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At Create Psychology NQ, we provide a personalised approach for clients to navigate challenges and uncover their inner strengths, fostering lasting positive change.
While dealing with a client’s specific condition, our psychologists help clients understand and manage their thinking styles and beliefs, actions and behaviours, and emotions. We offer services to clients ages 12 and above.
We work with couples experiencing relationship difficulties and provide practical strategies for improving positive behaviours, effective communication, and conflict resolution.
Groups provide a supportive environment for individuals to collaborate on skill-building and personal growth, targeting issues like depression, obesity, anxiety disorders, and substance abuse, as well as fostering general improvement in social skills and emotional well-being.
Helping individuals, groups or organisations uncover challenges and underlying issues, and bridging the gap between where they are and where they want to be in life.
What we help with
Where we help
Create Psychology NQ offers face-to-face services at three locations in Townsville.
Kirwan, Condon and Burdell
We also provide telehealth and phone services to anywhere in Australia.
Who we are
Darran is a psychologist with a diverse background encompassing not-for-profit settings, community mental health, and private practice. With a deep commitment to supporting individuals from all walks of life, Darran has extensive experience addressing a variety of challenges, including:
Drawing from evidence-based, person-centred approaches, Darran empowers individuals to explore their thoughts, emotions, and behaviours, fostering well-being, adaptive coping skills, and resilience.
Proficient in a range of therapeutic modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, and Mindfulness-Based Therapies, Darran tailors interventions to suit each client’s unique needs.
Access and Referral
Medicare rebates are available to those with a GP mental health care plan referral.
Private health rebates are available. Check with your health fund provider for your level of coverage.
Plan-managed or self-managed NDIS participants. We work with ages 16 and up.
Department of Veterans Affairs and Open Arms referrals accepted.
Do I need a referral to access Create Psychology NQ?
No- having a referral simply means you can have session costs reduced through Medicare or
another scheme.
Am I eligible to receive a Medicare rebate for sessions?
If you obtain a referral from your general practitioner or psychiatrist, you will be able to access a
Medicare rebate for sessions.
How long do appointments go for?
Sessions last for 45-50 minutes. Overall duration of therapy will vary according to a range of
factors, such as the type of problem you are experiencing, as well as your personal resources (such as
supports and strengths). You should have an estimate regarding the number of sessions likely to
be required at the start of treatment.
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