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Head Strength Adjust: Support for Life's Transitions
Head Strength Adjust is a group therapy program tailored for individuals experiencing emotional distress related to significant life events. Whether you're dealing with changes in eyesight, mobility challenges, illness, the loss of a spouse, the illness of a spouse or relative, moving house/ downsizing or any other life change, we provide a supportive space to navigate these challenges with others who are also navigating change.
Program Details:
- Duration: 10 sessions over 10 weeks
- Session Length: 90 minutes each
- Therapeutic Approach: The program integrates concepts from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), focusing on strategies to manage worry, anxiety, low mood or depression, and foster resilience.
- Small groups sizes: (maximum 8 participants)
Who It’s For: This program is designed for older adults who are seeking to address emotional distress related to challenging life events. Participants will benefit from group discussions and shared experiences in a caring environment.
Access: A GP referral enables participants to receive a Medicare rebate for their sessions. An out of pocket/ gap payment is likely and will depend on individual circumstance. See 'Our Fees' for more details.
Benefits: Participants will engage in discussions, activities, and exercises designed to promote emotional wellbeing, helping them connect with others while addressing their unique challenges.
To register, please enter your details on the ‘Contact or Refer’ page of this website.
Head Strength Adjust: Finding Strength in Togetherness.
Head Strength Plus: Emotional Wellbeing and Cognitive Strength
Overview: Head Strength Plus is a group therapy program designed for individuals experiencing emotional distress, and concerns with memory or mild to moderate cognitive impairment. The approach combines evidence-based therapeutic techniques to foster emotional resilience and build cognitive strength .
Program Details:
- Duration: 10 sessions over 10 weeks
- Session Length: Each session lasts 90 minutes
- Therapeutic Framework: The program incorporates concepts from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), alongside Cognitive Stimulation Therapy(CST), to enhance cognitive function and improve mood.
- Small groups sizes: (maximum 8 participants)
Who It’s For: This program is designed for older adults who are navigating challenges related to mood disturbances and have memory complaints or, mild to moderate cognitive impairment. Participants will benefit from group discussions and shared experiences in a caring environment.
Access: A GP referral enables participants to receive a Medicare rebate for their sessions. An out of pocket/ gap payment is likely and will depend on individual circumstance. See 'Our Fees' for more details.
Benefits: Participants will engage in discussions, activities, and exercises designed to promote emotional wellbeing and cognitive stimulation, helping them connect with others while addressing their unique challenges.
To register, please enter your details on the ‘Contact or Refer’ page of this website.
Head Strength Plus: Supporting Minds, Enriching Lives.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness can enhance mental health and support making changes in a person’s life. It can quieten the mind, help with feeling less stressed, less tired, and gain a deeper sense of well-being.
Our groups enable people to learn and implement mindfulness meditation practice into their daily lives.
The programs include guided meditations, psychoeducation, gentle movement and stretches, meaningful discussions, opportunities to look at habits and make some positive adjustments.
Regular mindfulness practice has been found to:
- Decrease anxiety, depression, and irritability
- Protect against the harmful effects of stress on mental health
- Be effective in helping people manage symptoms of illness, and to live more fully despite illness
- Reduce emotional distress and increase quality of life and wellbeing
- Lessen feelings of loneliness
- Have a protective effect on cognitive ageing
- Improve sleep quality
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