Summers Clinical Psychology Services

This services works with adults, older adults, and adolescents (16+) to address a range of psychological concerns including:

• Anxiety (generalised worry, phobias, OCD, & panic disorder)
• Mood Disorders (depression, low mood, postnatal adjustment & Bipolar Disorder)
• Acute trauma & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Greif, loss & other life transition adjustments
• Chronic pain & other chronic conditions
• Performance enhancement in career, work, study & relationships.

Summers Clinical Psychology Services utilises evidence-based psychological therapies that are tailored to individual client needs. Annette Summers has extensive training and practise in the following psychological therapies:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Gold standard trauma trauma focused therapies including Prolonged Exposure (PE), Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR), & Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (CT-PTSD)
• Exposure & Response Prevention for OCD
• Schema Focused Therapy (SFT)
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)

The practice accepts referrals by the following means:

• Self / private
• WorkCover (limited to Emergency Service personnel only)
• Medicare

Please note: With a Medicare referral rebates are available however, bulk billing is strictly not offered.

BA, MA, MPSYD, MAPS, FCCLP

 Annette Summers is a Clinical Psychologist who commenced her career working with children and adolescents in mental health and school settings. Following on from this Annette spent over a decade working in an organisational setting selecting personnel for aviation careers in the Australian Defence Force. Annette subsequently established her private practice career in Coffs Harbour during 2017.

Annette is a Member of the Australian Psychological Society (MAPS) and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists (FCCLP). 

Annette is also a Board approved supervisor for provisionally registered psychologists.

Annette has contributed to research in the discipline of psychology and published the following articles internal to Defence.

1. McIvor, D., & Summers, A., (2011). A review of work sample tests. Directorate of Occupational Psychology & Health Analysis; Department of Defence; Canberra.
2. Summers, A., (2017) Psychologist Operations Manual: Australian Defence Force Pilot Selection Flight - Pilot Officer Selection Board. Directorate of Occupational Psychology & Health Analysis; Department of Defence; Canberra.
3. Summers, A., Latimer, S. L., & Mortimer, J., (2016). Post-deployment screening: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Kessler 10 using Rasch analysis. Directorate of Occupational Psychology & Health Analysis; Department of Defence; Canberra.

IMPORTANT NOTICES

Summers Clinical Psychology Services does not provide crisis response or crisis management  services.

If the situation is an acute crisis and there are concerns for personal safety, please call the 24-hour NSW Mental Health Access Line on 1800 011 511, or present to the Accident & Emergency department of your local hospital.