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If you're a GP or medical clinic in the South Brisbane area, and you're looking for a #PsychologyPractice to whom you can safely refer your patients, a practice with: 🟢 High quality, qualified care from experiences practitioners 🟢 No long waiting lists 🟢 9 qualified practitioners on staff 🟢 Our unique process of matching clients with the best suited practitioner 🟢 #Medicare, #NDIS and #WorkCover treatment funding options 🟢 Free parking and easy access Then get in touch with our #AccorasPsychologyServices. Our practitioners have a wealth of experience in: ▫️ Depression, stress and anxiety ▫️ Difficulties overcoming trauma or coping with grief ▫️ Relationship issues, including family and couples counselling ▫️ Addiction ▫️ Behavioural, emotional or anger difficulties ▫️ Self esteem, self-image, eating disorders and confidence issues ▫️ Work, study or school related stress It's easy to refer. Email your referral to pssouth@accoras.org.au or phone 3360 1083, or Use the Medical-Objects platform (Accoras Psychology Services) Our handpicked team is located in Upper Mouth Gravatt, offering face to face appointments, telehealth, and phone support. You can request an appointment via the form here: https://lnkd.in/gTUCwbgd

Our MobBOOST program is specifically designed to support three different age segments: 🔺 Youth 🔺 Adult 🔺 Seniors Swipe through to find out more, and visit our website for more information: https://lnkd.in/ghN5Smc3

[ CASE STUDY ] How the #Accoras #You.nique program helped Jai become himself again // Situation SNAPSHOT Jai is a 10 year old, who couldn’t bring himself to attend school for over 8 weeks due to debilitating anxiety. He was significantly behind on his school work, and catching up seemed hopeless. His mum and dad were considering either home-schooling or distance education, a big change for everyone. // GOALS The goals for Jai and his family were for him to feel better through learning strategies and skills relevant to his anxiety. For him to be able to manage and cope when he became anxious, to build positive relationships with friends at school, and just go to school more. // What Accoras DID Our Accoras You.nique Practitioner started by gently building trust-based relationships with the family and Jai, over 9 sessions. They communicated with the school, to keep them up to date and on board with the case management while requesting their advocacy support. The Practitioner worked with Jai using psychoeducation around anxiety and other emotions, so that Jai could be more aware of the anxiety cycle. Together they implemented Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) support, so that he could identify unhelpful thinking, and challenge it. // OUTCOME Jai’s parents feel that he is back to his usual self. He’s got a clear awareness of his anxiety, and is able to engage coping strategies for positive results. He has now built good relationships with his classmates, and his teacher, and has been attending every day of school. He’s even been able to complete all assessments, and has achieved an ‘above average’ grade! // What they SAID Jai’s mum and dad are less stressed and anxious, to the point where they are comfortable to go to their respective workplaces without expecting a call from the school. That's why we do what we do. To help children, young people and families, just like Jai. To find out more about You.nique go here https://lnkd.in/gcVj3UCn #ChangingLives

It's #ValentinesDay! So we'd like to show the love, with a big red hearted 'thank you ❤️", to our funder partners, the organisations and people who work with us, and support us to help change more lives. They are the ones who support us in our constant goal of '#GoodMentalHealthForAll.' The ones who help us actively care for our clients, for our team mates, and our community. Because here at #Accoras, we believe that everyone has a right to quality mental health care, a right to take real action and change their life for the better. Our funders and partners help us to work together for stronger communities, through sustainably delivering our range of programs and services. Brisbane South PHN Department of Social Services (DSS) Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety Department of Employment and Workplace Relations National Indigenous Australians Agency headspace We love working with you to change lives. Thank you. #ChangingLives

Our people are the heart and soul of our organisation. But we know, and our team knows, that perfection is the enemy. As a whole, we are absolutely committed to creating a thriving workplace environment. 💠 One that empowers our employees, drives performance excellence, and stokes our growth. 💠 One that supports people, even when they mess up. Because, let's face it, everyone does. From small oversights to larger errors, it's going to happen. Our workplace environment is the kind that encourages ownership of those errors, learning from them, and using those learnings as opportunities for continual growth and improvement. We don't believe that accountability is having the perfect score of no mistakes - there's nothing realistic about that. It's about taking responsibility, making things right, and learning to create better systems and processes as a result. And this makes for a tight team, one who works together, supports each other, and sees the vision of 'changing lives' on the daily. We have an incredible, resilient team ready to #ThriveIn2025! What do your teams do to fight the false idea of perfection? #ChangingLives #ContinuousImprovement

Do you have any clients whose complex mental health needs are not improving with standard interventions, and they are having issues with housing, employment, relationships, alcohol and other drugs, social isolation, and other psychosocial factors that are making things worse for them? CNCP is a pilot project, funded by the Brisbane South PHN and facilitated by #Accoras, that brings together a small group of multi-disciplinary experts. The CNCP provides non-clinical advice and support. And can make additional systemic and evidence-based recommendations and strategies including referral pathways to support recovery. The referring service provider/practitioner remains the clinical lead and will be invited to attend a CNCP meeting, to present deidentified information about their client and join with the CNCP members in a collaborative and creative case-planning discussion. We would love for you to be part of this exciting new trial. Please get in touch with us on 07 3255 6555, email cncp@accoras.org.au or fill in a referral form at https://lnkd.in/g-FnASSG

January has gone in the blink of an eye, we are already in February, and we're excited about a massive year ahead at Accoras. #ThriveIn25 2024 seems so long ago! 😉 Here's a snapshot of some of the events and activities we attended. #ChangingLives #GoodMentalHealthForAll

Welcome Sheree Chaffey to the Accoras headspace Inala team - so happy to have you on board!

Resharing the story of Tom. For many, it’s hard enough being a teenage boy. When increasing anxiety also is evident, along with a debilitating fear of germs and a family history of autism, Tom found himself just wanting to be normal. It got to the point where he was having suicidal thoughts, and refused to hug anyone, even his mother, for fear of spreading his germs. Tom’s mum just wanted her happy boy back, without worrying about the impact on him of traditional masculinity views, Initially, our Case Coordinator started with safety planning, followed by a mix of acceptance commitment therapy, somatic grounding, and exposure therapy. But his anxiety deepened. His fear about germs intensified to the point that his obsessive-compulsive cleaning rituals left his hands so raw and blistered that he had to wear surgical gloves. So our Case Coordinator moved forward to focus on diagnosis, along with acute ongoing support. They collaborated and corresponded with medical professionals, during which the family stayed strong, with Tom being officially diagnosed with OCD after a lengthy period. The Accoras CPSP program helped him with his suicidal thoughts. The journey for Tom required a number of teams to help him see hope once again, which is one of the strengths of Accoras - being able to access timely support across different programs and teams. Here’s a text from Tom’s mum: “After 6 months of medication, weekly psychiatric visits, 3 weekly psychologist visits, we almost have our smiling wildly funny young man back. It couldn’t have been done without your support and care. Thank you.” #ChangingLives

#MobBOOST, our new Indigenous Skills and Employment Program (ISEP) is working with business partners in the following industries: 🩺 Health Care 🤗 Community and Social Services 🛍️ Retail 🥗 Hospitality 🛠️ Manufacturing ☀️ Renewable Energy 🚸 Childcare 🏭 Warehouse, and  🏡 Construction If you would like to know more about this targeted approach, working with the strengths of local First Nation communities and employers, and connecting Indigenous people to jobs, skills improvements, and career advancement opportunities, go to our website: https://lnkd.in/ghN5Smc3 It's another program designed to #ChangeLives, locally.