Caring For The Gympie Community
We Are Locals Supporting Locals
Apricity Therapy and Consultancy Services was created in 2024 after identifying the growing need for everyday Australians in regional geographical areas to have access to quality child and family consultancy services and individual and family therapy.
Our clinicians have lived and worked in the local Gympie region for many years and the need for support in the way of family reunification therapy, family reports, social assessments, and child-inclusive mediation, has grown exponentially during this time.
Apricity Therapy and Consultancy Services is the only family report and social assessment writing service and child & family consultant based in the Gympie region. This means clients no longer need to travel to metro areas such as Brisbane or the Sunshine Coast to access these services.
Amy provides evidence-based interventions to clients, whether it be in her role as a child & family consultant or therapist, at all stages of their lives.
“Apricity can define an unexpected change in attitude when your heart senses a feeling of hopefulness. Not entirely committed, but willing to accept that while all may not be well, there is wellness at this moment.”
This phrase is one of the statements that sets a foundation for all the work we do at Apricity Therapy and Consultancy Services.
Meet Our Managing Director
Amy Covington
Amy Covington has over 15 years of diverse industry experience and has empowered clients’ lives both internationally and domestically. Amy is a current member of the following professional bodies: Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), Affiliate member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS), Therapeutic Family Law Practitioners Association (TFPA), Family Law Practitioners Association (FLPA), and Child Protection Practitioners Association of Queensland (CPPAQ).
Amy studied for her Bachelor of Social Work at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, and at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States of America.
Amy has worked in many areas of Queensland and in Victoria in statutory Child Protection, living in remote areas of Queensland with First Nations families and children, and overseas in Papua New Guinea and Nauru with asylum seekers and refugees. Amy has worked with in-patients in hospital settings in anti-natal, maternity, paediatrics, rehabilitation, palliative care, emergency department, and general medicine.
Most recently Amy has worked towards her expertise in mental health, and over the past few years has supported children, adolescents, and adults with mental health presentations that range from mild, moderate, complex, and acute. Amy has also worked in the disability sector having been a support worker for people who have physical and intellectual disabilities.
Amy has held several leadership roles across her career, including as a team leader, coordinator, and senior social worker. Amy’s most profound achievement to date is the creation of Apricity Therapy and Consultancy Services.
Amy has firsthand experience as mother of a neurodivergent child and therefore understands the challenges that can come with this.
No matter if you require support for child-inclusive mediation, family report writing, a social assessment, individual or family therapy, or social work services, Amy can provide these specialised services.
Meet Our Therapy Dog!
Pickles - The Mini Groodle
Pickles is a miniature Groodle, a cheeky, adorable girl who loves cuddles and affection, and is being raised to provide therapeutic support to clients.
Pet Therapy is a form a psychotherapy and has been proven to assist people of all ages by improving mood, decreasing symptoms of depression and anxiety, improving communication, developing social skills, decreasing loneliness, providing emotional support, pain reduction, stress management, and cognitive benefits.
If you would like Pickles to be incorporated into sessions, as part of either NDIS social work services or psychological therapeutic support, please let us know and this can be arranged.
Where Do We Service?
Apricity Therapy and Consultancy Services is based in Gympie, Queensland 4570. We can hold face-to-face sessions at Gympie Community Place, 18 Excelsior Road, Gympie. Home visits are available for our NDIS Social Work Services, and telehealth is available for all services offered by us. Our Family Consultant services have the capacity to service Australia-wide. Please contact us for more information.