Practice 92 specialises in treatment for:
- Anxiety
- ACC sensitive claims
- Audiology
- Business coaching
- Child & Family therapy
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Chronic Pain
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Depression
- Drug & alcohol abuse
- Family court work
- Family & couple therapy
- Fibromyalgia
- Infant, child and adolescent mental health
- Life transitions
- Maternal mental health
- Neuropsychology
- Pain
- Panic
- Personality disorder
- PTSD
- Relationship problems
- Self esteem
- Sex therapy
- Sexual abuse
- Sleep/Insomnia
- Tinnitus
- Trauma
- Work issues
What is Mental Illness?
Mental illness is a clinically significant behaviour or psychological (to do with the mind) disorder that is associated with distress or disability. It is not just the way someone responds to a particular event nor is it limited to the way a person interacts with society.
A mental illness can continuously or intermittently (occasionally) affect our capacity for speech, language, mood, affect, thoughts, perceptions, insight, judgement, cognition (understanding) and volition (ability to make choices). It can limit our ability to function as society would normally expect of us and can put us and others at risk.
Mental illness is therefore, a broad term that covers problems ranging from minor to severe disorders.
Who is a Psychiatrist?
A ‘psychiatrist’ is a doctor who, after basic medical qualifications, receives further training and develops the expertise to become a ‘specialist’ in identifying symptoms of, and diagnosing and treating, mental illnesses. You may have been referred to a psychiatrist if your doctor feels you need specialist help.
See below under 'Consultants' for the psychiatrists who work at Practice 92.
Who is a Psychologist?
A psychologist is a non-medical specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, abnormal behaviour and psychiatric problems. They provide psychological evaluation, assessment, testing and treatment for people experiencing mental or emotional problems. The psychologist can also reduce the psychological distress suffered by people who are adjusting to a medical diagnosis, recovering from surgery or managing pain and chronic illness as well as improve treatment outcomes (for example recovery after a heart attack or surgery).
The psychologists who work at Practice 92 are:
Who is a Psychotherapist?
A psychotherapist assists clients to increase their self-awareness and emotional growth. They can enable clients to make sense of their personal history and family ties, significant past events and to notice repeating patterns. Psychotherapy can assist in healing past hurts, overcoming the negative effects of trauma, deficit or loss. It can improve intimate relationships, enable clients to navigate life transitions and negotiate developmental challenges.
The psychotherapists and counsellors who work at Practice 92 are:
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ACC Assessments and Treatment
ACC funds psychologists, psychiatrists and psychotherapists to undertake a variety of tasks in assessment and rehabilitation. At Practice 92 psychologists and psychiatrists are available to undertake general and neuro-psychological (child and adult) assessments for clients who have had mental stress associated with an accident. Psychologists and psychotherapists at Practice 92...
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Anxiety Disorders
We all feel some anxiety at some time or other...
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Audiology/Tinnitus
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Bipolar Disorder/Manic Depression
This is a mood disorder in which both depressive (persistent low mood) and manic (elevated or high mood) episodes are experienced...
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Child & Family Therapy
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Child Sexual Abuse
Child sexual abuse is defined as sexual contact ranging from fondling to penetration, by someone who is 5 or more years older than the survivor...
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome information and treatment
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Chronic Illness
Chronic Illness
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Chronic Pain Management
Chronic Pain Management
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Depression
Depression is a mood disorder. Emotional states like sadness, ‘feeling blue’ or tearfulness are part of normal human experience...
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Drug & Alcohol Abuse
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Family Court Work
Psychologists and psychotherapists at Practice 92 undertake both counselling and assessment work for the Family Court. The Family Court provides funded counselling for adults, parents and children in certain circumstances. Practice 92 practitioners specialise in working with children and in working with conflicted family systems. Psychologists at Practice 92 also...
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Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia
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Neuropsychology
Neuropsychology is a professional specialty concerned with learning and behaviour in relationship to an individual’s brain...
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Pain
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Personality Disorder
Personality disorders are mental disorders characterised by an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour that deviates markedly from the expectations of the individual's culture. The pattern is manifest in the individual's cognitive distortions, problems with emotions and emotional regulation, poor interpersonal functioning and difficulties with impulse control. Treatment is...
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental disorder that affects about 1% of the general population...
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Sex Therapy
Please click on the link for information about sex therapy.
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Sleep/Insomnia
Insomnia is one of the most common medical problems. It is defined as poor quality sleep, often with a long wait for sleep to happen, middle of the night awakening or waking up too early...
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Directions from the North Shore:
Go onto Northern Motorway, go onto Exit 425 Cook St, After 0.1 Km, go right onto Union St, After 0.0 Km, go straight onto Cook St, After 0.1 Km, go right onto Sam Wrigley St, After 0.2 Km, go left onto Union St, After 0.4 Km go straight onto Pitt St, After 0.4 Km, go straight onto Mercury Ln, After 0.2 Km, go left onto Canada St, After 0.1 Km, go right onto Upper Queen St, After 0.1 Km, go left onto Alex Evans St, After 0.2 Km, go right onto Symonds St, After 0.5 Km, go left onto Mt Eden Rd, Continue for 0.6 Km along Mt Eden Rd to 54 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland.
Directions from South Auckland:
Go onto the Southern motorway; After 0.2 Km, go straight onto Exit 430 Khyber Pass Rd, After 0.5 Km, go left onto Khyber Pass Rd, After 0.1 Km, go left at traffic lights onto Nugent Street, after 0.5 Km go onto roundabout, take exit 2 onto Boston Rd, After 0.1 Km, go left onto Mt Eden Rd, Continue for 0.3 Km along Mt Eden Rd to 54 Mount Eden Road, Mount Eden, Auckland
Parking is at the rear of the practice in a large courtyard. This is accessed from Edwin Street and is on the left hand side of the road.
