The Psychology Centre

Advancing Psychological Wellbeing and Practice

Covid-19 – Keeping you Safe

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Covid-19 – keeping safe at this time

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In line with Government regulations, The Psychology Centre is currently closed to visitors for the duration of the lockdown. We are considered an essential service, and so are continuing to operate, although in a limited capacity so that we can all keep enough distance between each other.

We will be offering online or phone appointments to people who are existing clients, and these will have been arranged and underway.

We are currently not going to be able to accept further referrals, and if you are already on our waitlist, it is unlikely that we will be able to get to you until the lockdown has lifted. If we have capacity, we may contact people on our waitlist to offer available remote services.

You are welcome to contact us on (07) 846 6907, or by email tpc@tpc.org.nz. We will get back to you when we can, although there may be some delay.

This is going to mean significant disruption to our usual service, and we agree with the Government that this is necessary in the interests of public health. Our greater goal is protecting each other, you, and our community in general.

In the meantime, other services that are available for mental health support are the 1737 mental health helpline, which is available 24/7 – just text or call 1737 to speak to a trained counsellor anytime.

For urgent mental health enquiries, please contact the Crisis Assessment team on 0800 50 50 50. They are also available 24/7 if needed.

Links to other useful resources can be found at the bottom of this message.

Please take care of yourselves and others during this time. We are all in this together.

We look forward to being able to offer our usual service as soon as we are able.

Kia kaha. He waka eke noa.

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What we do

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Mental Health Clinic

Our clinic is supported by the Waikato District Health Board (WDHB) and conducts psychological assessment and treatment for clients throughout the Waikato. Our clinical team is made up of qualified and highly experienced clinicians supported by senior students from the University of Waikato through our training centre.

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Professional Development

For students and professional practitioners around the Waikato, we aim to provide high quality local learning and professional development opportunities through workshops, seminars, training courses and clinical supervision.

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Research

Our in-house clinical team have been involved in clinical research on a range of topics relating to clinical psychology. Our research is available in published format and on request.

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Student/Intern Training

We are affiliated with the University of Waikato and assist their senior graduate students to gain valuable clinical experience by working under the supervision of one of our clinical team. We also lead courses and training programmes for students focused on the direct application of clinical psychology.

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Clinical Supervision

Supervisors at the centre are available provide clinical supervision for clinicians in the community.

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Mindfulness

Working in association with Mindfulness Waikato, the clinic offers mindfulness training for members of the community.

Our Relationships

We work with individuals seeking psychological assessment & treatment, to clinical psychology students and professionals, as well as clinicians from other medical and mental health disciplines.

Individual Clients

Our clinic provides psychological assessment & treatment programmes for individuals through self-referral or via referral from another medical practitioner (e.g. GP)

Other Mental Health Professionals

We provide clinical supervision, training and professional development opportunities for mental health professionals throughout the Waikato. This includes locally delivered workshops, seminars and training courses from our own clinical staff and from respected international presenters.

University of Waikato Students

We provide internship, mentoring and supervision for senior graduate students on the University of Waikato Clinical Psychology Postgraduate Diploma Programme.

Our Clinical team

The clinic has 3 fully qualified clinical staff members and one administrator supported by a number of graduate students from the University of Waikato Clinical Psychology Programme.

Josh joined the clinic in 2012 and became the Clinical Director in 2015. Josh spent 10 years in private practice in the US where he specialised in child, adolescent and family health. He has also worked in forensic psychology (adolescent & adult) in New Zealand and the US. Joshua Myers | Clinical Psychologist, Supervisor, Clinic Director

Psy.D, M.S. (Indiana State Univeristy, US), MNZCCP. MNZPsS

Natalie is Ngāti Apa (Whanganui) and bought up in the Eastern Bay of Plenty. Natalie’s clinical experience is within child development, health behaviour change, weight management, anxiety and depression. Much of her experience has been working with children, young people and families and more recently working with adults experiencing distress related to anxiety and depression. Natalie Parkes | Clinical Psychologist, Supervisor

M.Soc.Sci (Waikato) PGDip.Clin.Psych (Waikato), MNZCCP, MNZPsS

James qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2010 and has been working as a clinical supervisor at TPC since mid 2015. His prior experience was working in child and adolescent mental health and he continues to enjoy working with young people and their families. James Pope | Clinical Psychologist, Supervisor

M.Soc.Sci (Waikato) PGDip.Clin.Psych (Waikato), MNZCCP, MNZPsS

Caitlin qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2014. She recently joined the clinic after three years clinical experience in the area of child development and disability. More, recently Caitlin has worked with athletes, sport teams and organisations regarding performance psychology, which remains an area of interest along with working with children and young people. Caitlin Easter | Clinical Psychologist

M.Soc.Sci (Waikato) PGDip.Clin.Psych (Waikato), MNZCCP, MNZPsS

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5 King Street, Frankton
Hamilton, NZ

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tpc@tpc.org.nz

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(07) 846 6907