Focussed Psychological Strategies is the name given to the group of treatments that Psychologists offer under a GP-referral or Medicare Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP).
Focussed psychological strategies (FPS) are specific mental health care treatment strategies, derived from evidence based psychological therapies such as cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and interpersonal therapy (IPT). They include the following:
- Thorough assessment, case planning, management and diagnosis
- Psycho-education
- Motivational interviewing
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Relaxation strategies
- Skills training
- Problem solving skills and training
- Anger management
- Social skills training
- Communication training
- Stress management
- Parent management training
- Interpersonal Therapy
In addition to the above therapies, Alice incorporates and is influenced by the following modalities and approaches:
* Buddhist-based mindfulness and compassion approaches
* Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy
* Family of origin / Attachment-informed work
* Relational Neurobiology (ie. the work of Dan Siegel)
* Existential theory and therapy (ie. the work of Irvin Yalom)