ABOUT US
We are a business consortium of health professionals, who are focused on well-being.
We provide services across: disability, NDIS, private practice (allied health services), child safety, aged care, general well-being, community living and family based support. We also focus on program based interventions and business functioning. Together we cover many areas of practice from broad to specific and we are strategically partnered with several non-government organisations.
OUR TEAM
Abbey Health Consulting works across psychology, behaviour support and therapy roles. We have relevant experience in behavioural assessment, and the formulation of behavioural/psycho-social needs. We are a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider and we are skilled in the development and implementation of specific treatment plans and/ or the positive behaviour support planning process.
Collectively, we have a large amount of formal training and career experience in several areas of practice. This includes: business, administration, private practice, government, and non-government service delivery. We have skills that come from practice in mental health, disability, children/ child safety support, aged care, customer service, skill improvement/ development and counselling. We are skilled in supporting people with our strong practice knowledge. However, we take care to do this in a flexible and informal way.
We are able support those who demonstrate a high severity of ‘unwanted’ behaviour and we seek to clarify and intervene with respect to the deeper emotional basis. Our transferable skills help us to provide wide coverage in our focus. We can provide general or specific forms of training and consultation services (for instance, syndrome-specific needs, stress management, well-being practices, business aspects of allied health, or in the delivery of services).
Generally, we all have a strong desire to provide effective, evidence-based and practice-informed support to people, within their wider system. We put our focus on uplifting others in their personal journey. We do this whilst promoting increased knowledge, the delivery of practical tools and a focus on autonomy, strength, and capacity building. Our team includes the following people:
PSYCHOLOGIST + POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PRACTITIONER
• Johnathon Abbey
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT PRACTITIONER:
• Teresa Hamilton
BUSINESS, FINANCIAL, & ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT
• Joshua Blee
• David Abbey
We have the ability to help others through the creation of practical and ‘paced’ forms of intervention. Our support is always centred around a respectful and therapeutic working relationship.
WHY WE STARTED?
Johnathon Abbey B Psych, PGradDip (Psych) MPhil (Psych) MAPS is the founder of Abbey Health Consulting. He is a private practicing psychologist who has worked for since 2006 with children, adults, families, and alongside other key stakeholders and clinical/ multidisciplinary professionals, in government and private settings, and as an allied health manager. Johnathon is joined by a group of dedicated professionals who have strong safeguarding skills and professional ethics.
Our story simply begins from a connection of like- minded professionals who expressed the following desires:
1) Wanting to work with other like-minded professionals
2) Wanting an enhanced way to offer their skills and talents
3) Sharing our skills and enjoying the process of collaboration
4) A sense of joy, energy and connection to working with our clients
5) Strong ethical base and vision to enable individuals to live their best life, or for organisations to move in alignment with their vision
6) Strong practice base including evidence based intervention, community and practice informed support
7) A consortium approach where there is an environment of positive regard and equal status amongst Abbey Health Consultants
OUR SERVICES
We currently concentrate our services on consulting and are registered providers with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This includes: Positive Behaviour Support Services.
Alignment and Attunement: Qualities that flow into our services
Our services give you practical and sustainable strategies to support and maintain wellness. We place large emphasis amongst our consultants and clinicians in their need to have a strong sense of self-connection (their authentic self). Our consultants are aligned to their strengths, which allows attunement to the people we work with. This results in sustainable and meaningful expansion or change that may either be personal or related to broader organisational goals.
Abbey Health Consulting provides well-being services, delivered by people who value: the therapeutic working relationship, the delivery of practical support, promotion of gradual change and lifting improvement across important skill-areas. This helps others to navigate their own journey and to have a good life.
Our consortium of skilled people have been selected carefully. They possess either practical training, clinical skills, strategic or direct therapeutic capabilities. They deliver high quality outcomes to individuals based on their strong alignment to their core strengths, which makes them responsive and adaptable to the specific needs of people seeking our services.
ABBEY HEALTH CONSULTING
For further information contact: 0449 721 739 (text or phone message) or send an email to intake@abbeyhealth.com.au or johnathon@abbeyhealth.com.au
Abbey Health Consulting (2020). Image sources for all images: shutterstock.