
Welcome to The Resilience Centre
Psychologists at The Resilience Centre, previously known as Alpha Counselling Services, have an outstanding reputation for 20 years of supporting people in the northern suburbs of Sydney.
Our professional commitment is to personally provide care, confidentiality and experience in catering for clients dealing with all that life may bring. Each psychologist offers both support for common life experience and an additional range of specialist services for specific individual areas of need. It is not necessary to have a doctor's referral to The Resilience Centre. Appointments can be made over the phone and all calls are treated with the strictest confidence. Private health insurance rebates apply for clients with the appropriate cover and Medicare rebates apply with a referral from a GP after completing a Mental Health Care Plan.
Please peruse through our list of practitioners to find someone with expertise in the areas relevant to your needs. . Click here for further details.
The Resilience Doughnut is a model for building resilience in children and young people.This model is being used by practitioners all around Australia, and is quickly spreading to other countries, including the UK, and NZ. The 7 factors that resilient young people and adults have in common are illustrated in the shape of a doughnut. Ways of helping a young person through stressful times and building their resilience are shown using the simple common sense formula: “If something is working, do more of it”. |
The Resilience Report provides a snapshot of the specific resilience characteristics of young people and provides avenues for intervention and ongoing support.The Resilience Report uses the Resilience Doughnut interactive tool and two validated measures to asssist reach person to take a snapshot of their own resilience. |
Wise Words, Musings, Reflections, Insights & Analysis. This book from the Resilience Centre Team is a collection of blogs on a range of popular and interesting topics written by our team of Psychologists.
For more information and to order your copy click here
These informal evening seminars for the general community, are presented by our experienced psychologists. They provide psychological insights into a variety of challenging life issues.
A fun and innovative 6 week program (for children aged 8-12 years) which aims to help them learn a more optimistic style of thinking.
A 2 week program which aims to equip parents with tools to guide their children through the adjustment to their separation.
A 4 week program, with follow up, for adults who have difficulty maintaining optimism through anxious or negative thinking.
DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy)
This 24 week program is designed for adults who have difficulties with emotions, relationships, impulsivity, self harm, suicidal behaviours, substance use or other problems that come from difficulties with controlling emotions.
LINK3D Up is a creative and interactive 5 week group program for adolescents, 13 - 16 years, that will teach resilience skills vital for negotiating the teenage years
Our most popular Wednesday Night Hot Topics are available ANYTIME, online.
Connect-3 is an innovative 5 week group program for building resilience in 8 to 12 year olds.
A 5 week group program for couples who want solutions to their relationship dilemmas.