LIANA TAYLOR

Consultant Clinical Psychologist

Founder, The Mindfulness Centre

Specialised Clinical Protocols

Structured clinical work for stabilisation, orientation and meaningful change.

The Clinical Stabilisation & Orientation Protocol

A three-session clinical intensive — designed to restore cognitive bandwidth, stabilise the nervous system and establish clear orientation for what comes next.

Whether you are experiencing a relatively contained wobble or navigating a profound personal, health or professional crisis, we  begin during our first meeting. As the nervous system begins to settle and cognitive bandwidth returns, we map the biological, psychological, relational and professional forces shaping your current experience — creating the perspective to see what is actually happening, what requires attention first, and where meaningful change can begin.  Sometimes what emerges is not simply a way through, but possibilities that were not visible before.

  • Structure: Three consultations, usually completed over two to three weeks.
                       Session 1: 90 Minutes | Session 2: 60 Minutes | Session 3: 60 Minutes.
  • Fee: $3,500 AUD, payable in full prior to commencement.

Why a defined protocol?

When something significant enough has disrupted your life, it warrants concentrated, intelligent attention.
The Clinical Stabilisation & Orientation Protocol creates a defined period in which to do exactly that. Rather than reducing a complex experience to what can be understood in a single consultation, we have the space to follow what emerges, investigate what matters and build a clearer picture of what is happening — and why.
For some people, the three consultations are enough. For others, they reveal the direction of deeper work. The process is deliberately structured, but never standardised.

The Structure:

Session 1: Orientation & Immediate Regulation (90 Minutes)
Whether you are experiencing a minor wobble or navigating profound instability, it can be difficult to see the whole landscape clearly. This first consultation creates the space to quiet the noise, to find your bearings, and begin making sense of what is happening across your life and within your system.

We look beyond immediate stressors to see how your physiology, psychology, relationships, personal history and professional world are interacting now. As the landscape becomes clearer, we begin identifying what is driving the dysregulation, what needs attention first, and what can safely wait. From the outset, we are doing two things at once: helping restore emotional equilibrium and nervous system stability, while developing a clearer understanding of what is happening and why. 

Session 2: Mapping the Wider Landscape (60 Minutes)

Between sessions, carefully chosen questions and other explorations allow us to widen the lens beyond the immediate challenge. We look for patterns, pressure points and strengths that may be easy to miss when the system is under strain, and distinguish what arises in the present circumstances from what may have deeper roots. The aim is a more accurate map — one that reveals not only what is creating instability, but where change is most likely to make a meaningful difference.


Session 3: Synthesis & Clear Direction (60 Minutes)

We conclude by distilling what has emerged into a clear, usable map of your landscape — an architectural view of how the different parts of your system are interacting.

You receive a concise, one-to-two-page synthesis designed to bring the most important findings together in a form that is clear, useful and easy to return to.

It captures the forces shaping your current experience, the priorities that require attention now, and the areas where change is likely to have the greatest effect.

By this point, you can see more clearly how you arrived here, what is keeping the system unsettled, and what needs to happen next.

What follows will be different for each person. You may have what you need to move forward independently, may need focused work on a particular pattern or difficulty, or may require longer-term support for more complex health, trauma or life circumstances.

The noise settles.
The landscape becomes visible.
A usable map emerges.

 

The Clinical Integration Continuum

A twelve-week intensive — designed for deeper integration, sustained stability and confident forward movement.

The Clinical Integration Continuum is available following completion of the initial three-session protocol when there is clear value in continuing.  Meaningful change needs enough continuity to move beyond stabilisation and insight, and into life.  The weekly rhythm provides the continuity and momentum needed, and the sustained attention, to move beyond stabilisation — to test what is changing, respond to what emerges, deepen what matters, and move further into the patterns, pressures and possibilities revealed through the initial map.

The process remains grounded in your life as it is actually unfolding. It is practical as well as exploratory. Insight is translated into action. We focus on the personal, relational, health and professional realities that matter now, while addressing deeper patterns where they are genuinely getting in the way.

The aim is not to uncover and resolve every difficulty in life, but to work deeply where it matters — consolidating stability, expanding capacity and translating insight into changes that hold beyond the consulting room, while exploring what becomes possible once you're no longer organised around instability..

  • Structure: Twelve weekly consultations, completed within a fourteen-week window. Preserving momentum with flexibility.
  • Access: Available following completion of the Clinical Stabilisation & Orientation Protocol where there is clear value in continuing.
  • Fee: $9,600 AUD, payable in full prior to commencement.

    Protocol Fees & Funding

    Medicare
    Many clients choose to self-fund and do not access Medicare rebates. Where you have an appropriate referral, Medicare rebates apply to eligible sessions.

    Business & Organisational Funding
    Where your protocol is funded through a business, company or organisation, simply let us know how the invoice should be addressed. Your accountant can advise on the appropriate tax treatment for your circumstances.



    If this feels like the right place to begin, the next step is the the Clinical Stabilisation & Orientation Protocol.