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Brain Health and Wellbeing Strategies
Mental health is a state of wellbeing where people meet their learning potential, cope with normal stresses, and are connected to community and their loved ones. Neurotree provides simple, accessible and enjoyable education programs tailored for clients who wish to optimise their mental health and wellbeing through evidence-based psycho-physiological strategies.
We believe that sharing psychological knowledge and tools can empower individuals to not just survive, but thrive.
Why are our education programs important?
We believe that one of the most valuable gifts clients can give themselves is taking time to be more relaxed, sleep better and discover calm and clarity within a sense of their full presence. Our education programs are designed to support clients to learn how to improve lifestyle factors such as eating and exercise habits, stress and anxiety management, settling an overactive or overwhelmed mind, and finding a sense of peace.
Offered in both individual and group formats, our programs may support the individual, parents and other family members, and caregivers and friends.
What may be the benefits of our education programs?
The aim of our education programs is to provide clients with effective and comprehensive strategies to align with their values and strengths, find direction and be empowered to set goals and create a purposeful life and career path. Our programs address preventable factors related to mental health conditions in order to help clients become accustomed to living with the challenges they are facing and equip themselves with better knowledge of personal coping ability, internal and external resources, and their own areas of strength.
Some topics may include work in life balance, mental health and wellbeing, career change or sustaining leadership and professional growth, parenting and relationship issues.
Why choose Neurotree for mental health & wellbeing education programs?
All our specialists for education programs hold a minimum of doctoral degree (PhD) with extensive experiences of research and teaching in universities. We base our teaching on evidence-based psychology, solid neuroscience and Eastern meditative context. We use most up to date information and research while considering workplace health and safety legislation in Australia.
Most importantly, we believe that there is not one unique and absolute method or technique to improve the mental health and wellbeing. We know from experience that what works for one client may not work for another. We strive to help clients to find the strategies independently that work for themselves by discussing how to work with their thoughts and emotions.
Neurotree Services
Approach to Education Program
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation is a form of education that involves learning about and understanding the mind and looking after the mind better. Our program focuses on prevention and early intervention, de-stigmatisation of mental illness, promotion of mental health and a general raising of awareness about how to manage and maintain clients’ mental health.
Another aim of our psychoeducational approach is to equip both clients who experience psychological issues and their families with a stronger knowledge about ways to cope and thrive in spite of the condition.
PE
EFE
Executive Function Education
Understanding executive function is an important step towards improving client’s life, which can be applied to many different areas of life. Our focus is particularly on the importance of executive function for academic and social performance in schools.
Executive function encompasses many different areas, including organisation, problem solving, working memory, flexible thinking, and inhibitory control. These are critically important skills in schools and learning situations, and also necessary for success, focus, and encouraging the creation of effective students.
Body-Mind Dynamics
This program teaches the dynamic effects of body-mind approaches from neurobiological perspectives, which refers to a unified system that body and mind are dynamically interrelated and changes in one area propagate throughout the whole system. The approaches may help clients to enhance meta-cognitive function, which can lead to decreases in avoidance behaviour in social aversive context.
Clients also learn specific breathing techniques designed to support neuro-plastic changes, which are required to bring about sustained symptom relief. They may facilitate the integration of bodily symptoms with the mind, the physical with the emotional, rather than marginalising one or the other.
BMD
ME
Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which clients focus on being intensely aware of what they are sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment. It aims to help clients learn to befriend their thoughts and emotions, rather than being trapped in unhelpful patterns of thinking, feeling and acting.
Generalized neuroimaging meditation studies found that regular meditation practices may result in rewiring the brain, i.e. a process of neuroplasticity, towards more positive thoughts and emotional experiences. Our mindfulness program guides clients in how to apply this learning in everyday life both to manage what is painful and difficult but also to cultivate qualities such as compassion and equanimity.
Fees
Profesionalism, Authenticity and Transparency
Comprehensive & Standard Education
Our clients receive a standard 1:1 education session at a cost of $180, which consists of a 60 minute minimum of theoretical basis, practical strategies and exercises.
A long 1:1 education session consists of the 60-minute standard session and 30-minute consultation session. This 90-minute long session is charged at $240.
The cost of group sessions varies depending on the number of group members attending each session (maximum 4 participants per session), such as: $120 per client for a 2- participant group; $80 per client for a 3-participant group; and $60 per client for a 4-participant group.
A place in our 90-minute workshops is $40
Upon clients’ request, we may be able to conduct some education programs in the community such as a client’s home, school, and office. In this case, return travel costs are capped to 60 minutes at $170 (pro-rata in 15 minute increments).
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Some NDIS participants may be able to access funding for our creative arts therapy under the support cluster of ‘Capacity Building’ – Improved Daily Living (assessment, training, strategy development and/or therapy supports) to assist the development or increase a participant’s skills and/or capacity for independence and community participation. Its item number is 15_615_0128_1_3.
Self-managed NDIS participants can contact us directly to organise and schedule assessment services.
For plan-managed NDIS participants, their planner can typically confirm whether funds have been allocated for these purposes and seek approval to access our services under the participants’ plan.
Cancellation Policy
All appointments cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice will incur a fee that is half the rate of the scheduled fee.
100% of the scheduled fee will be charged in situation where there is a failure to attend the appointment without notice.
Thank you for understanding the need for a cancellation policy, in order to allow the clinic to run smoothly while providing the opportunity for all clients to have access to their preferred appointment times.
Address List
PO Box 000, Camberwell South,
VIC 3124, Australia
(+61) 410 610 355
info@neurotree.com.au
Compassion Commitment Responsibility and Respect
Neurotree acknowledges Aboriginal people as the traditional owners of the land in each of the communities where we work and pays respect to their Elders’ past and present.