Northfields Psychology Clinic to celebrate 25 years

Oct 16, 2006

The Northfields Psychology Clinic at the University of Wollongong has been serving the Illawarra and university community for 25 years, and tomorrow (Tuesday 17 October) Vice-Chancellor, Professor Gerard Sutton, will officially open its anniversary celebrations.

The Clinic provides low-cost, high quality psychological treatment and assessment services to UOW and the community, treating children and adults for a range of issues including anxiety and phobias, depression, assertiveness and self esteem building, anger management, learning disabilities and drug and alcohol problems.

In the past 25 years, over 8,000 individual patients as well as their family and friends have benefited from the clinical service offered at Northfields. Over 300 practising Clinical Psychologists have been trained at the clinic, undertaking UOW Masters, Doctorate and PhD degrees.

The Clinic has also facilitated many successful clinical research projects in partnership with the Illawarra Institute for Mental Health.

"We provide a range of services to the campus and general community and have developed a substantial network of community counsellors, personal development programs and specialised agencies that we can refer clients to if needed," said Clinic Director, Mr Chris Allan.

"Due to the continued high referral rate to the clinic, we are continually exploring a variety of new options in order to continue high quality and timely treatment to the community."

When: Tuesday 17 October from 5 - 6.30pm

Where: Northfields Psychology Clinic, Bldg 22, University of Wollongong

For further information: Associate Professor Brin Grenyer on (02) 4221 3474.

For more information, contact:

media@uow.edu.au
University of Wollongong
Ph: (02) 4221 5942; fax (02) 4221 3128