Brisbane South Psychological Therapies Program

All clients must be socioeconomically disadvantaged, in addition to one of the  factors:

• Living in rural and remote communities
• Being a child under the age of 12 years, who has been, or is at risk of, developing a mild to moderate mental illness, childhood  or emotional disorder
• Experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness
• Experiencing perinatal depression/anxiety
• Being at risk of suicide or self-harm
• Identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and/or questioning
• Being an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Person
• Experiencing domestic and/or family violence.

• Face to face, onsite and home visits
• Phone or web-based consultations
• Group therapy.

• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Psycho-education
• Interpersonal therapy
• Narrative therapy
• Family-based interventions (child referrals)
• Parent training in behaviour management (child referrals)
• Attachment intervention (child referrals)
• Parent-child interaction therapy (child referrals)
• Group therapy.

The service accepts referrals from general practitioners, psychiatrists, paediatricians, community-based organisations (provisional referrals).

How to refer:

1. Complete Psychological Therapies Referral Form

2. Fax the form to the selected services Eg: Wesley Mission Queensland or World Wellness Group

3.  will be contacted for completion of intake/assessment process

4. If not eligible, intake team will contact the referrer

5. Once approved the client will be allocated to a service provider who can meet their individual needs

Communication to referrer:

Summary report will be provided to referring doctor at client's treatment exit.

Phone: 07 3151 3840

Fax: 07 3539 6445

CALD clients must be socioeconomically disadvantaged in addition to one of the below contributing factors:

• Experiencing language and/or cultural barriers
• Living in a rural and remote community
• Being a child under the age of 12 years, who has been, or is at risk of, developing a mild to moderate mental illness, childhood   or emotional disorders
• Experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness
• Experiencing perinatal depression/anxiety
• At risk of suicide or self-harm
• Identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and/or questioning
• Experiencing domestic and family violence.

• Face to face, onsite and home visits
• Phone or web-based consultations
• Group therapy.

• Cognitive behavioural therapy
• Psycho-education
• Interpersonal therapy/ narrative therapy
• Family-based interventions (child referrals)
• Parent training in behaviour management attachment intervention (child referrals)
• Parent-child interaction therapy (child referrals)
• Mindfulness and other culturally tailored therapeutic modalities in the context of client’s cultural needs
• Group programs, including art therapy.

The service accepts referrals from general practitioners, psychiatrists, paediatricians, community-based organisations (provisional referrals).

How to refer:

1. Complete Psychological Therapies Referral Form

2. Fax the form to the selected services Eg: Wesley Mission Queensland or World Wellness Group

3.  will be contacted for completion of intake/assessment process

4. If not eligible, intake team will contact the referrer

5. Once approved the client will be allocated to a service provider who can meet their individual needs

Communication to referrer:

Summary report will be provided to referring doctor at client's treatment exit.

• Adults and children with an intellectual disability
• Children experiencing developmental and learning disorders, (including Autism Spectrum Disorder) as a primary diagnosis
• People experiencing Dementia, delirium, or tobacco use disorder
• Duplication or replacement of existing services provided by other organisations including state and territory government services
• Clients who are clinically suited to lower intensity or more acute complex services
• People requiring cognitive assessments and/or reports
• People experiencing chronic, severe mental illness
• People with a primary diagnosis of a Personality Disorder
• People actively experiencing psychotic, Bipolar/manic symptoms.