Welcome to Stand Strong Psychological
Stand Strong Psychological (Stand Strong), is an online/telehealth and mobile (Government funded Schemes only for home visits), mental health counselling and therapy service in South Australia for all ages across the life span.
Stand Strong was founded by Accredited Mental Health Social Worker Leah Price in 2022 and offers a culturally competent, supportive and collaborative approach to assisting adults, adolescents, children and young people identify, understand and work through mental health issues that are causing distress, concern and in the way of a fulfilling life.
Leah has lived experience andunderstands the challenges of continually telling your story to various therapists and finding a therapist that is a good fit.
Leah aims to first and foremost create a relationship of trust and a safe space for the client upon which to build by working collaboratively with the client to understand their symptoms and how to manage them with learning and implementing evidence based practices and skills to facilitate a reduction or cessation of symptoms to support a healthier and happier lifestyle.
When working with children and young people I find it important to work with the parent/caregiver with permission form the young person. Parents and Caregivers will receive consistent updates on skills we are working on and strategies on how to continue this at home
About Leah
Hi, I'm Leah.
I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (MHSW) with the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW), graduating with a Bachelor of social work from Griffith University QLD in 2011.
I have extensive experience in Mental Health Psychotherapy including comprehensive Assessments and treatment/Interventions for adults , adolescents , children.
I am a qualified and registered EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitising and Reprocessing) Therapist in Australia. EMDR is a very effective and strongly evidenced based therapy for processing traumatic memories that are stuck in the working memory. You can find information about it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSHuFHFrUis
I am currently studyding a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Neuroscience.
I myself have lived experience with mental health issues from childhood trauma, and work from that experience offering a person-centered, trauma informed approach where the client is the expert. My professional interest is in Trauma recovery including working from an attachment model and focusing on inter-relationship neurobiology. An important part of my practice framework is to educate clients on the impacts of trauma on the developing brain and how that impact growth, and development across al domains and support clients and families in 'rewiring' those pathways that may be underdeveloped due to trauma.
My passion is around giving people ‘a voice’ and rather than change who they are, assist you to embrace your individuality and creativeness whilst offering skills and strategies to manage behaviors that cause distress and difficulty in functioning.
When you work with me you work with a therapist who will work with you to understand any diagnosis /sympotoms at your pace and rather than just talking about it I will actively work with you to teach you
skills and help you understand why they are important and how they work so that you come away from therapy with skills to manage further challenges in life.
You are the expert I have some skills, let's work together.
Leah
