Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Supported housing

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be via letter, email, or the website. 

Access to our inpatient and day patient services differs, depending on how the prospective patient is to fund their treatment. Details of each main funding process can be found on our website. Funding types include:

• Private Paying Patients
• Ministry of Health
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Description

Ashburn's Gwen Wilson and Frank Hay units are residential care units for inpatients. They are staffed with nurses, as well as inpatient clinical teams which includes psychiatrists, psychotherapists, occupational therapists, general practitioners and a dietitian. We provide nursing care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each patient has their own bedroom.  

Your treatment in the Gwen Wilson and Frank Hay units will involve both group and personal activities throughout the working day. Individual treatment may include sessions with your own psychotherapist and appointments with any of the other clinical staff as necessary. Group treatment revolves around small therapy groups, community activities, meetings and interactions with staff and other patients.

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Supported housing

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Admission may be as a transfer from the Gwen Wilson or Frank Hay units, or you may be admitted directly into Alexander House.

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be made via letter, email, or the website. 

Access to our inpatient and day patient services differs, depending on how the prospective patient is to fund their treatment. Details of each main funding process can be found on our website. Funding types include:

• Private Paying Patients
• Ministry of Health
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Description

Ashburn also provides Alexander House as a self-care accommodation environment for people who do not require the intensive, 24-hour nursing care of the inpatient units.

Patients in Alexander House are able to take responsibility for their own medications and safety, and can work together with other residents to manage any day-to-day issues that arise. Access to an on-call doctor is available after hours.

Programme Areas

Addictions - drug & alcohol

Programme Type

Coexisting problems – mental health & addictions

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist, although we do consider self-referrals. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be made via letter, email, or the website.

Description

Ashburn offers outpatient psychiatric and psychotherapist services within our private grounds at 496 Taieri Road, Halfway Bush.

Our psychiatrists are skilled in assessment and a range of treatments.

• Psychiatric assessment, consultation and ongoing management of adult psychiatric disorders
• Psychiatric assessment for medicolegal, occupational or accident related reasons
• Psychotherapeutic assessment for ongoing psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy sessions
• Group therapy sessions
• rTMS (Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) for treatment-resistant depression.

• rTMS Flyer (PDF, 5.5 MB)
  

  General information for GPs.

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Programme Areas

Addictions - drug & alcohol

Programme Type

Coexisting problems – mental health & addictions

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be made via letter, email, or the website.

Access to our inpatient and day patient services differs, depending on how the prospective patient is to fund their treatment. Details of each main funding process can be found on our website. Funding types include:

• Private Paying Patients
• Ministry of Health
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Description

This programme is attended by inpatients and day patients who reside in the Dunedin community and attend our Therapeutic Programmes during the week, Monday to Friday.

The main Therapeutic Programme is designed to help you communicate with others and understand the reasons behind your own difficulties. This way, you will be better equipped to make personal changes in your life.

The programme's structured day has an emphasis on group meetings, as well as individual therapy with your psychotherapist or psychiatrist. You will also take part in a range of activities, from art to housekeeping, which will be an important part of your therapy.

Programme Areas

Addictions - drug & alcohol, Detox and rehabilitation

Programme Type

Social detox

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke, Older adult / Kaumātua

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be made via letter, email, or the website.

Access to our inpatient and day patient services differs, depending on how the prospective patient is to fund their treatment. Details of each main funding process can be found on our website. Funding types include:

• Private Paying Patients
• Ministry of Health
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Description

Using an individualised combination of medical, psychiatric, educational and therapeutic interventions Ashburn has a good track record of success, particularly when it comes to those needing a period of inpatient treatment to break the addiction cycle.

With increasing demand for this specific inpatient service, Ashburn offers a focused, intensive time-limited, abstinence-based programme aimed directly at adults motivated to recover from addictive behaviours. Ashburn’s Addiction Programme has two distinct phases of Assessment and Treatment and follows detoxification which can either occur prior to admission or at Ashburn Clinic.

Programme Areas

Mental health

Programme Type

Eating disorders

Regions

All of New Zealand

Age Groups

Youth / Rangatahi, Adult / Pakeke

Referral Types

GP, DHB clinical services

Referral Process

Referral is generally arranged through a health professional, often a general practitioner, counsellor/psychotherapist/psychologist or psychiatrist. Urgent referrals can be made by telephone, while less urgent referrals can be made via letter, email, or the website.

Access to our inpatient and day patient services differs, depending on how the prospective patient is to fund their treatment. Details of each main funding process can be found on our website. Funding types include:

• Private Paying Patients
• Ministry of Health
• Accident Compensation Corporation

Description

The Eating Disorder Programme, incorporated in the Gwen Wilson and Frank Hay units, specialises in the treatment of people with the whole range of eating disorders.

A registered dietitian, who is part of the Eating Disorder Team, works closely with both the clinical and kitchen staff to ensure the dietary needs of each patient are addressed.

Specific activities are provided to help patients address issues associated with their eating disorders e.g. shopping and cooking, and a psychoeducation group looks at issues including body image, nutrition etc. Individual and group time is spent exploring relevant issues through a variety of creative media.

Each person has an individual therapist. Group participation with people who have similar problems is a powerful and effective treatment method. A defined protocol guides weight restoration, and in combination with the programme and individual work, an environment is created for positive change.