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How seeing a Psychologist can help you

Therapy can help you deal with your unpleasant thoughts, feelings and actions. Voicing what is on your mind can alleviate your troubles allowing you to process your thoughts and feelings to take actional steps towards moving forward. While the support of your friends or family may help, seeking support from a professional psychologist trained to […]

How to manage stress before it manages you

Running late, a health issue or juggling too many demands – stress is a part of our lives whether we like it or not.  Stress is a normal physiological response to challenging or new situations. Often a short-term experience, stress can be helpful in some situations like a sports game. However, it’s important to note […]

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a common type of talk therapy used to treat various mental and physical health issues, such as depression and anxiety. The ultimate goal of CBT is to help you gain insight into how your thoughts affect how you behave and experience emotions. Moreover, CBT aims to help you deal with […]

Chronic pain management with a Psychologist

Chronic pain is persistent pain that lasts beyond three months. It can significantly affect your quality of life. Managing chronic pain can be complex; therefore, people will use various treatments for pain management.  Ways to manage chronic pain Typically chronic pain often cannot be managed with surgery or medication alone.  Which is why many chronic […]

Support for mood disorders and depression

If you suddenly find yourself feeling depressed and exhausted, it may be a sign of having a mood disorder. While depression can be a normal part of life, it can become serious if it starts interfering with your daily activities. Mood disorders affect how someone feels and behaves. Understanding your mood disorder and seeking help […]

Treating panic attacks with Exposure Therapy  

Racing heart, sweaty palms, uncontrollable shaking – it’s a normal reaction, you tell yourself, and it will go away. Maybe you need to take a day off or do some yoga, but then it happens again and again, and you start to wonder if it’s something else. A quick search online of your symptoms, and […]

Exposure and Response Prevention therapy for OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) has been ranked among the ten most debilitating disorders by the World Health Organization. Characterised by intrusive, distressing thoughts and repetitive behaviours that are difficult to control, OCD was historically thought untreatable. However, over the last few decades, psychologists have seen significant success in OCD symptom reduction using Exposure and Response […]

How to reduce alcohol and drug use and get back your confidence

Since the pandemic Australians have used alcohol and drugs more than any other time. I get it. The more we know about alcohol and drug use the more we realise they are triggered by stressful environments. What is more stressful than a pandemic and then the consequences for individuals and families as we return to […]