Psychology
The Royal Hospital for Women offers a comprehensive array of psychology services across different departments, catering to the diverse needs of women in various life stages. These specialised services include:
- Fertility and infertility support, acknowledging the emotional complexities associated with reproductive health.
- Perinatal and women's mental health, addressing the psychological well-being of women during pregnancy and childbirth.
- Psychological support with gynaecological cancer and other conditions including menopause, endometriosis and pelvic pain.
This holistic approach underscores the hospital's commitment to addressing the unique psychological aspects of women's health throughout different phases of their lives, ensuring a supportive and comprehensive healthcare environment.
How to find us
Royal Hospital for Women (Building 17 on our campus map)
-33.918983405775, 151.23821108331
Counselling services are available for you and your partner during and after your treatment. The counsellor’s role is to support you in managing possible stressors, while helping you recognise your strengths. Many people find it helpful to talk about the difficulties they have faced when trying to achieve a pregnancy or going through fertility preservation. They are able to access this service to share their thoughts and feelings about the future.
https://www.fertilityandresearchcentre.com.au/frc-research/counselling-…
The Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Service supports women who are receiving antenatal care at the Royal, who have birthed at the Royal within the last year and live within the SESLHD, and parents whose babies are in the NICU.
For more information, see the Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Service page.
The Gynaecological Oncology Psychology Service supports women who are receiving treatment for gynaecological cancers at the Royal Hospital for Women as inpatients or outpatients.
For more information, see the Gynaecological Oncology Psychology Service page.
Allied Health
In addition to the expert medical care and support provided by our nurses, doctors and midwives at the Royal Hospital for Women, we have an expert team of Allied Health Staff. Allied Health Professionals are highly qualified and skilled professionals who work with you to prevent, diagnose and treat a wide range of illnesses and conditions. We provide high quality evidence based care with a multidisciplinary focus to ensure that your physical, psychological and social needs are addressed. We provide care across the lifespan from newborn to aged care and in hospital, community, home and outpatient settings.
Allied Health play an important role in supporting you to return to your best level of function, and to stay well and out of hospital.
Find information about Allied Health services at the Royal Hospital for Women from the following pages:
How to find us
Royal Hospital for Women (Building 17 on our campus map)
-33.91894269299, 151.23823785512
Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology services are available in a variety of different departments, including Rehabilitation, Oncology, Chronic Pain, Endocrinology, Aged Care, Drug & Alcohol, Paediatrics, Community Health and Mental Health.
-33.9676303, 151.1334852
Clinical Psychology Department
We offer psychological support as part of treatment and rehabilitation plans and can help you adjust to your injury or illness. This is available to you if you are a patient in the Aged Care, Spinal or the General Rehabilitation wards.
We do this by:
- Assessing your psychological and cognitive abilities
- Assessing your capacity to make decisions
- Offering treatments for a wide variety of psychological problems
- Offering psychological support to family members
- Providing psychological education and information to patients and their families
- Working with the other health professionals on your health care team to develop your treatment plan while you are in hospital and to help develop a plan for when you go home.
We also offer a limited outpatient service as part of the Cognitive Disorders Clinic.
Manager
Head of Department. Alison Grundy, Senior Clinical Psychologist
How to find us
Level 1, High Street Building opposite the Occupational Therapy gym. (Building 2B on our campus map)
We are a team of registered Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists who offer assessments and treatments across a wide variety of psychological and cognitive issues.
- Clinical Psychologists offer assessment and treatment of psychological conditions such as adjustment to illness or injury, trauma, depression and anxiety.
- Clinical Neuropsychologists offer assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive conditions such as dementia, brain injury and stroke.
Our primary partners are the other members of your health care team especially those within the rehabilitation wards. When planning for your return home we work in partnership with your local general practitioner (GP), Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, non- government rehabilitation and support services and private community psychologists.
As an inpatient of the Aged Care, Spinal or General Rehabilitation wards, you can ask your nurse or any member of your treating team to make an appointment with a psychologist.
When you see one of our team we will explain what assessments or treatments we can offer you and we will ask for your consent before proceeding with any treatments. Psychologists use a wide range of assessment and treatment protocols to help people adjust to their injuries, deal with such issues as anxiety and depression, cope with declining memory and mental functioning and support your in-patient stay and rehabilitation.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.
Clinical Psychology Department
We offer psychological support as part of treatment and rehabilitation plans and can help you adjust to your injury or illness. This is available to you if you are a patient in the Aged Care, Spinal or the General Rehabilitation wards.
We do this by:
- Assessing your psychological and cognitive abilities
- Assessing your capacity to make decisions
- Offering treatments for a wide variety of psychological problems
- Offering psychological support to family members
- Providing psychological education and information to patients and their families
- Working with the other health professionals on your health care team to develop your treatment plan while you are in hospital and to help develop a plan for when you go home.
We also offer a limited outpatient service as part of the Cognitive Disorders Clinic.
Manager
Head of Department. Alison Grundy, Senior Clinical Psychologist
How to find us
Level 1, High Street Building opposite the Occupational Therapy gym. (Building 2B on our campus map)
We are a team of registered Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists who offer assessments and treatments across a wide variety of psychological and cognitive issues.
- Clinical Psychologists offer assessment and treatment of psychological conditions such as adjustment to illness or injury, trauma, depression and anxiety.
- Clinical Neuropsychologists offer assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive conditions such as dementia, brain injury and stroke.
Our primary partners are the other members of your health care team especially those within the rehabilitation wards. When planning for your return home we work in partnership with your local general practitioner (GP), Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, non- government rehabilitation and support services and private community psychologists.
As an inpatient of the Aged Care, Spinal or General Rehabilitation wards, you can ask your nurse or any member of your treating team to make an appointment with a psychologist.
When you see one of our team we will explain what assessments or treatments we can offer you and we will ask for your consent before proceeding with any treatments. Psychologists use a wide range of assessment and treatment protocols to help people adjust to their injuries, deal with such issues as anxiety and depression, cope with declining memory and mental functioning and support your in-patient stay and rehabilitation.
Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.
We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.