What the practice helps with

services

Stable Ground Psychology works with adolescents aged 13 and older, as well as adults. Here's an overview of the areas Clayton works in most often.

Depression & low mood

Feeling flat, stuck or hopeless; losing interest in things that used to matter; or finding everyday tasks harder than they should be. Therapy focuses on understanding what keeps your low mood going and taking steps back towards the things you value.

Trauma, PTSD & complex trauma

The effects of frightening, overwhelming or ongoing difficult experiences, whether recent or long ago. Therapy is carefully paced, starts with safety and stability, and uses evidence-based trauma treatments such as EMDR when you're ready.

Anxiety & stress

Constant worry, panic attacks, social anxiety, health-related worry or stress that has started to take over. Therapy helps you understand anxiety, respond to it differently, and get back to the things it has been stopping you from doing.

Neurodivergence-affirming support

Support for ADHD, autistic and otherwise neurodivergent adolescents and adults. The focus is on understanding how your brain works, reducing burnout and overwhelm, and building strategies that genuinely suit you.

Assessment

Psychological assessment

Comprehensive assessments to help you better understand your strengths and challenges and to support access to the right help at school, work or university. Each assessment includes a 50-minute initial consultation, a two-hour testing session, and a written report with a feedback session.

Assessments are quoted individually. Where medication might be helpful, it's prescribed and managed by a medical practitioner, and Clayton can share findings with your doctor with your consent.

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Assessments offered

  • Cognitive & intellectual (IQ)

  • Academic achievement

  • ADHD

  • Autism

  • Psychosocial functional capacity

  • Personality

Funding options

  • Medicare (with a GP Mental Health Treatment Plan)

  • DVA (Gold and White Card holders)

  • NDIS (self-managed and plan-managed participants)

  • WorkCover Queensland (with an accepted claim)

  • Private health insurance (extras cover)

  • Private (self-funded) clients

Other third-party insurers: please check with the practice before booking.

Home visits

As a rural practice, we offer home visits in some circumstances, for example, when travel to the clinic is difficult because of distance, mobility issues or disability.

Home visits are offered at the practice's discretion across Agnes Water, Seventeen Seventy, Miriam Vale, Baffle Creek, Deepwater and Gladstone, and a travel fee may apply. Please ask when you contact us.

When another service may suit better

Stable Ground Psychology focuses on individual therapy and assessment. The practice doesn't currently offer:

  • Crisis or after-hours support

  • Therapy for children under 13

  • Couples, relationship, family therapy, or work involving multiple family members

  • Court or medico-legal reports, including family law and parenting assessments

  • Therapy connected to current Family Court or parenting proceedings

If Stable Ground Psychology isn't the right fit, Clayton will help point you towards someone who is.