Independent Specialist Centre for Child, Youth, Adult and Family Psychological Medicine

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The Starfish Clinic Ltd

Directors: Dr Kev Appleton & Dr Yvette Ahmad

For Psychological Assessment, Treatment and Therapy in Children, Adolescents, Adults and Families.

Starfish are a group of senior clinicians who see children, youth, parents and families. We will also see adults with certain mental health issues.

LOCATION
We have clinics in AUCKLAND, WHANGAREI and other locations by arrangement.

Allcare Health Centre
215 Ponsonby Rd
Ponsonby, Auckland
Tel. 09 3723154
Fax. 09 3765897

Also at 7 Cooke Street, Whangarei.

WHAT WE DO.
Starfish clinicians carry out assessment, diagnosis, treatment, therapy and training in the range of psychological medicine including the following ;

ADHD Adult ADHD	Anxiety	Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Asperger's Syndrome	Anxiety Disorders	Attachment and Bonding Difficulties
Bullying (school and workplace)	Conduct Disorders Early Intervention (0 - 5 years).	Depression
Behaviour problems	Eating Disorders Gender Identity Disorder	Family Problems Family and relationship counselling
Learning Difficulties	Oppositional Defiant Disorders	Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
	Stress	Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Phobias	Marital conflict & sexual problems
Tourette's Syndrome

REFERRALS

We accept referrals from; GPs, paediatricians and other professionals, schools, colleges, the courts, NGOs, families and by direct referral. They can be made to the clinic or to a named clinician by fax, phone, E mail or directly from this site.
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BrightMind Labs is a social venture which exists to improve the lives of children with mental health issues. They are all about providing access to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for children who may not have access to quality face-to-face therapy by fusing CBT with immersive gaming principles.
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Starfish Clinic is an independent service and we have to charge for our services. But we also like to give some of this back to some of our favourite causes.

Starfish donates to The Jonah Project and we would like you to know that a little bit of every fee we charge goes toward rescuing Whales, Dolphins and other marine mammals around New Zealand.

We think that kids will like the idea that when they come to Starfish they will be helping to rescue these creatures when they beach themselves around our shores.

Dr Kev is also a marine rescue medic and is on call for strandings. Starfish also sponsors the Westpac Rescue Helicopter and have increased our sponsorship every year since 2005.

Proud to sponser the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust
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