Treatment for Anxiety
An anxiety disorder can develop in a number of ways. It is important for mental health professionals to develop targeted treatment for your anxiety.
Inpatient treatment
Our hospital offers inpatient services which involves admission under the care of a psychiatrist with admitting rights to the clinic.
Our team of healthcare professionals specialise in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with mental health disorders and the exacerbation of pre-existing disorders. Our three week group-based anxiety program provides participants with the techniques and tools to positively reduce the symptoms and side effects associated with an anxiety disorder.
Day Programs
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This program is and based on the principle of accepting what is out of your control, while committing to action to enrich your life. It aims help you learn to handle painful thoughts and feelings, so that they have less impact on you and your decisions. You also learn to clarify what is truly important and meaningful, to you.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Our program helps you to understand and change unhelpful thinking that may be negatively affecting your day-to-day life. CBT deals with the ‘here and now’ - how your current thoughts and behaviour affects you, now.
Exercise for Mental Health
This program promotes healthy living and aims to help you integrate both psychological and physical recovery. You will discuss nutrition, diet, exercise, balanced lifestyle, motivation, goal setting and mindfulness.
Central Coast Clinic Day Program Art Music And Movement
If you enjoy creative expression and want to improve your confidence using a variety of art materials, this program may benefit you. It is also useful if you are unsure of your creative abilities, but interested in trying structured art projects to experience creative self-expression for personal development, and to experience emotional and psychological issues.
Psychological Injury
This program ensures a safe treatment setting, for people who have a psychological injury from the workplace. It teaches you the skills to help you live with your injury more effectively, understand its impact on you and others, as well as encouraging your return to work.
Successful Sleep
This is a Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) based program to help people with sleep difficulties including chronic insomnia, interrupted sleep, sleep apnoea and related mental health conditions. You will keep a sleep diary, to monitor your sleep for the entire program, and track changes in you sleep after applying the skills you learn.