Understanding Minds
Enter through Medical Centre, Suite 602, Level 6, Medical Centre, John Flynn Private Hospital, 42 Inland Dr, Tugun QLD 4224
- Clinic
- Online sessions
About Understanding Minds
Understanding Minds is Dr Craig Wright and Dr Belinda Gasston. They specialise in learning, behaviour, and mental health support for children, adolescents, and adults. Their approach is genuine, understanding, evidence-based and empowering, focusing on understanding the whole person, not just the diagnosis, and promoting family/partner involvement with personalised advice and support.
What's offered
Telehealth sessions
Clinic sessions
Services provided
Understanding Minds lists
- Educational Psychology Assessments
- Assessments conducted by qualified educational psychologists to evaluate learning and educational needs.
- Behaviour Support
- Behavioural support services including positive behaviour specialist support for learning and behavioural challenges.
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
- Psychology services for children and adolescents addressing mental health and psychological concerns.
- Clinical Psychology Assessments
- Clinical assessments conducted by qualified clinical psychologists.
- Dyslexia and Dysgraphia Intervention Programs
- Uniquely designed intervention programs for dyslexia and dysgraphia that have achieved positive results and been the subject of scientific studies.
Get to know Understanding Minds
From Understanding Minds's website.
Our approach
Understanding Minds uses a genuine, evidence-based approach that looks beyond diagnosis to understand the whole person, including family and environmental influences. Sessions focus on personalised strategies tailored to each child and family rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. The team emphasises family and partner involvement throughout, recognising that understanding a child's behaviour and learning requires considering multiple influences in their life. This approach aims to be genuinely helpful and empowering, moving beyond just identifying a problem to creating meaningful, sustainable change.
Working with families
The practice actively promotes family and partner involvement as part of its core approach, believing that understanding a child requires consideration of their family and environment. Support is designed to be personalised to each family's needs and circumstances. The team works with parents and carers to develop specific attitudes and strategies that suit their individual situation rather than applying generic advice.
Meet the team
Understanding Minds is led by Dr Craig Wright, one of Australia's leading practitioners in learning and behavioural psychology who founded the practice in 2004 after working in the public sector for Disability Services. Dr Belinda Gasston holds a Master of Education specialising in autism and developmental disabilities, with a PhD in educational leadership and behaviour, and is a NDIS registered Positive Behaviour Specialist. Both practitioners have extensive experience working in schools and with government departments, and have published research in scientific journals. The team offers child and adolescent psychology, clinical psychology, assessments, behavioural support, and educational psychology services at two Gold Coast clinics or via telehealth.
Locations & areas served
Tugun
Enter through Medical Centre, Suite 602, Level 6, Medical Centre, John Flynn Private Hospital, 42 Inland Dr, Tugun QLD 4224
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Opening hours
- Mon–Fri
- 9 AM to 5 PM
- Sat–Sun
- Closed
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