DR AMANDA MAXWELL
Suite 5, Lvl 2/79 Alexander St, Crows Nest NSW 2065
- Clinic
About DR AMANDA MAXWELL
Amanda Maxwell is a registered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2005. She specializes in evidence-based approaches including CBT, Behavioural Therapy, and Systemic Family Therapy, with particular expertise in tic disorders, Tourette Syndrome, and neurodevelopmental movement disorders.
What's offered
Clinic sessions
Services provided
DR AMANDA MAXWELL lists
- Tic Psychology Service
- Habit Reversal Training (HRT/CBiT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for tics, including individual therapy for co-occurring difficulties such as anxiety, OCD and anger.
- Individual Therapy
- Evidence-based therapy for children and adolescents with depression, anxiety disorders, panic, OCD, social anxiety, specific phobias, health anxiety, and behavioural difficulties.
- Primary Motor Stereotypies and Functional Movement Disorders
- Individual evidence-based therapy for primary motor stereotypies and functional (psychogenic) movement disorders.
- Psychometric Assessment
- Assessment of children and adolescents for concerns about intellectual disability, specific learning disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and co-occurring learning difficulties.
- Parent Psychoeducation
- Sessions including psychoeducation about tics, Tourette Syndrome, anxiety, anger and rage, and working with schools.
Get to know DR AMANDA MAXWELL
From DR AMANDA MAXWELL's website.
Our approach
Amanda Maxwell uses evidence-based therapeutic approaches tailored to each child's needs. Her practice draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Behavioural Therapy (BT), and Systemic Family Therapy to support young people with a range of difficulties including anxiety, depression, behavioural challenges, and movement disorders. She has specialised training in Comprehensive Behavioural Intervention for Tics (CBiT) and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), particularly for children with Tourette Syndrome and motor stereotypies. Sessions are structured around evidence-based interventions designed to help children develop practical skills and strategies for managing their difficulties.
Meet the team
Amanda Maxwell is a registered Clinical Psychologist with qualifications in arts, paediatric neuropsychology, education and developmental psychology, and clinical psychology. She has worked in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2005 and brings extensive experience from specialist services in the UK, including a national Tic and Neurodevelopmental Movements service and a Paediatric Neuropsychology Service at Evelina Children's Hospital in London. She is registered with AHPRA and holds a Medicare provider number. No information is provided about additional team members.
Locations & areas served
Crows Nest
Suite 5, Lvl 2/79 Alexander St, Crows Nest NSW 2065
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