Significant Age Crises: It’s Not Just About the Midlife Crisis
16 February 2026 Significant Age Crises: It’s Not Just About the Midlife Crisis The phrase midlife crisis has become almost comedic… red sports cars, younger lovers, sudden career changes, impulsive reinventions. But when we look more closely, and with respectful curiosity, what we call a midlife crisis is often something far more meaningful: a […]
Resilience Isn’t Toughness
15 January 2026 Resilience Isn’t Toughness Resilience, specifically Psychological Resilience, is the ability to maintain emotional flexibility and adapt to life’s challenges, not just toughening-up and pushing through stress. In this guide we explain how resilience differs from toughness and how therapeutic support strengthens your capacity to adapt and grow. Why “pushing through” isn’t […]
TICES: A Tool for Reflective Self-Observation
16 June 2025 TICES: A Tool for Reflective Self-Observation Practical Tool for Building Reflective Distance What Is Reflective Distance and Why Does It Matter? Reflective distance and containment are powerful psychological capacities — often nurtured in therapy — that help us navigate our internal and external worlds with greater ease and stability. When we have […]
Understanding Primitive Reflexes: How Kinesiology Can Support Your Child’s Development
28 April 2025 Understanding Primitive Reflexes: How Kinesiology Can Support Your Child’s Development Unlocking Your Child’s Potential: Kinesiology and Primitive Reflex Integration Primitive Reflexes Primitive Reflexes are automatic, involuntary movements that all babies are born with. These early reflexes play a crucial role in survival and development during infancy. As a baby’s brain matures, their […]
Psychiatric Illness or Burnout
12 February 2025 Psychiatric Illness or Burnout Are you mentally unwell, or are you actually suffering with “burnout”? Thoughts about “Burnout” from a Clinical Psychologist “Burnout” is a phrase that has well and truly found it’s place in the collective consciousness – and for good reason – cultural, environmental, political and societal factors have been relentlessly […]
Breaking Free from Trauma: How EMDR Therapy Can Help
29 January 2025 Breaking Free from Trauma: How EMDR Therapy Can Help How EMDR Therapy Helps Rewire the Brain After Trauma Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that’s used and recommended by the US military to help its service members […]
What is BDNF and how does it impact brain health?
1 January 2025 What is BDNF and how does it impact brain health? Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor: The Science behind Brain Health Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor There’s been a lot of talk about Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, or BDNF—and for good reason. It’s not just some random made-up acronym, it plays a very important role in […]
Medicare Better Access, Expectations and Negative Treatment Effect
5 December 2024 Medicare Better Access, Expectations and Negative Treatment Effect Setting realistic expectations of the 10 Medicare sessions per year Thoughts about Medicare Rebates from a Clinical Psychologist Having informed and reasonable expectations is very important in any treatment, especially if someone’s internal landscape includes a harsh, critical, rejecting part of themselves that would cause even […]
Are your gut issues hidden anxiety? Exploring the Gut-Brain Connection
11 November 2024 Are your gut issues hidden anxiety? Exploring the Gut-Brain Connection “Your gut and brain are inextricably linked in a bi-directional communication system” Listen to your gut… Ever felt butterflies in your stomach? Had a strong ‘gut feeling’ about something? Or maybe you’ve had your stomach ‘tied in knots’ after an unpleasant encounter […]
How to Improve Men’s Mental Health Naturally
18 October 2024 How to Improve Men’s Mental Health Naturally 8 Key Tips from Naturopaths and Psychologists Words have power “Be a Man”, “Toughen up” or “Don’t talk about it…” These societal expectations have shaped the way men view their emotions and mental health for far too long. The pressure to be the strong, silent […]
