The Made It Clinic
The Made It Clinic is a generalist weekend psychology clinic focused on targeted behaviour change for improved personal and societal well being. Staff and services at the clinic strive to embody these five values:
The Made It Clinic is a generalist weekend psychology clinic focused on targeted behaviour change for improved personal and societal well being. Staff and services at the clinic strive to embody these five values:
- Purpose: to understand the function of behaviours and be working towards an explicit goal.
- Fortitude: to have courage in the face of pain and adversity.
- Warmth: to show genuine care and compassion towards ourselves and others.
- Honesty: to demonstrate truthfulness, authenticity, and integrity in our actions.
- Discovery: to retain a curious and unassuming mindset when issues arise.
Who is May?
May is a psychologist who has worked across education and employment settings through her career. May completed her PhD on how experiential avoidance impacts the quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence in early breast cancer survivors living in regional Australia. May has a clinical endorsement in psychology. She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Chapter of the Association of Contextual Behavioural Sciences (ACBS). ACBS is dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering and the advancement of human well-being through research and practice grounded in contextual behavioural science. She is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and active in the Bundaberg - Hervey Bay Branch. She is a part of the Wide Bay Primary Health Network's Clinical Council.
May works from the perspective of functional contextualism to deliver behaviourally grounded interventions. May is interested in the creation of a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition (Hayes, Barnes-Holmes & Wilson, 2012). May has had the pleasure of seeing her young clients engaged in school and extra-curricular activities, and her adult clients sustain valuable work that supports their families and chosen lifestyles. She believes that supportive, meaningful, expressive, and financially viable activities help stabilise societal well-being in an ever-changing environment. She helps her clients practice compassionate and flexible responding in the face of adversity.
When May is not a psychologist, she enjoys writing fictional stories, playing D&D and MTG with her friends, and listening to Russell Torrance on ABC Classic FM.
May is a psychologist who has worked across education and employment settings through her career. May completed her PhD on how experiential avoidance impacts the quality of life and fear of cancer recurrence in early breast cancer survivors living in regional Australia. May has a clinical endorsement in psychology. She is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Chapter of the Association of Contextual Behavioural Sciences (ACBS). ACBS is dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering and the advancement of human well-being through research and practice grounded in contextual behavioural science. She is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and active in the Bundaberg - Hervey Bay Branch. She is a part of the Wide Bay Primary Health Network's Clinical Council.
May works from the perspective of functional contextualism to deliver behaviourally grounded interventions. May is interested in the creation of a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition (Hayes, Barnes-Holmes & Wilson, 2012). May has had the pleasure of seeing her young clients engaged in school and extra-curricular activities, and her adult clients sustain valuable work that supports their families and chosen lifestyles. She believes that supportive, meaningful, expressive, and financially viable activities help stabilise societal well-being in an ever-changing environment. She helps her clients practice compassionate and flexible responding in the face of adversity.
When May is not a psychologist, she enjoys writing fictional stories, playing D&D and MTG with her friends, and listening to Russell Torrance on ABC Classic FM.
Who is Daniel?
Daniel is the Made It Clinic’s practice manager, receptionist, administration staff, gofer, and the keeper of all the cogs that make the clinic run. Daniel previously worked as a manager in technology consulting and has spent a number of years as a software tester before working with May to found the Made It Clinic.
Outside of his immediate work for the clinic, one of his professional focuses is in developing ways to utilise technology to improve clients’ lives and make their visits to the clinic smoother and simpler. If you have any suggestions, he would be overjoyed to work on them.
He has also established a large and growing collection of teas at the clinic, which he is always ready to prepare, add to, and talk far too much about.
When he is not a practice manager, Daniel writes science fiction and fantasy stories, runs Dungeons & Dragons games, and tinkers with code.
Daniel is the Made It Clinic’s practice manager, receptionist, administration staff, gofer, and the keeper of all the cogs that make the clinic run. Daniel previously worked as a manager in technology consulting and has spent a number of years as a software tester before working with May to found the Made It Clinic.
Outside of his immediate work for the clinic, one of his professional focuses is in developing ways to utilise technology to improve clients’ lives and make their visits to the clinic smoother and simpler. If you have any suggestions, he would be overjoyed to work on them.
He has also established a large and growing collection of teas at the clinic, which he is always ready to prepare, add to, and talk far too much about.
When he is not a practice manager, Daniel writes science fiction and fantasy stories, runs Dungeons & Dragons games, and tinkers with code.
What can the Made it Clinic help with?
Broadly speaking, we help individual or group move in their valuable direction by increasing alignment of behaviours to direction. We help people who would like to stay engaged in work or school. Our aim is to look at how a person can harness their resources to shape their lives. We do this by having discussions that increase a person's self awareness and provide education or skills training where needed.
The Made it Clinic recognises that some people are made differently and others have been shaped by major life events. We work with care and consideration for those who have a neuro-developmental condition such as autism* and those who are experiencing grief and loss, whether it be the loss of a loved one or the loss of themselves.
What does the Made it Clinic treat?
We have experience in assisting to improve the well being of people with:
We have experience in assisting to improve the well being of people with:
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We also provide assessment for Intellectual Impairment, Learning Disorders, and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
References
Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Contextual behavioral science: Creating a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 1(1), 1-16.
* We prefer to use the term 'Autism Spectrum Condition' in line with applied research literature, but you may see it as 'Autism Spectrum Disorder' (ASD) in our assessment reports to fit diagnostic classification systems.
* For complex trauma, the Made it Clinic may refer out to a practitioner with a specialist skill set.
Hayes, S. C., Barnes-Holmes, D., & Wilson, K. G. (2012). Contextual behavioral science: Creating a science more adequate to the challenge of the human condition. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 1(1), 1-16.
* We prefer to use the term 'Autism Spectrum Condition' in line with applied research literature, but you may see it as 'Autism Spectrum Disorder' (ASD) in our assessment reports to fit diagnostic classification systems.
* For complex trauma, the Made it Clinic may refer out to a practitioner with a specialist skill set.
Last Updated: 26/11/2023