Ashburn Clinic is a not-for-profit therapeutic community and psychiatric hospital in Dunedin, offering a professional and supportive environment for diagnosis, treatment and recovery from mental illness and addictions. Ashburn offers comprehensive psychiatric and psychotherapeutic residential treatment, individually and in group settings, as well as expert pharmacological treatment where necessary. The Ashburn programme contains specialist groups for specific problems, eg. addiction, eating disorders, as well as common elements for all patients to participate in, such as therapy groups and community activities.

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Services Offered

Sexual abuse - If you have experienced sexual abuse you will be more vulnerable to illnesses like depression and anxiety, and to addictions. You may have the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, and you may find yourself entering states of mind where you detach yourself from reality. You may find it hard to like yourself, and you may have persisting feelings of shame and guilt about things which other people did to you. You may even hurt yourself, or make choices which are harmful to you. You may find expressing your own sexuality very difficult, and you may have worrying thoughts of sexually abusing others. Threats or other manipulative behaviours by the person who abused you may still seem to have power over you.

Addictions - At Ashburn Clinic, we can help you build a strong foundation for, and commitment to recovery. We have developed a specific, intensive, time-limited programme for those with addictions that builds on the already existing therapeutic interventions within this therapeutic community.

Depression/mood disorders - The symptoms you may be experiencing include feelings of sadness, lack of energy, loss of enjoyment in life, decreased interest in the normal functions of living such as food and sex, and difficulty in sleeping. You may find it hard to concentrate, or have difficulty in making decisions or performing your usual tasks at home and work.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - At Ashburn Clinic we can offer you the support you need to work with the traumatic event and its consequences, so that it no longer causes disruption of your ability to live your life. Mostly this will be in individual and group psychotherapy, but we can also offer medication to help deal with symptoms such as sleeplessness or mood disturbance, if appropriate.

Fees and Payment

Outpatient services would cost around $290-$330 per hour (psychiatric services) Please note that appointments are charged in 15 minute blocks and will include the assessment time with the clinician, and may also include the time taken to prepare any reports required. An initial assessment generally costs $330 per hour (report writing additional), and further treatment is $290 per hour. Costs will be confirmed at the time the appointment is confirmed. This is also a registered charity.

Services Offered To:
Adults
Teens

Payment:
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