Providing a comprehensive trauma treatment service on the Mornington Peninsula
Responding to COVID-19 together
Dear Clients and Referrers, In these unprecedented times I wanted to reach out to all of you to let you know how the Psychology, Trauma, & Mindfulness Centre will be supporting you, our team, and our community during this time of uncertainty.
To our dear Clients,
It is a priority for us here at PTMC to do whatever it takes to continue to provide you with the ongoing support, contact and treatment you may need throughout this period. For the health and safety of the whole PTMC community we have temporarily transitioned to providing all sessions by telehealth and telephone. We are committed to protecting our more vulnerable clients from unnecessary exposure to COVID-19, and to keep our team as well as possible so we can continue to be there for you. Within the Centre we are all working to reduce exposure through social distancing and increased hygiene measures.
Our Admin and reception staff are still available as always to address your enquiries, arrange appointments and help out with any questions you might have about how to access and use telephone and telehealth sessions. All our Psychologists are still able to attend the Centre to talk to you from their rooms as usual - many of you will recognise the pictures and trinkets you have become so familiar with in the background. In the event that any of our Psychologists are required to self-isolate for a time, we are well prepared to support them to continue to provide telehealth/telephone sessions from their home offices.
To our Referrers,
We recognise that as a front-line health provider the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to be a challenging time for your practice, and that your workload may have increased significantly. We want to assure you that we are here to assist any patients you have referred to us for treatment - whether recently, or in the past – and who have already attended treatment sessions with us. Due to our temporary transition to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic we are currently unable to accept any new referrals however this position may change. We are reviewing the situation on a daily basis.
We understand that this is an uncertain, challenging and anxiety-provoking time for many of us - but don’t forget that our PTMC community is an exceptional one – and we will get through this together.
With warmth and solidarity,
Margaret
Dr Margaret Walker Director
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE
We are pleased to announce that we have now returned to face-to-face sessions, for our existing clients, with some COVID restrictions in place, however, telehealth appointments will also continue to be available.
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