Services

Astrid Toscan Clinical Psychology provides a variety of services including counselling, psychometric testing and report writing.

Presenting issues may include but not limited to:

Anxiety, depression or trauma related to current or historical life events, workplace bullying, relationship breakdown.

Psychometric testing for cognitive decline

Astrid is registered to provide services under :

• WorkCover and CTP
• Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
• Medicare - Better Access program (GP Mental Health Plan)
• Selected EAP providers

The following services are provided: 

• Psychological counselling for individuals and couples
• Clinical assessment and intervention
• Psychometric testing
• Report writing 

This Practice provides services that are evidence based and thus supported by extensive research and outcome evaluation.

Counselling is one part of working with complex problems and life situations. A Clinical Psychologist has extensive training in human behaviour, the assessment and application of specific therapies, monitoring of progress and outcomes.

This may include workplace trauma such as that experienced by Police, Paramedics, Fire-Brigade, historical trauma from childhood, accidents and other assaults including domestic and family violence. Astrid has extensive experience in supporting and providing therapy for individuals presenting with these experiences.

Relationships don't need to be physically violent for them to be deemed abusive. The psychological damage that can happen in intimate partner relationships can occur quite slowly. Excuses are made for bad or abusive behaviour, over the time you may think that you have made the person like it because you just "can't do anything right. If you are concerned or not sure, please click on the 'Find out More' button below. It is a booklet called "Charmed and Dangerous". It outlines issues that may occur in relationships that may not be healthy and may be abusive.