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Believe in You

Steps to Soar supports you to find the
qualities to cope with life challenges, gain insight to visualise
what you want, and foster belief in your capacity to attain it.

STEPS TO SOAR WILL BE CLOSED FROM 15/9 AND REOPEN ON 16/10
NEW CLIENTS WELCOME FROM 20TH OCTOBER

About Steps to Soar

Steps to Soar Psychology & Assessment is in Boronia in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Committed to promoting self-understanding and improving mental health and psychological well-being for:

Children (primary age – 7 years+)

Adolescents

Adults

Older Adults

 

Mixed Billing (Pensioner Home Visits Bulk Billed)

Home & School Visits Offered

 

 

“People not only gain understanding through reflection,
they evaluate and alter their own thinking.”
– ALBERT BANDURA

Services

Psychological Support & Focussed Psychological Strategies
Cognitive Assessment and Educational Assessment
Groups/Workshops

Psychological Support

Therapy provides a confidential, supportive and collaborative context for exploring concerns. Evidence-based psychological strategies that have been shown to be effective are used to assist individuals to cope and meet challenges.

A variety of predominantly cognitive and behavioural methods including creative CBT/play-based and in-the-moment techniques are used.

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Assessment

Comprehensive diagnostic assessment may be required for children, adolescents or adults. Testing can be conducted both onsite (clinic) and offsite (e.g., schools/other settings). Referral reasons may include:

  • Investigating learning difficulties / educational assessment
  • Diagnosing Autism, ADHD, Specific Learning Disorders in reading, writing and maths such as Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Intellectual Disability
  • Cognitive Assessment / IQ testing

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Workshops

Workshops and groups can be immersive or novel ways to put problems into perspective, learn skills and share ways of coping through engagement and social connection with others.

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Michelle Elias

PsychologistBBehavSc, PGDipPsych, MEdPsych, MAPS

Michelle trained in behavioural science and psychology at La Trobe University and has a Master of Educational Psychology from the University of Melbourne. Educational psychology involves learning and development and behavioural science the study of human behaviour. She has worked as a child, adolescent and adult psychologist in private practice, mainstream primary schools and secondary schools and specialist autism settings.

 

 

Publication

Coulson, M., Healey, M., Fidler, F., & Cumming, G. (2010). Confidence intervals permit, but do not guarantee, better inference than statistical significance testing (1:26).  

Doi: 10.3389/psyg.2010.00026

Vision

To foster self-understanding, self-belief, psychological knowledge and the confidence to pursue a valued life.

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Value 1
Difference

Embrace, nurture and accommodate diversity & neurodivergence

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Value 2
Growth

Everyone has potential to develop

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Value 3
Science

Research informs professional practice

Before Getting Started

Please complete the relevant Intake Form before your first appointment.

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Frequently Asked Questions & Links

People often have common queries about therapy, assessment or service providers.

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Where We’ll Meet

Address:
Unit 1 / 89 Boronia Road (in the PLM Financial Planning building next to Cheesecake Shop)
BORONIA, VIC 3155
Australia

Opening Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Appointments outside days/hours and on Saturday morning by arrangement.

For More Information

Contact Michelle to discuss if Steps to Soar can help you or your family.