Services for Young Adults

Support and intervention for young adults as they are leaving school and navigating the transition into adulthood, and who may be experiencing challenges such as:

  • Generalised anxiety disorder

  • Depression or low mood

  • Self-harm concerns

  • Panic disorder

  • Social anxiety

  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Phobias

  • Health anxiety

  • Separation anxiety

  • Academic, exam and performance anxiety (e.g., Tafe or Uni exams/assessments)

  • Emotion regulation difficulties

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Complex trauma

  • Bereavement

  • Family worries and concerns

  • Mental health impact for LGBTQI people

  • Life transitions and adjustment concerns

  • Co-occurring difficulties like ADHD

For young adults, therapy can involve an adult model, with you attending without your parents or carers. However, most people need support from those around them during challenging times, so you can involve parents or other supports in some appointments should you choose to do so.

The initial assessment session is 90 minutes in length, to allow enough time to get a thorough understanding of what you are needing help with, and what life has looked like so far, and time to develop some goals together.

After that we will work out how often we meet (usually fortnightly at the start) and go from there. Subsequent sessions are 55 minutes long.

Alex uses a collaborative and strengths-based approach, guided by the following evidence-based therapeutic modalities, depending on your specific goals and needs:

  • Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Mindfulness-based approaches

  • Dialectical-Behavioural Therapy (DBT)

  • Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Trauma-focused Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)

  • Schema Therapy