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Sonia Andrews - Registered Clinical Psychologist
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QE Health

Sonia Andrews

Registered Clinical Psychologist - Neuropsychologist

BEd · BA (Hons) · MA (Dist) · Dip Tchg (Cant) · PGDipClinPsych (Cant)
Member of: NZ College of Clinical Psychologists · NZ Special Interest Group in Neuropsychology

Training first as a Teacher and then as a Clinical Psychologist, Sonia has worked across child, adolescent, and adult mental health. Sonia has then trained in Neuropsychology and holds this scope of practice as well as Clinical Psychology.

Sonia is currently working four days per week at QE Health. Her work at QE includes clinical, neuro and rehabilitation psychology and she is a facilitator on the recharge group programme for patients with chronic pain.

Sonia has extensive training and experience in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Sonia is trained as a facilitator in the Incredible Years Parenting Programme.

Since moving to work at QE Health, where she primarily does assessment work, Sonia has been taking private practice therapy referrals with a focus on mild to moderate mental health difficulties from workplaces, GPs, and directly on her referral form below. Key areas of specialty in her private work include workplace stress, depression and anxiety. Sonia sees private clients on Fridays.

Specialties

Neuropsychology

  • The functioning of the brain, including psychometric testing of cognition and behavior, such as memory, attention, learning, processing speed and reasoning.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

  • The range of mental health and developmental conditions relevant to children and adolescents.

Adult Mental Health

  • Psychologists are experts in mental health and most commonly work with people with anxiety, trauma, stress and depressive conditions.

QE Health,
1073 Whakaue Street,
Rotorua