Cygnet Clinic

Get to know Cygnet Clinic

From Cygnet Clinic's website.

• Our approach

  Cygnet uses a collaborative, evidence-based approach tailored to each individual's needs rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution. Sessions draw on a range of therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), mindfulness-based therapies, attachment-based approaches, and play therapy for children. The clinic provides individual therapy, psychological assessments, and couples and family therapy in a safe, respectful, and confidential space. For children, age-appropriate and often play-based approaches are used to help with emotional and behavioural challenges, with clinicians working closely with parents and carers to support the entire family system.

• Working with families

  Clinicians work closely with parents and carers, particularly when supporting children, to ensure family members are included in the therapeutic process and understand recommendations for home and school. The clinic offers couples and family therapy to help families improve communication, resolve conflicts, and strengthen their bonds. Parents are central to the child therapy approach, with the clinic recognising that psychological therapies often work better when the family system is involved for sustainable change.

• Meet the team

  The team includes clinical psychologists with minimum Masters degrees in Clinical Psychology, as well as psychiatric specialists and pain management experts, all holding postgraduate qualifications with a minimum of 6 years university training. Clinical psychologists conduct assessments, provide diagnosis, and deliver evidence-based psychological therapies. Psychiatrists are medical doctors with specialist training in psychiatry who can prescribe medication and provide medical treatments. Key clinicians across the two locations include experienced practitioners with specialisations in areas such as child psychology, autism and ADHD assessment, trauma, anxiety, depression, and family therapy. Recent additions include Kate Pereira, a child clinical psychologist specialising in autism and ADHD assessment.

• Your first visit

  Your first appointment is an opportunity to get to know your clinician and share your story, discuss your goals for therapy, and begin creating a plan for moving forward together. Before your first session, it's best to find out what rebates and referral pathways are available to you. The clinic's administration team can answer initial questions about services, fees, and availability when you first reach out. Based on information from the intake process, the clinic carefully matches you with the clinician best suited to your specific concerns and needs.