Counselling services are available for you and your partner during and after your treatment. The counsellor’s role is to support you in managing possible stressors, while helping you recognise your strengths. Many people find it helpful to talk about the difficulties they have faced when trying to achieve a pregnancy or going through fertility preservation. They are able to access this service to share their thoughts and feelings about the future.

https://www.fertilityandresearchcentre.com.au/frc-research/counselling-…

The Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Service supports women who are receiving antenatal care at the Royal, who have birthed at the Royal within the last year and live within the SESLHD, and parents whose babies are in the NICU. 

For more information, see the Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health Service page.

The Gynaecological Oncology Psychology Service supports women who are receiving treatment for gynaecological cancers at the Royal Hospital for Women as inpatients or outpatients. 

For more information, see the Gynaecological Oncology Psychology Service page.

We are a team of registered Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists who offer assessments and treatments across a wide variety of psychological and cognitive issues.

• Clinical Psychologists offer assessment and treatment of psychological conditions such as adjustment to illness or injury, trauma, depression and anxiety.
• Clinical Neuropsychologists offer assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive conditions such as dementia, brain injury and stroke.

Our primary partners are the other members of your health care team especially those within the rehabilitation wards. When planning for your return home we work in partnership with your local general practitioner (GP), Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, non- government rehabilitation and support services and private community psychologists.

As an inpatient of the Aged Care, Spinal or General Rehabilitation wards, you can ask your nurse or any member of your treating team to make an appointment with a psychologist.  

When you see one of our team we will explain what assessments or treatments we can offer you and we will ask for your consent before proceeding with any treatments. Psychologists use a wide range of assessment and treatment protocols to help people adjust to their injuries, deal with such issues as anxiety and depression, cope with declining memory and mental functioning and support your in-patient stay and rehabilitation.  

Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.

We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.

We are a team of registered Clinical Psychologists and Clinical Neuropsychologists who offer assessments and treatments across a wide variety of psychological and cognitive issues.

• Clinical Psychologists offer assessment and treatment of psychological conditions such as adjustment to illness or injury, trauma, depression and anxiety.
• Clinical Neuropsychologists offer assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive conditions such as dementia, brain injury and stroke.

Our primary partners are the other members of your health care team especially those within the rehabilitation wards. When planning for your return home we work in partnership with your local general practitioner (GP), Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, non- government rehabilitation and support services and private community psychologists.

As an inpatient of the Aged Care, Spinal or General Rehabilitation wards, you can ask your nurse or any member of your treating team to make an appointment with a psychologist.  

When you see one of our team we will explain what assessments or treatments we can offer you and we will ask for your consent before proceeding with any treatments. Psychologists use a wide range of assessment and treatment protocols to help people adjust to their injuries, deal with such issues as anxiety and depression, cope with declining memory and mental functioning and support your in-patient stay and rehabilitation.  

Please let us know if you need an interpreter. You can contact us telephoning the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450. Tell the operator what language you speak and then ask the interpreter to set up a telephone conversation between you, an interpreter, and the healthcare professional you want to speak with.

We are a teaching hospital and you may be asked to be involved in research or a student to be present at your appointment. You have a right to say no. If you do so, this will no impact in any way on the services we will provide.