A less clinical feel to therapy

Assessments

Are you having social and/or executive functioning difficulties that are impacting your personal and professional life? Nurturing Minds offers a variety of assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity-Impulsivity Disorder (ADHD) to suit your needs.

Adult ADHD Assessment + Comprehensive Report

This option provides full diagnostic assessment including other possible explanations and diagnoses for your concerns if you do not meet the criteria for ADHD. Brionie will provide recommendations on treatments and additional support.

What’s included:
  • A diagnostic interview (up to 2 hours)
  • A feedback session (50 minutes)
  • A comprehensive diagnostic report
  • Time spent preparing, scoring, interpreting, and writing

Prior to your session you will receive several questionnaires to complete to assist in the assessment. With your consent, be prepared for family members/friends to be contacted to provide evidence of your symptoms. A diagnosis requires evidence in childhood. If family members cannot be contacted, School reports will suffice. Please note that this is not essential, however it will provide further support of your diagnosis if you can access these.

Cost: $1595
  • 50% deposit due at time of booking.

The written report will be provided within 1-2 weeks of the feedback session. Phone our admin team or conveniently book online. 

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Combined Adult Autism & ADHD Assessment + Comprehensive report

This option provides full diagnostic assessment including other possible explanations and diagnoses for your concerns if you do not meet the criteria for Autism and/or ADHD. Brionie will provide recommendations on treatments and additional support.

What’s included:

  • A diagnostic interview (up to 3 hours) split into a 2 hour session and another 1 hour session
  • A feedback session (50 minutes)
  • A comprehensive diagnostic report
  • Time spent preparing, scoring, interpreting, and writing

Prior to your session you will receive several questionnaires to complete to assist in the assessment. With your consent, be prepared for family members/friends to be contacted to provide evidence of your symptoms. A diagnosis requires evidence in childhood. If family members cannot be contacted, School reports will suffice. Please note that this is not essential, however it will provide further support of your diagnosis if you can access these.

Cost: $2350
  • 50% deposit due at time of booking.

Please note: While I always aim to provide high-quality reports, my reports by themselves are not sufficient for the NDIS. The NDIS considers additional factors outside my control, including functional capacity. If your primary goal is NDIS access, another service may be more suitable

Adult Autism Assessment + Comprehensive Report

This option provides full diagnostic assessment including other possible explanations and diagnoses for your concerns if you do not meet the criteria for Autism. Brionie will provide recommendations on treatments and additional support.

What’s included:
  • A diagnostic interview (up to 2 hours)
  • A feedback session (50 minutes)
  • A comprehensive diagnostic report
  • Time spent preparing, scoring, interpreting, and writing

Prior to your session you will receive several questionnaires to complete to assist in the assessment. With your consent, be prepared for family members/friends to be contacted to provide evidence of your symptoms. A diagnosis requires evidence in childhood. Please note that this is not essential, however it will provide further support of your diagnosis if you can access these.

Cost: $1595
  • 50% deposit due at time of booking.

The written report will be provided within 1-2 weeks of the feedback session. Phone our admin team or conveniently book online. 

important information

SCOPE OF THE SERVICE

  • Brionie does not prescribe medication and if you are seeking medication you will need to see a Psychiatrist. Although my reports aim to streamline an assessment process with a Psychiatrist, a Psychiatrist has prescribing requirements and will need to conduct their own assessment. I cannot control whether the Psychiatrist agrees or disagrees with a diagnosis or whether they decide to do their own full assessment. 
  • Brionie is unable to provide referrals to Psychiatrists, you will need a GP referral for this.
  • This service is not eligible for medicare or private health rebates.
  • These assessments are not designed for NDIS access and I recommend choosing an alternative service who provide NDIS-specific diagnostic assessments and reports if this is what you require.

SESSION LOGISTICS

  • All assessments are conducted via the Zoom platform
  • You must be over 18 years old
  • You must have a stable internet connection and access to a phone or computer with a webcam
  • You must have a quiet and private space for your assessment

PSYCHIATRIST RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Assessment clients often ask for recommendations and we can provide multiple options via telehealth who are familiar with Brionie's reports.  Please note that that you will often require at least 2 appointments with a Psychiatrist if medication is prescribed and further medical tests are often conducted.

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Overview of our assessment process

Our assessments include a 2 hour interview, the completion of several questionnaires, a report provided to you and your treating team, and a 60 minute follow up session to review your assessment results.

Psychometrics including self-report measures will be sent to you for completion at home and your Psychologist may also recommend that collateral information is obtained (for example, from a parent or partner) to aid in the assessment. Your Psychologist will provide you with information regarding this during your intake assessment.

The full assessment is $1450 and a 50% deposit is required upon booking (Payment plans available). The written report will be provided within 2-3 weeks of the assessment. Phone our admin team or conveniently book online. **The intake interview can be completed online if required. 

Adult ADHD Assessments

DBT Skills Training

Adult ADHD Assessments

Individual Counselling

"If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself." 

Henry Ford


A medicare rebate of $22.35 is available per session with a mental health care plan.

The group consists of 2 modules and  clients can choose to complete an individual module, however both modules are recommended. 

Our Clinic Director Brionie has a special interest in Borderline Personality Disorder and  regularly works with clients and their families in this area. Nurturing Minds is offering a shortened 10 week DBT skills training incorporating the basics of the traditional 24 week course. DBT skills training has been shown to be highly effective with BPD, self-harm, and PTSD. 

DBT Skills Groups

DBT Skills Groups

Couples Counselling

Individual Counselling

Skills Groups - More information

Our groups are educational and practical in nature. Significant effort has been put into every session to engage participants. Be prepared to practice your skills with several weekly relaxation/mindfulness/visualisation exercises. Each group will be led by a head facilitator and co-facilitator. Our Director Brionie is leading the upcoming adult program.

Location: The group room is located in our clinic at Level 2, 45 Brisbane Rd, Mooloolaba.
Duration: Weekly sessions of 1.5 hours. The groups are split into 2 modules of 5 weeks duration with a 2 week break in between.
Start date: Tuesdays from 4:30pm to 6pm. We are hoping to start our next group as soon as we have 10 participants.


We are currently taking expressions of interest and hope to start this group in the near future.

Nurturing Minds offers DBT skills groups to meet the needs of participants who are unable to access the 24 week course. This could be due to difficulties being accepted into the course, taking time off personal/work commitments, the cost or long wait-list times. This group is suited to people struggling with suicide ideation and self-harm, anxiety, PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder. We also have many participants who engage in the course as a preventative measure and are looking to build upon the skills they have learned in individual therapy.

Please note that the Skills Groups are not a replacement for individual therapy.

Adult Group 

Under 18 

Goals

- Less reliance on others to soothe due to increased confidence in personal coping skills
- Reduction of self-harm and destructive behaviours
- Improved communication with support network and ability to form more positive attachments
- Increased stability in personal life and commitment to longer-term therapy if required

Expectations of the group

- Complete weekly homework and be open to sharing with the group
- Participate in all practical activities
- Attend every session and be willing to pay the attendance fee if a cancellation is required (unless there are exceptional circumstances). Due to Medicare requirements, we need a certain amount of participants for everyone to be able to access their rebate each week.
- Payment of weekly sessions is charged each week prior to the next session.
- Respect each group members privacy and do not overshare in the groups (this could trigger other group members)

Exclusion Criteria

- If you are actively suicidal or in a crisis this group can only be taken in addition to individual therapy. This does not need to be a Psychologist at Nurturing Minds, however we recommend a DBT informed Psychologist. 
- Anyone that is aggressive towards other participants or staff will be removed from the Group

Referral Options and Fees

- Participants can self-refer to the course, however if your Mental Health Care Plan mentions approval of Group Therapy, you are able to access the Medicare rebate for each session. This is a saving of $223.50 for the 10 weeks.
- The fee is $90 per 1.5 hour Group session paid weekly ($67.65 with the Medicare rebate). Participants can also opt to pay one module upfront to receive a discount.
- NDIS participants will be charged $100 per 1.5 hour Group Session.


Please email our admin team at admin@nurturingminds.com.au or phone us on 07 5477 7002 to register your interest! You can also fill out the form below! 

More information regarding the individual modules can be seen by scrolling further down below.

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