Ability Psychology Services

20/11/2025

✨ LEGO CLUB IS BACK! ✨

A 3-Day Social Confidence & Skills Building Program for Ages 5–10

Sign your child up for a fun, structured program using LEGO and evidence-based teamwork roles to build social, emotional, and communication skills.

📅 Monday to Wednesday - 19th, 20th & 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 10am–2pm daily
💲 $500 per child
👥 Facilitated by senior psychologist Bhargav at our North Lakes Clinic.

For More Information or to Register: https://forms.gle/SvJgERxUCbFSZ9Vo9
(Funding options available (Private, NDIS & Medicare))

20/11/2025

✨ INTRODUCING THE RESILIENCE LAB! ✨
A 1 Day Psychology Program for Young People Age 10–17 yrs

Join us for a youth-focused and engaging resilience and emotional skills workshop using CBT, positive psychology, and practical coping strategies. A great program for teens & pre-teens who might benefit from building their confidence, emotional regulation skills, and support navigating challenges.

📅 Choose from two dates:
• Thu 18 Dec 2025
• Thu 15 Jan 2026
⏰ 9am–3pm
💲 $200 per participant
👥 Facilitated by senior psychologists Geoff & Dr Rachel at our North Lakes Clinic.

For More Information or to Register: https://forms.gle/SvJgERxUCbFSZ9Vo9

(Funding options available (Private, NDIS & Medicare))

20/11/2025

✨ STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR STRONG! ✨

A 1.5hr webinar designed for parents and educators on supporting year level transitions at school & preparing for Prep!

Learn to strengthen readiness skills, create child-centred support plans, manage anxiety, and build confidence for a smooth start to school.

📅 Wed 10 Dec 2025
⏰ 7pm - 8:30pm (1.5 hrs)
💲 $50 per participant
👥 Facilitated by psychologist & director Jessie

For More Information or to Register: https://forms.gle/SvJgERxUCbFSZ9Vo9

(Funding options available (Private & NDIS))

20/11/2025

IT'S TIME!! SCHOOL HOLIDAY GROUP PROGRAMS – NOW OPEN!

These school holidays, Ability is offering three psychology-based programs to support and upskill young people of all ages!

✨ THE RESILIENCE LAB (Ages 10–17 yrs - Build Resilience & Coping Skills)✨
A full-day resilience and emotional skills workshop using CBT, positive psychology, and practical coping strategies. Perfect for teens who need confidence, emotional regulation skills, and support navigating challenges.

📅 Choose your date:
• Thu 18 Dec 2025
• Thu 15 Jan 2026
�⏰ 9am–3pm
💲 $200 per participant
👥 Facilitated by senior psychologists Geoff & Dr Rachel at our North Lakes Clinic.

✨ LEGO CLUB (Ages 5–10 yrs - For Social Confidence & Skill Building)✨
A fun, structured program using LEGO and evidence-based teamwork roles to build social, emotional, and communication skills.

📅 Monday to Wednesday the 19th, 20th & 21st Jan 2026
⏰ 10am–2pm daily
💲 $500 per child
👥 Facilitated by senior psychologist Bhargav at our North Lakes Clinic.

✨ STARTING STRONG WEBINAR (Parents & Educators - Supporting Year Level Transitions & Preparing for Prep) ✨
A parent and educator webinar on supporting Transitions to Prep or to Year 1. Learn to strengthen readiness skills, create child-centred support plans, manage anxiety, and build confidence for a smooth start to school.

📅 Wed 10 Dec 2025
⏰ 7pm (1.5 hrs)
💲 $50 per participant
👥 Facilitated by psychologist & director Jessie - online.

For More Information or to Register: https://forms.gle/SvJgERxUCbFSZ9Vo9
Please Note: Funding options available (Private, Medicare & NDIS (self- and plan-managed participants)).

10/09/2025

🌟 You’re Invited to our North Lakes Clinic Launch & Networking Event 🌟

We’re excited to announce the recent opening of our psychology clinic in North Lakes! 🥳 Over the past few months, we have been working to set up a beautiful space for our clients and to connect with our local community. 🌿

To celebrate this milestone, we’re inviting our local network to join us for a special networking event & meet and greet with our team of clinicians. Whether you're from a local health practice, a community organisation, related industry, NDIS service or of course our fellow health professionals & stakeholders - we'd love for you to join us!

📍 Where: Ability Psychology Services (203/53 Endeavour Blvd North Lakes)
📅 When: Drop in any time between 4pm and 6pm Friday the 3rd of October.

This is a fantastic opportunity to:
✨ Meet our diverse team of clinicians
✨ Learn more about our evidence-based therapy and assessment services (with no waitlists!)
✨ Build referral relationships and connect with other professionals
✨ Tour our beautiful new clinic

We’d love for you to come along, say hello, and enjoy some light refreshments as we celebrate this exciting new chapter. 💛

📩 RSVP: By the 26th of September via this link: https://forms.gle/BUqppLJ3CdZhB3jy6

We look forward to welcoming you to the clinic! 🌿 ✨

08/09/2025

🌟 Free Online Webinar: 'Supporting School Transitions for Neurodivergent Children' 🌟

Parents, caregivers and educators alike often face the conundrum that is navigating change with their child. Whilst valuable for all children, this can be particularly helpful to consider within the context of neurodiversity, such as a child with Autism.

Whilst many new environments can be managed, there comes a time when children will face situations that may be intrinsically challenging for them. The transition to starting school or from one a year level to another are perfect examples of this.

🌟 Join us for a free, online webinar designed to give you insight, tools, and confidence to better support a child through big transitions.🌟

This webinar will be presented by our Managing Director and Psychologist, Jessie Baker. Jessie has obtained a Master of Clinical Psychology and has Post-Graduate Certificate in Autism Studies. She has also worked for the best part of a decade with neurodiverse children and adults including diagnostic testing, skill-building and support, and providing training and education in this area.

📅 WHEN: Wednesday the 15th of October at 12:30pm (allow for approx. 30 mins).
💻 WHERE: Online (video link provided upon registration)

🔑 What you’ll learn:
✅ The psychology behind transitions and planning.
✅ Key considerations for planning and preparing your child.
✅ Practical strategies to support and manage their transitions.

Interested? Register via our website at https://abilitypsychologyservices.com/contact-us -673a-4bd2-bba6-1eabb21ccd18

06/09/2025

🌿 Meet Lauren
📍 North Lakes
🌿 No waitlist

Lauren offers a grounded, warm, and non-judgmental approach and values creating a therapeutic environment that is tailored to your unique needs. With a diverse background working in different sectors, Lauren brings understanding and empathy to every client connection.

🎓 Lauren graduated with First Class Honours in her Bachelor program & has since practiced as a Provisional Psychologist whilst she completes her Master of Professional Psychology. Lauren works with all ages & embraces a neurodiverse-affirming and strengths-based lens.

🌿 Outside of work, you’ll find Lauren spending time with family or on outdoor adventures (even on a quad bike!).

Lauren has no waitlist and is accepting clients now - including limited outreach NDIS services in Far North Brisbane, Glass House Mountain & Sunshine Coast locations.
🔗 www.abilitypsychologyservices.com

05/09/2025

🌿 Meet Moujan
📍 Outreach Services (Western & Inner Brisbane Suburbs)
📍 In Clinic Services (Fortnightly Fridays)
📍 Telehealth Services (Online)

Moujan is a warm, approachable clinician who brings a client-focused and collaborative approach to her therapeutic work with individuals and families across the lifespan (including children, adolescents & adults)!

Using a variety of evidence-based frameworks, Moujan offers flexible and compassionate care to her her clients. Her approach is strengths-based and neurodiverse-affirming in nature, and she enjoys collaboration with clients and their families to tailor services to their unique needs, goals and preferences. Moujan is passionate about building strong therapeutic alliances and empowering clients to improve their emotional wellbeing and quality of life.

✨ Moujan is interested in how different platforms, client interests, and innovations can enhance the therapeutic process - making therapy accessible and engaging for the individual and generalising learnings in accordance with their strengths and preferences. From developing psychology skills through creative activities (which the kids tend to love!) through to collaboration and incorporation of a client's broader support team (e.g., NDIS services) - Moujan's approach is truly person-centred.

After 4 years with Ability (preceded by 4 years or tertiary education in psychology) and passing the National Psychology Exam, Moujan is in the final stages of her provisional pathway as a psychologist! This means that in the not-too-distant future, Moujan anticipates expanding her availability to different referral pathways. At the moment, Moujan welcomes referrals privately, under the NDIS and EAP referrals and has immediate availability for new clients.

Outside of work, you will find Moujan enjoying quality time with loved ones, doing one of several creative hobbies or gaming! 🎮

📞 Want to learn more or connect with Moujan?�Visit: 🔗 www.abilitypsychologyservices.com

04/09/2025

💬 "They were fine all day, yet at home they completely unravel.." 💬

Today we're talking about masking - a well-documented but often misunderstood experience amongst neurodivergent individuals. In neurodivergent young people, masking may be somewhat harder to distinguish - after all, a child's development can be as varied as it is nuanced! 🌟

💡 In Moujan's recent blog post, she explores what masking is, how it can look in children, why it happens, and how to support children who may be masking more than they let on. Whether you’re a parent, teacher, or support professional, this article may offer practical insights to better support and understand neurodivergent young people.

Visit our website to read more:

By Moujan Seifouri

03/09/2025

🌿 Meet Bhargav – Psychologist at Ability
📍 North Lakes, QLD
🌿 Now Accepting New Clients (No Waitlist!)

We’re excited to reintroduce Bhargav, a warm and experienced psychologist who brings compassion, professionalism, and a collaborative approach to every session.
Bhargav works with clients across the lifespan, from children to adults, and has a special interest in supporting neurodiverse individuals and families. With a rich background in hospital settings, private practice, community mental health, and disability services, Bhargav is well-equipped to work with a wide range of client presentations.

🧠 Bhargav’s approach is:
✔️ Person-centred and trauma-informed
✔️ Grounded in evidence-based frameworks
✔️ Focused on building a strong, trusting therapeutic relationship
✔️ Culturally responsive and affirming

He holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science (Honours) and a Master of Literature (Psychology), and continues to build his practice through regular training, supervision, and professional development. In the future, Bhargav hopes to give back to the field of psychology through pursuing research in an interest area.

✨ Bhargav regularly supports:
* Individuals and families
* Children, adolescents & adults
* Third-party schemes and frameworks (e.g. Medicare/GP referral, NDIS, schools, EAP etc)

🌍 Bhargav is fluent in English, Hindi, and Gujarati and offers a culturally inclusive space for his clients.

🏏 Outside the clinic, you’ll likely find him with his friends and family, enjoying a game of cricket, or getting outdoors.

📞 Bhargav has no waitlist and is accepting clients now - including limited early morning and after-school sessions!🔗 www.abilitypsychologyservices.com

02/09/2025

🌟Resilience🌟 from a psychological perspective, is far more than simply “bouncing back” from hardship. It is the capacity to learn, adapt, and grow through life’s challenges using internal strengths and external supports.

Psychologists view resilience not as a fixed personality trait, but as a developable mindset and skills; shaped by emotional regulation, problem-solving abilities, supportive relationships, and the resources available in a person's environment.

In our latest blog, our psychologist Bhargav shares practical, evidence-based strategies to help children and young people develop resilience!

👀 Read more (and other great resources) on our website here! 🌟

By Bhargav Dave

01/09/2025

🌿 Meet Rachel – Our Clinical Governance & Quality Assurance Manager
📍 North Lakes, QLD
💡 Limited appointments available Fridays (in clinic or online & including supervision services)

We’re excited to introduce Dr Rachel, a Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience across mental health service delivery, supervision, and clinical leadership.
Rachel holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and is a Board-Approved Supervisor. Rachel leads our clinical governance framework and supports our team through supervision and quality assurance.

Rachel plays a vital role in shaping our clinical services, helping ensure that all clients receive effective evidence-based and compassionate care. Rachel provides clinical supervision to all members of our team, and work regularly with our third party stakeholders to establish service delivery models for clinical service provision. Rachel believes that great outcomes in therapy come from a strong, collaborative relationship between psychologist and client - where a person's experience and clinical knowledge come together in a therapeutic alliance.

💡 Looking for a psychologist with current availability?�Our team can help connect you with a clinician that suits your needs. 📞 Contact us or learn more at:�🔗 www.abilitypsychologyservices.com