Maanya Ivar
General Psychologist
areas of interest
• Autism and ADHD based intervention
• Strengthening emotion regulation skills
• Helping strengthen neuro-affirming understanding around their diagnoses.
• Conducting parent psychoeducation sessions to help build the families capacity to best support neurodivergent children.
• Group based intervention to facilitate friendships, conflict resolution, problem solving and teamwork.
• Family violence and trauma
• Culturally and linguistically diverse, and believes in the importance of ensuring that mental health and neurodivergence are supported within South-Asian communities.
• Anxiety and Depression (adolescents)
• Bilingual, fluent in English and Kannada
THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Adopting a client-centered, individualised and strength-based approach.
• Fostering empathy and focusing on ensuring that meaningful and trustworthy client-therapist relationships is built, prior to commencing intervention or therapy.
• Wholistic support ensuring ongoing communication between families, educators and other allied health professionals involved in the clients care.
Assessments
• Cognitive (WPPSI, WISC)
• Educational (WIAT)
• Academic (Woodcock Johnson)
• ADHD (Conners Questionnaires)
LOCATIONS
CLYDE NORTH,CROYDON, TELEHEALTH