Integrated care between psychologists and psychiatrists is most effective when grounded in mutual respect, shared language, and a neurodiversity-affirming framework. This model acknowledges that individuals with ADHD, autism orAuDHD are experts in their own experiences and that meaningful support must be tailored, flexible, and collaborative.
Rather than aiming to change who a person is, integrated care focuses on reducing unnecessary barriers, supporting wellbeing, and enhancing quality of life. When psychological and psychiatric care are aligned, individuals are better supported to understand themselves, access appropriate supports, and build lives that reflect their strengths, values, and needs.
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Complementary Roles in Neurodiversity-Affirming Care
Psychologists and psychiatrists provide distinct but complementary expertise, and their collaboration can greatly enhance care for individuals with ADHD, autism, or AuDHD.
Our psychologists help individuals understand their neurotype, lived experiences, and patterns of functioning across work, relationships, and daily life. Care may include an ADHD assessment, ADHD therapy with psychologist, psychoeducation, executive functioning strategies, emotional regulation, identity exploration, and strengths-based formulation. They also support clients in making sense of their experiences in ways that reduce self-blame and internalised stigma.
Whereas psychiatrists are medical specialists who can contribute diagnostic expertise and, where appropriate, medication support. Within a neurodiversity-affirming framework, psychiatric care is not positioned as a corrective measure, but as one possible support that may assist with aspects such as attention regulation, emotional intensity, sleep, or co-occurring mental health experiences. Medication decisions are most effective when they are carefully considered, regularly reviewed, and aligned with the individual’s goals and values.
What Is Integrative ADHD Care?
Our Psychologists
Psychologists use standardised psychometric assessments to understand an individual’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioural patterns, inform therapy planning, highlight strengths, and guide psychiatric assessment and medication decisions.
- ➜ Provides a warm and supportive consultation to discuss concerns and outline the assessment process.
- ➜ Uses thorough assessments with breaks to ensure client comfort while gathering detailed information.
- ➜ Provides comprehensive feedback, including results and recommendations in a supportive environment.
- ➜ Supports integrative care planning alongside psychiatrists to create a collaborative treatment approach.
Our Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists assess and manage symptoms pharmacologically, supporting stability that enables individuals to engage in therapy, daily activities, and goal-directed life more sustainably. Psychiatrists psychiatry care complements psychological interventions for holistic care.
- ➜ Provide pharmacological assessment and treatment to support symptom stability.
- ➜ Enhance the capacity to engage in therapy, daily activities, and goal-directed life more sustainably.
- ➜ Work collaboratively with psychologists to provide integrated care and holistic treatment.
- ➜ Supports long-term wellbeing and function by complementing psychological interventions with targeted medication management.
Neurodiversity-affirming psychological & psychiatric care to support strengths and wellbeing
What Is a Neurodiversity-Affirming Care?
Neurodiversity describes the idea that people experience and interact with the world in many different ways. There is no single “right” way of thinking, learning, processing information, regulating emotions, behaviour, or interacting with the world, and these differences are not viewed as deficits.
While the term neurodiversity encompasses the full diversity of human brains and thinking, it is often used in the context of autism, as well as other neurological or developmental conditions such as ADHD. For many individuals with ADHD, autism, or AuDHD (co-occurring ADHD and autism), difficulties do not arise from their neurotype itself, but from environments that do not recognise or support these differences.
Our neurodiversity-affirming psychologists and psychiatrists work collaboratively within this framework to help individuals recognise strengths, build personalised strategies, and support wellbeing, functioning, and long-term success.
When these roles operate in isolation, important nuances can be missed. Integrated care allows for shared understanding and coordinated decision-making that respects the complexity of neurodivergent experiences.
Why Integrative ADHD Care Matters?
Supporting Agency and Long-Term Wellbeing
Neurodiversity-affirming care prioritises autonomy and informed choice. Integrated care ensures individuals receive clear information, collaborative guidance, and opportunities to evaluate what supports them best.
Individuals with ADHD, autism, or AuDHD may benefit from support across life stages, including education, career transitions, parenting, or periods of high demand.
What is A Neurodiversity-Affirming Approach to Integrated Care?
Our ADHD psychologists can assist with skill development, self-advocacy, and sustainable coping strategies, while our psychiatrists can adjust medical supports as needs evolve, promoting continuity of care over reactive or fragmented intervention.
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Psychologists consulting at Positive Wellbeing Psychology hold full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and adhere to ethical guidelines as mandated by the Psychologists Registration Board and the Australian Psychological Society. Psychiatrists consulting at Positive Wellbeing Psychology hold full registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), are fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), and provide ADHD assessment and treatment services.