Albany Psychology Clinic – Massey University , Te whare mātai hinengaro ki Ōtehā – Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa

The Albany Psychology Clinic (formerly the Centre for Psychology) seeks to be a safe, supportive and compassionate space to discuss any difficulties you might currently be experiencing.

Our team of registered clinical psychologists can help with a wide range of psychological difficulties. We are experienced in a range of areas to help support you.

As part of the Massey School of Psychology we are a clinical training centre. We provide clinical practicum experience and internships to students completing postgraduate studies in Clinical Psychology. Sessions with interns or students observing are offered at discounted rates.

Referrals and bookings

We take referrals from health practitioners such as your GP and self-referrals.

Make a referral or booking

Email: massey.clinic.albany@massey.ac.nz
Phone number: +64 9 213 6095

Our first contact will be to gain fuller information and confirm if we are the right service for your needs. We will then discuss available clinicians and seek to book an initial appointment.

Our team

Our team includes:

• senior clinical psychologists
• neuropsychologists
• intern psychologists
• clinical psychology placement students.

Meet our team

Services we offer

As a university training clinic our services reflect a high standard in clinical practice and professional care. We specialise in the treatment of psychological difficulties using researched and validated best practice guidelines.

Our clinicians are committed to providing culturally appropriate services under te Tiriti o Waitangi. We promote and integrate Māori cultural frameworks to tautoko and support pathways to health and wellbeing.

Therapy services

Our therapy approaches are:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
• mindfulness-based approaches
• Schema Therapy (ST)
• specialist assessments
• trauma informed therapy.

Our therapy services help with a range of psychological difficulties, including:

• adjustment/life change
• anxiety (including social anxiety, worry and panic)
• low mood/depression
• relationship issues
• parenting difficulties
• sleep difficulties
• stress
• work-related problems
• chronic pain/illness-related difficulties
• post-traumatic stress/trauma.

Assessments

We offer a range of specialist assessments and reports including:

• psychological assessments
• neuropsychological assessments
• cognitive/learning assessments
• ADHD and autism.

Specialist assessments generally involve:

• a clinical interview (usually one or two hours)
• completion of relevant questionnaires or cognitive neuropsychological tests or both
• a written report
• feedback with recommendations.

The particular timeframes and requirements will be discussed with you in a phone call first and during your first clinical interview.

Sometimes we suggest referrals to a specialist service with expertise in a particular area if we believe this will be best for you.

Group sessions

We offer group sessions online and in person. We will advertise these when they occur.

To find out more and about our waiting lists contact us at massey.clinic.albany@massey.ac.nz.

Supervision

We provide clinical supervision for psychologists, counsellors and allied health professionals.

Contact us about supervision

Costs

Please contact massey.clinic.albany@massey.ac.nz for our current fees as these can vary due to student training.

Pay for a Psychology Clinic service

What to expect

First contact

In our first phone call, we will get a sense of what is happening for you and which of our clinicians might be the best to help.

Your first session

The first appointment is a chance for you to meet with us and learn about what we do, share with us what has been happening for you and let us know what you would like to focus on in therapy (your goals).

We will then plan future therapy sessions around these goals.

If we are not the best service for your needs we will let you know. We might suggest others who can help.

Duration of sessions

Therapy sessions range from one or two sessions to longer-term therapy depending on what you want to focus on.

Most people who come to therapy want to focus on one or two issues such as anxiety, low mood, worry or stress. They often have from 6 to 12 sessions of therapy.

Student practicums and internships

As part of the Massey School of Psychology we also provide:

• clinical practicum experience
• internships (1 year) for students completing postgraduate studies in Clinical Psychology.

You may be asked if you are willing for a student to sit in and observe sessions and may be offered the option of seeing an intern psychologist at a lower rate.

All students and interns are closely supervised by senior clinicians.

Other services that may help

For further support visit the Mental Health Foundation support page.

If you need urgent help:

• call the Community Mental Health Team on 0800 800 717
• call or text 1737 for support
• if it's an emergency dial 111.