Adelaide Psychology services

Psychological services seek to assist the individual in dealing with how they feel, think and interact, aiming to reduce distress and enhance emotional wellbeing.

An Adelaide Psychologist Marten provides psychological services for:

Cognitive behavioural therapy, neuro-psychotherapy, mindfulness integrated therapy, acceptance therapy, behaviour modification, stress management and interpersonal counselling are popular psychological approaches utilized for depression, anxiety disorders, post natal depression and bipolar mood disorder.

Focussed psychological strategies (FPS) are specific mental health care treatment strategies, derived from evidence based psychological therapies. They have been shown to integrate the best research evidence of clinical effectiveness with general practice clinical expertise. FPS consists of a range of specific strategies drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and interpersonal therapy.

These include:

Couple and Family Therapy

Marten provides specialist expertise in understanding and resolving child, adolescent, family and relationship difficulties. Family challenges include the birth of a child, schooling, parent adolescent conflict, and the management of elderly parents.  It is common for relationships to become strained and difficult at these various times of family life. Family Therapy assists in exploring the complexity of families and devising strategies for change.

Mediation and Family Dispute Resolution

Mediation is a process by which a neutral third party helps people in conflict to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement, developing options and alternatives to gain a practicable solution.  Mediation can be useful in situations from family conflict to workplace disputes.  Family Dispute Resolution seeks to help couples who are separating to resolve their family law disputes in relation to child care, child support, financial arrangements and property settlement.  Family Dispute Resolution endeavours to help separating couples reach agreements that are in the best interest of their children.

Children & Adolescents

Psychological services for children, teenagers and parents relating to ADD, ADHD, Aspergers, Conduct Disorders, Learning Problems, School difficulties and Bullying.