The Hills Clinic

The Hills Clinic Kellyville turns 1!

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 04:01:34 +0000

The 11th May 2012 will mark the first anniversary for The Hills Clinic Kellyville. It’s hard to believe that our new purpose built facility has been operating successfully one whole year. Thank you to all those people in the Hills community who have supported us and spread the good word. We look forward to continuing our enthusiasm and passion for mental health treatment. We also look forward to introducing new innovative treatment programs that benefit our patients. We have lots of exciting new projects we are currently working on, so keep in touch by regularly visiting our site. Also, if you wish to send us feedback please do so by calling 1300 122 144, by dropping into one of our clinics at Castle Hill, Hornsby or Kellyville or by emailing mail@thehillsclinic.com.au.

New bipolar support group

admin — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:36:19 +0000

The Bi-polar Support Group is a 7 week psycho-educational open group (based on the principles of insight, understanding, acceptance, networking and hope) to help participants with bipolar disorder manage their illness and stay well. Topics include nurturing strengths, dealing with loss and grief, identifying early warning signs and triggers, wellbeing strategies, fostering support networks and creating a unique ‘Stay Well Plan’.

The focus of the group is to help people take their first steps on the often long and complex road to recovery by enabling them to learn and apply new skills. This group provides a unique opportunity for people to gain a thorough understanding of their own experience of bi-polar and aim’s to foster a support ethos in sharing and networking with others.

For more information please contact Natalie Mortimer at The Hills Clinic on 1300 122 144

Addiction Recovery

Celia Pace — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:44:03 +0000

Our ten week addictions program is a group designed for people who are now abstinent and recovering from drug, alcohol or gambling addiction. The main objective of the group is to increase the individual’s sense of control over their addiction and their life. The addictions program is based on the SMART recovery framework which focuses on:

Building and Maintaining Motivation
Coping with Urges
Problem Solving
Lifestyle Balance

To find out more about this program CLICK HERE or phone Natalie Mortimer on 1300 122 144.

New Eating Disorder Day Program Starting soon

Celia Pace — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:31:07 +0000

Many people, at some point in their life develop concerns about their weight and/or body shape. While going on the odd “diet” these days is considered normal, having these concerns interfere with a person’s life to the point where they cease living a happy and healthy lifestyle is potentially harmful in the long term, with regard to both mental and physical wellbeing.

The Hills Clinic is offering a new day group program specifically designed to help people who experience problems with eating (bingeing/restricting) and who have concerns with body weight and shape. Healthy participants will learn how to achieve a balanced lifestyle, while learning strategies to manage dysfunctional eating habits. They will also learn how emotions and stress impact on eating habits, and develop techniques and strategies aimed at building a healthy body image and self-esteem.

For more information about the program click here Healthy Eating and Body Image

Day Group Therapy is now available

Celia Pace — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:28:34 +0000

Here at The Hills Clinic patient recovery is very important to us. We know that recovery starts for many when they come into hospital and continues when they leave.

The clinical team at The Hills Clinic have developed specialised Continued Outpatient Recovery Programs to help people continue effective and optimal recovery.

We encourage you to look through the Outpatient Recovery Programs available and let us know which one you think would be most helpful to your continued recovery. The programs currently available treat patients suffering with anxiety, mood disorder, depression or recovering from substance abuse.

If you would like to learn more about the day groups please ask to speak with our intake officer Marcus or visit the website. Contact: 1300 122 144.

Mindfulness

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:21:44 +0000

Mindfulness is becoming more and more popular as it is increasingly being recognized as a powerful therapeutic intervention for everything we do, from work stress to depression and also as an effective tool to help us to develop a rich, full and meaningful life.

The Hills Clinic will be running a personal development course titled “Mindfulness in Action”. The course is an introduction to Mindfulness and will provide you with the essential skills and techniques that you can apply to your life.

Mindfulness is the art of living consciously – a profound way to enhance psychological resilience and increase life satisfaction. The Mindfulness course is based on ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), which is a scientifically based model, which is effective with a wide range of issues from depression, anxiety, work stress and drug addiction.

The course has been designed for functioning adults who are currently maintaining their current roles (work, home etc) but are experiencing heightened stress and low mood.

A fully qualified clinical psychologist who is trained in Acceptance Commitment Therapy and Mindfulness will facilitate the course.

The course is open to the general public and will run over three consecutive Tuesday evenings in May 2012.

For more information please contact celia@thehillsclinic.com.au or phone
The Hills Clinic 1300 122 144.

Book Reviews

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:07:26 +0000

There are 100′s of book written about mental health. So how do you know which ones are worth reading. Let us give you a head start.

CLICK HERE FOR OUR BOOKS REVIEW PAGE >>>>

FREE SMART Recovery Meeting EVERY Thursday Evening

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:03:47 +0000

The Hills Clinic is proud to host a Free SMART RECOVERY meeting held every Thursday evening from 6.30pm at our new therapy centre (15-17 Memorial Rd, Kellyville. Parking entry via Arnold ave). All are welcome to attend, no bookings are required. SMART RECOVERY is a program designed for people struggling with addictions and we hope it will be your first step to recovery. For more information please contact our program co-ordinator Monica Schweickle on 1300 122 144 or for further information about Smart Recovery visit: www.smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au

NEW Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Program (DBT)

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:02:50 +0000

DBT is a treatment program that was developed in the 1980′s. It has been researched extensively and scientifically proven to be very effective in reducing impulsive self harming and suicidal behaviour in patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. DBT has also been shown to be helpful with other conditions such as PTSD, eating disorders and substance use disorders. DBT has also been shown to reduce the need for inpatient admissions. The Hills Clinic DBT program is first of its kind in the hills area. The program runs over a twelve month duration and requires strict participation in weekly group and individual therapy. Assessment of patients for program enrollment and suitability has now commenced and if you are interested in participating or know someone who you feel may benefit, please contact our program coordinator, Rachael Burton on 0432 407 592 or call 1300 122 144 FOR MORE INFORMATION CLICK HERE

Outpatient Group Therapy Programs

admin — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:01:48 +0000

Group therapy can be an excellent way of gaining extra support and knowledge about mental health problems, in a mutially supportive environment. All facilitators are experts in their fields and run small day-group therapy programs weekly at the new Hills Clinic therapy centre in Kellyville. Groups include mood and anxiety recovery, addictions maintaince and dialectical behavioural therapy. For more information about our day group programs or which program might be best suited to your needs, please contact Marcus Whelan on 1300 122 144.