Cosmetic Readiness Assessment
Assisting cosmetic practitioners identify psychological risk and improve patient satisfaction by offering in-depth patient consultations and assessments either face-to-face or via telehealth to determine readiness for cosmetic treatment, or to support patients in their decision-making.
At Uniquely Human Psychology, we assist in preparing the patient for their surgery or cosmetic procedure, or providing psychological support post surgery.
What Will It Involve
Cosmetic Readiness Assessments are conducted by psychologist, Raquel Cain, who has an understanding of both the benefits and challenges of cosmetic procedures. She has seen how cosmetic procedures can greatly enhance a patient’s psychological wellbeing and confidence, when a patient is motivated for the right reasons and in the best physical and emotional position to undertake a procedure.
We want to work together with you, to achieve your goals, whether that is through cosmetic treatment or other means to enhance your self-esteem, body image and wellbeing.
Our hope is that patients who do undergo cosmetic procedures after our assessments do so feeling more prepared, equipped with coping strategies and ultimately achieve better outcomes and more satisfaction with the results.
Following this assessment, and in accordance to the APS Psychological evaluation of patients undergoing cosmetic procedures, we will send a brief letter back to the referrer with our feedback from the session. We will determine whether the patient is:
1) Low risk – indicating that the patient demonstrates reasonable expectations and motivations for the cosmetic procedure. Patients identified as low risk would include recommendations such as: the patients appears ready to go ahead with cosmetic treatment without any further input, unless requested by the patient or practitioner.
2) Moderate risk – indicating that we have identified some risk factors during the assessment, such as unrealistic expectations or inappropriate motivations, or mental health issues which appear to be currently unmanaged. Patients identified as Moderate risk might receive a report indicating recommendations that further therapy sessions are indicated before or after the cosmetic procedure to help prepare the patient to develop coping strategies that will help them achieve a more positive treatment outcomes.
3) High risk – indicating that we have identified some significant risk factors during the assessment, which are unmanaged. In these cases, a recommendation against cosmetic treatment, until the mental health concerns are more stable, would be indicative. We would be happy to provide or make recommendations for psychological support to assist in managing these concerns. We would then be happy to re-assess the patient at a later stage for the cosmetic procedure.
How do I refer a patient?
If you would like to refer a patient directly to Uniquely Human Psychology, please send us an email to raquel@uniquelyhumanpsychology.com.au. Please provide some brief information about the reason for referral, and what cosmetic surgery or procedure has been requested. Please provide your patient’s contact details, with their consent. Uniquely Human Psychology have developed a referral template for Cosmetic Practitioners that can be used as a guide.
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Referral Template for Cosmetic Practitioners