Separation & Divorce: Why It Can Feel Like a Private Catastrophe (And What Actually Helps)
25 March 2026 Separation & Divorce: Why It Can Feel Like a Private Catastrophe (And What Actually Helps) MAJOR LIFE TRANSITIONS SERIES Approximately 30-40% of Australian marriages end in divorce, and the private experience of separation and divorce is a personal catastrophe for most individuals who experience it. Whether or not the decision is amicable, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
When to consider Trauma Informed Therapy
6 September 2024 When to consider Trauma Informed Therapy General guidelines for when to use Trauma Informed Therapy Trauma Informed Therapy in a Nutshell In some ways it is obvious – when someone has experienced trauma which has left them avoidant, emotionally shut down, acting out or crippled with anxiety, then you might recommend they […]
Thinking Things to Death
8 July 2024 Thinking Things to Death Stuck in your head with overthinking? “Stuck in My Head & Thinking Things To Death” We’ve all heard someone say they are over analysers, always up in their heads, or they think things to death. More times than not you will also hear these words accompanied by a […]
When Feeling Better Costs You
1 May 2024 When Feeling Better Costs You The cost of becoming well… “People who are suffering generally want things to change so that they can feel better and enjoy life” However, some people may be resistant to feeling better if it costs them something obvious, like the chances of a big pay out following […]
