Psychology Clinic

The Psychology Clinic provides a range of services for the following populations:

• Adults (age 19+)
• Adolescents (age 12+)
• Children (age 6+)
• Couples
• Families

Diagnostic assessments: We offer psychosocial, psychoeducational and neuropsychological assessments. The purpose of these assessments is to provide diagnostic clarification, an understanding of each individual's unique situation, and recommendations for appropriate interventions.

Psychotherapy: We offer psychotherapy to individuals, couples and families with the goal of assisting individuals to gain greater insight into their problems, cope more effectively with personal stresses and interpersonal conflicts, and achieve behavioural goals. We strive to provide empirically-supported interventions whenever possible.

Please note that the Psychology Clinic is not able to respond to the needs of individuals requiring psychiatric hospitalization, treatment of severe substance use, or immediate help in a major crisis. Generally we are also unable to help individuals with current or upcoming litigation or legal problems.

Special Training Considerations: The Psychology Clinic has the dual purpose of serving the community and training clinical psychology graduate students. As a result, all assessments and therapy sessions are video recorded so that registered psychologist supervisors can review them for accuracy and supervision purposes.

The Psychology Clinic accepts referrals:

• For assessments, individuals must be referred by a physician or health care professional
• For psychotherapy, individuals may be referred by a physician or health care professional, or they may self-refer

The Psychology Clinic aims to be of service to the community within the limits of its staffing capacity. At times we may have long waiting lists for some services and we may recommend that you seek services elsewhere.

Our ability to provide services varies depending on course offerings, practicum student enrollment, and the availability of supervisors. Following are estimates of our current wait times. We try to update this information as often as necessary (status updated: March 14, 2023).

Our clinic is accepting referrals for the following services:

• Psychotherapy (Adult): 3-6 months
• Assessment (Child Psychoeducational): 8-12 months
• Assessment (Adult Psychoeducational): 3-8 months
• Assessment (Adult Neuropsychology): 12 months
• Assessment (Child Neuropsychology): 24 months
• Specialty Assessment Clinics (Adolescent / Adult): 12 months

Our clinic is not accepting referrals for the following services:

• Psychotherapy (Family): Not currently accepting referrals
• Psychotherapy (Couples): Not currently accepting referrals
• Cognitive Rehabilitation Group: Not currently accepting referrals
• The Mindful Brain Group: Not currently accepting referrals
• Memory and Aging Program (age 65-80): Not currently accepting referrals
• Assessment (Medical/Legal): No longer accepting referrals

The Psychology Clinic is a fee-for-service clinic. We offer a sliding-scale fee based on family income, number of dependents and ability to pay.

Contact us:

Tel: 250-721-7538
Fax: 250-472-5319
Email: psyclin@uvic.ca

In arrangement with the copyright holders, the Test Sales office produces and sells a limited number of neuropsychological test materials. These tests were primarily designed for use with children and adults with known or suspected brain lesions.

These test materials are not available for sale to the general public as they were designed to be used by qualified health care professionals with appropriate training and expertise in neuropsychology. Individuals interested in purchasing tests from our office will be required to provide in writing verification of their assessment qualifications.

Test Sales proceeds go towards supporting the Test & Book Resource Library at the Psychology Clinic, Clinical Psychology Training Program at the University of Victoria.