Health services & Clinical psychology
Wellstrong offers access to allied health clinicians with the skills and experience to individually tailor services and programmes that can make a difference in achieving and sustaining your personal health and fitness goals.
Health services are informed by clinical best-practice, and contemporary evidence-based therapies.
Our allied health practitioners specialise in behavioural approaches to support you in achieving and maintaining important behaviour and lifestyle changes to improve or optimise health.
Our practitioners offer a broad range of clinical and consultation services including assessment, designing personalised therapy programmes, providing self-management support, and health professional education and clinical supervision
Our health services
Dr Melanie Burkhardt principal Clinical Psychologist at Wellstrong.
Mel has a special interest in the behavioural management of diabetes and metabolic conditions, which she developed working as a Senior Clinical Psychologist and member of the multidisciplinary team, in the Department of Endocrinology at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals.
She also has extensive experience in assisting clients with cancer, rheumatological conditions, women’s health issues, limb amputations, and pain, providing behavioural therapy as an adjunct to medical treatments.
Mel remains an active clinical researcher, and is involved in teaching and training allied health professionals in both public and private health sectors. She is an AHPRA Psychology board approved supervisor, and offers clinical supervision specifically to psychologists and diabetes health professionals who are keen to develop their skills and interest in the behavioural management of diabetes.
Mel takes a functional, practical ‘here and now’ approach to therapy and places strong emphasis on teaching behavioural self-management to assist clients in optimising their personal health behaviours including physical activity, dietary behaviour change and optimal medical management.
We assist our clients to navigate challenges when faced with major life changes including retirement, bereavement, relationship breakdowns, loss of functioning, ability and/or independence, and living with the burden of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, chronic fatigue, persistent pain, and cancer.
Psychological therapy may be of assistance to you if you wish to improve or optimise your wellbeing and health by exploring and learning adaptive ways of coping and self-managing behaviour for lasting change.
It can also assist in managing persistent low mood, anxiety and associated difficulties.
Our clients have the option of utilising psychological therapy only or a multidisciplinary team approach to leverage lifestyle changes to include physical activity and nutrition.
Thank you for your interest in referring our services.
Please contact Wellstrong via telephone: (08) 9279 2489 or at [email protected] to discuss potential referrals.
Payments are generally made on the day of your appointment.
Depending on how you are referred to us, the cost for allied health services available at Wellstrong, may be covered in part or full.
Rebate schemes that may apply include Medicare, private health funds, Workers Compensation, the Insurance Commission of WA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Please contact us for information about our current fees for allied health services and rebates that you may be eligible for.
Cancellations
We typically set aside an hour or a block of time for your health appointment. If you are unable to attend or wish to change an appointment, please give us at least 48 hours notice.
If you cancel an appointment with less than 48 hours notice, you will likely be charged a cancellation fee. Late cancellation and non-attendance incur the full cost of the respective allied health consultation/service booked.
Please note that our health services team does not provide crisis support.
In the event that you or a loved one is experiencing a mental health emergency please attend your nearest hospital emergency department.
Call 000 or call the WA Mental Health Emergency Response Line 1300 555 788.
In the Peel region, call the Peel Mental Health Emergency Line 1800 676 822.
Outside the Metropolitan area, call Rural Link Mental Health Emergency Service 1800 552 002.
At times of emotional crisis other than an emergency, consider contacting other support services.
Lifeline 13 11 14
Kids Helpline 1800 551 800
Suicide Call-Back-Service 1300 659 467
Samaritans Crisis Line 13 52 47
Sexual Assault Resource Centre 1800 199 888
Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline 08 9223 1188
Men’s Domestic Violence Helpline 1800 000 599
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