Evolution Medicine Enhanced Therapy, represents the next stage of mental health treatment in Australia. We offer a comprehensive, medically supervised, psychotherapy program that incorporates the selective use of medicines to enhance the therapeutic process. The core values of our program are patient-centered care that is safe and effective.
Evolution Medicine Enhanced Therapy (MET) is a psychotherapy program which aims to move beyond symptom management and anaesthetising distress. Our focus is on recovery that is deeper, more sustained and supportive of the whole person and their goals for living fully. Psychotherapy combined with the careful use of medicine can offer a new direction in recovery and the potential for behavioural changes to feel more possible. Mental health difficulties are best understood and treated when we respect the universal human drives to love, be loved, survive and thrive. Our cutting-edge therapy program supports the brain’s own natural ability to move towards healing.
The development of the Evolution MET program has been informed by the use of medicine to enhance psychotherapy dating back to the 1960's as well as the growing research evidence base. The treatment team consists of a psychologist and psychiatrist to guide each person through a program of individual therapy sessions spanning approximately 12 weeks. Careful preparatory sessions start the therapeutic process and support each participant to get the most out of their treatment. The program includes 2-3 intensive medicine enhanced psychotherapy days. The intensive medicine sessions are followed by a series of psychotherapy sessions focusing on integrating the experiences and translating them into changes and sustained improvements in psychological health.
Our program is delivered by an experienced, highly trained and caring team of mental health professionals dedicated to high quality patient care. The medicine day part of the program is delivered in a beautifully appointed therapy room, in the safe hospital setting of Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH), Sydney. NBH is one of Australia's newest Tier 5 major teaching hospitals, boasting state of the art services and facilities including expert medical and psychiatric services on site. You are in the safest hands with Evolution.
NB: patients are required to have a pre-existing and ongoing therapist that the Evolution team can work collaboratively with. The patient will be returned to their regular therapist post the treatment program. Evolution is not able to provide ongoing or longer-term therapy services.
