The Younger Years
Leichhardt Clinic

Anxiety can be helpful in some situations, it is your body’s way of keeping you safe, it is vital in protecting us from danger and it may even help us to perform better by helping us feel alert and motivated.

Depression is more than just feeling down or sad, it is characterised by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, or irritability, that significantly affect emotional well-being, behaviour, and overall functioning.

Emotional dysregulation refers to difficulties in effectively managing and regulating emotions.

Challenging, disruptive and oppositional behaviours are often part of normal development, they can be age appropriate. However, when they are excessive or persistent and impact overall functioning, it may be a good idea to seek some support and guidance.

Eating disorders are defined by changes in behaviours, thoughts and attitudes to food, eating, weight, or body shape that interfere with a person’s life. Eating disorders are often a way of dealing with underlying personal, emotional and psychological difficulties and often go hand in hand with depression and anxiety.

At The Younger Years we support families across the years, that is from pregnancy right through to adulthood! Our clinicians work at promoting the emotional well-being of both babies and parents.

We provide treatment and support for adults. Becoming an adult often requires ongoing support beyond the younger years.

We offer the Cool Kids Anxiety Program at The Younger Years as individual sessions.

At the Younger Years we use standardised assessments as a way to gain further understanding of a child or young person's strengths and needs. Psychometric ssessments are used to explore overall high ability (i.e. 'giftedness'), as well as specific learning needs (e.g. dyslexia or dyscalculia) or more general insight into overall development to direct further support.

The Younger Years offers most of our assessment and therapy services online to children, young people and/or their families “virtually” via video or telephone, this is referred to as “Telehealth”.