Beginnings of Headway

Beginnings of Headway

Dr Alberts is an experienced Clinical Psychologist with a demonstrated history of working in hospital and the health care industry. In 2007 Dr Alberts began a full time internship at the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service (BIRS), Burwood Hospital. Her primary responsibilities were to provide neuropsychological assessments within the inpatient and outpatient services. Having completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology in 2008, Dr Alberts continued to work in neuropsychology and developed a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme specifically tailored to meet the needs of individuals who had sustained a traumatic brain injury, strokes, epilepsy, or other neurological conditions impacting on their day to day functioning. In 2010 Dr Alberts completed a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) with a specific focus on the neuropsychological components and influences on memory.

More recently Dr Alberts took on a challenging role with Barnardos, New Zealand, acting as Clinical Team Leader providing clinical oversight and intervention to youth who had experienced significant trauma, disrupted attachment with primary care givers, multiple out of home placements, and who had engaged in harmful sexual behavior. A primary focus of this role had been to work alongside other Team Leaders within Barnardos NZ to implement trauma informed care into child and family services provided by Barnardos NZ.

Dr Alberts is now developing a private practice in North Canterbury, specializing in neuropsychological and cognitive assessments, and providing therapy to individuals, couples and families. Her therapeutic approach is to work alongside clients in identifying underlying issues, individual strengths, and collaboratively finding a way forward. Dr Alberts draws on intervention models taken from Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP), as well as including trauma informed and evidenced based therapeutic interventions.