Balwyn
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Martha Mack
Honorary Fellow – Melbourne Graduate School of Education (University of Melbourne)
Martha Mack is a registered psychologist who has been practising since 1991. She founded the Listen And Learn Centre in 2001.
Dr. Trevor Brown
Trevor is a Senior Neuroscientist with the neuroCare Group, at the Listen And Learn Centre and at the East Melbourne clinic.
Dimitra (Demi) Heffer
Demi has extensive experience in neuro-developmental assessments and diagnosis, case managing clients including liaising with parents, schools and professionals, in Specific Learning Disorders (Dyslexia), Autism Spectrum, ADHD and developmental Delays.
Poh Wong
Poh’s interests are in motivation, attention, creativity and neuromarkers for neurodevelopmental disorders. Poh has participated in neurofeedback and auditory training, and has experience with administering neuromodulation protocols.
Benjamin Ady
Benjamin has extensive experience dealing with children on the Autism Spectrum. Benjamin administers speech and language assessments, prepares and reviews comprehensive assessment reports and supports multidisciplinary interventions with the psychology team, specifically with children that have developmental disorders and disabilities.
Monica Garcia
Monica is a program facilitator at the Listen And Learn Centre supporting the delivery of the Auditory Training Program and Neurofeedback, as well as providing administration support to the team.
Hamish Binnie
Hamish is a Neurofeedback therapist at the Listen And Learn Centre, who administers frequency band Neurofeedback, Slow Cortical Potential Training, the Auditory Training Program, and other programs and treatment methods such as tDCS and some computer based programs.
Rachel Faragher
Rachel is the Auditory Training Program Supervisor at Listen And Learn Centre, supervising it delivery, as well as other interventions and provides administration support to the team. Rachel has been working with children and families for over 10 years in various settings including as a Nanny and an Allied Health Assistant.
George Mack
George has extensive experience in business development and project management and currently serves as Operations Manager for neuroCare Clinics in Victoria. George is responsible for day-to-day operations and management of teams in oth the Balwyn (Listen And Learn) and East Melbourne Clinics.
Speak with the friendly staff at neuroCare Balwyn
Assessments
Standard Psychological Assessment
Depending on the feelings, moods and symptoms you are experiencing, your case manager will go through various standardized questionnaires so that we can have a first measure of how you are feeling. This will also help us to track your progress later on.
Sleep Assessments
This is where we give you an ‘Actigraphy’ wrist-band to wear for 7 days, to measure sleep/wake patters, and blue light in your surroundings which may or may not be impacting your quality and duration of sleep. With this tool, we can educate you on what you can do in your daily life to improve your sleep hygiene.
QEEG Assessments
Pronounced like “kyew-ee-ee-gee“, this stands for Quantitative Electroencephalography (EEG) and allows us to have a look at your brain activity. This is a perfectly safe assessment, where we put a cap of electrodes on your head to measure brain activity while you complete tasks on a computer. This assessment lasts between 1 to 2 hours and is usually only a one-off assessment in the beginning.
Therapy Types
Psychological Consult
Pyschologists and Clinical Psychologists are trained and experienced to deliver ‘talk-therapy’ or ‘Psychotherapy“. There are a number of different styles of Psychotherapy, a common method is “Cognitive Behavioural Therapy“. This is something our Psychologists offer as a stand-alone consultation, or in combination with TMS or Neurofeedback.
Outpatient TMS + Psychotherapy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) is an evidence-based therapy program which helps to re-connect pathways between brain regions involved in Depression. Patients may receive 20 – 30 sessions of TMS, These sessions are booked as a 1 hour consultation as it is combined with Psychotherapy. It is recommended to have at least two sessions per week during the program.
Neurofeedback + Psychotherapy
At neuroCare we follow evidece-based applications of Neurofeedback that have been well-researched and shown effective in helping symptoms of ADHD as well as sleep problems. Patients may receive 30 – 40 sessions of TMS, These sessions are booked as a 1 hour consultation as it is combined with Psychotherapy. It is recommended to have at least two sessions per week during the program.
Find us
Our Clinic is situated on Level 1, 66 Whitehorse Road. Access the building from Barnsbury Road.
The 109 Tram runs along Whitehorse Road, the closest stop to the clinic is “Deepdene Shopping Centre/ Whitehorse Rd”.
1 hour parking is available in the area on Barnsbury Road. Customers are advised this is strictly monitored by parking rangers.
