respond to these behaviours. Multiple assessments and observations, a comprehensive plan and parent/carer training are completed to ensure a holistic approach. A variety of training tools such as behavioural charts, visual boards, story apps are used to design a tailored program to your child’s individual needs. Our Recreational and Group Programs:
Will allow your child to put into practice their learnings from therapy whilst fostering social skills and community participation. They can make new friends, try something new and have a laugh in a supportive environment. Our program is a combination of centre based and excursion activities. All our programs are based on positive behaviour support strategies which aim to support individuals to share in family and community life and ensure they ReachUp to their full potential. Our Speech Pathologists will assist your child with:
• Articulation: difficulties saying some sounds correctly e.g. /th/, /s/ and /r/.
• Phonemic awareness and literacy: children who have reading and spelling difficulties possibly due to poor sound awareness e.g. analysis and synthesis and discrimination
• Auditory Processing: Ability to follow instructions, listen in noisy environments and remember information given verbally
• Language: Poor grasp of vocabulary and sentence structure to participate in conversations and in a classroom.
• Fluency: Stuttering
• Written language
To find out more about any of our services please visit our website or contact one of our psychologists for a confidential appointment.
