Individuals:
Anxiety and phobias
Depression
Stress management, anger management
Bereavement
Personal crisis, critical incidents debriefing
Traumas & abuse
Past childhood & adolescent issues
Assessment & diagnosis of psychological disorders
Rehabilitation
Pain management

Couples:
Communication skills training
Conflict resolution
Relationship counselling
Premarital assessment and relationship training
Parenting issues & agreement
Post separation & divorce counselling

General counselling
Psychological assessment
Psychotherapy
Adjustment counselling
Hypnotherapy and relaxation training
Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR)
Gestalt, relational and experiential therapies
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Motivational interview
Mentoring
Supervision Training
Supervision for professionals

Dr. Judy Leung has been fascinated by human interaction and behaviour since she was a child. Not surprisingly, she took an interest in psychology and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology in 1978. She started her career soon after her graduation.

She began her career in the area of Drugs & Alcohol working with the Department of Health and Area Health Services, later moving onto Child & Family work. In 1989 she established her own private practice.

In her private practice, her work led her into areas of employee assistance services, rehabilitation and pain management, workers compensation and third party insurance assessment, neuropsychological assessment, treatment of abuse and trauma, organisational development and supervision services for other professionals. During this period, she had subcontracted to Vietnam Veterans Counselling Services, Victims of Crime Tribunal, Davidson Trahaire, Corpsych, Mentoring, as well as provided services to the Department of Education, the NSW Police Services, the Department of Community Services, the Department of Social Security, and Women’s Health organisations.

Throughout her career, Judy has continued her personal and professional training and has gained many certificates and diplomas in different treatment modalities. In the 1990’s she became the faculty member of the Illawarra Gestalt Centre providing training and supervision in Gestalt therapy. In 2004, she co-founded the Gestalt Practitioners Training Sydney with Dr. Mike Reed. She remained its co-director until 2008.

Judy was instrumental in establishing the Shoalhaven Branch of the Australian Psychological Society Pty Ltd in the late 1980’s and was its chairperson for a period of time. In 1996, she was also involved in the inaugural set up of Gestalt Australia New Zealand (GANZ), the peak body that governs Gestalt therapy training in Australia and New Zealand.

In 1997 she commenced her postgraduate training in psychology, eventually graduating with a doctorate in psychology in 2004. Her thesis focused on examining neuropsychological assessments on driving for those who have sustained brain injury.

Judy continues to find new challenges in her career. She has delivered papers and workshops throughout Australia and overseas. In 2006, she was one of several psychologists selected by the NSW Psychologists Registration Board to facilitate its “Train the Trainers” workshops across the state – the training of psychologists as supervisors to intern psychologists for the purpose of registration.

Judy believes that her passion for working with people has not waned through the years but has continued to grow in different directions. She believes that no two human experiences can be exactly the same due to the unique interaction between personality, family values and social environment. Therefore, she continues to be fascinated by what people brings, the twists and turns of each person’s story, the meaning they make of it, and how he/she can develop, learn and evolve out of encountering life’s difficulties.

You need to know that before people can work as psychologists they must have tertiary qualifications, have adequate experience and be registered with the Psychologists Registration Board. To find out if the person is registered, check with the AHPRA website: www.ahpra.gov.au.

Psychologists who are registered are bound by a comprehensive code of ethics.

As a client of a psychologist, you have a right to expect that:

• You will be treated with respect

• You will have an understanding of the service you will receive and you will
have the right to decline the service (or part of) offered

• The cost of the service is explained to you

• You will receive an explanation about the nature and limits of confidentiality
surrounding the service

• The goals and method of treatment be explained and decided jointly between
you and the psychologist

• That you can provide constructive feedback to the psychologist about the treatment without jeopardizing the therapeutic relationship

• Where possible, the psychologist will provide you with an estimated length of treatment

• That you be referred onto another professional if the psychologist is unable to help or upon your request

• That the psychologist abides by ethical and professional guidelines as set by his/her professional association and registration board

Generally speaking, information disclosed by you in consultation with me is held in confidence. Your file is kept in a secure setting. Third parties can only access information on you with your explicit permission. However, it is important that you are aware that there are limitations to the above and following are the exceptions to confidentiality (required by law):

• There are reasons to suspect that you may be at risk of harm to yourself or
others

• Information being disclosed about a child/children being suspected of severe
abuse or neglect

• A serious crime being committed by you that is not known to the authorities

• Your file being subpoenaed by the Court of Law

In the above situations, the relevant authorities are likely to be notified.

For those who are seeing me under Medicare, I will need to liaise with your GP or psychiatrist and furnish them with a regular progress report. This is mandated by Medicare funding. You will need to sign a consent form for release of information to your GP or psychiatrist (carried out in the first session). However, the type of information released can be discussed prior to the preparation of my report.

Some of you may be eligible for the Mental Health Plan which enables you to receive Medicare rebate for a potential 10 sessions per calendar year. The current Medicare rebate is $124.50. You would first need to see your GP for an assessment for eligibility before engaging this service. If you are not coming under a Mental Health Plan, you do not need a doctor’s referral. Full fee is applicable.

Unfortunately, this practice does not bulk-bill.