Resilience, how can it help me?
By Clinical Psychology Registrar, Dr James Kirby We all face challenging events from time to time. For example, it could be something like not getting the grade we wanted on a project at school or university, losing at a team …
A Healthy Man Needs His Forty Winks
Men’s Health Week- 9-15 June 2014 Lack of sleep is often something that we associate with the female population, with pregnancy, motherhood and hormones wreaking havoc with normal sleep patterns. But are we forgetting the other 50% of the population? …
Seriously Unhealthy Sleep Facts
Did you know an estimated 6% of the Australian population have a sleep disorder? Research conducted by Access Economics for Sleep Australia reveals some shocking statistics associating sleep disorders with 9.1% of work related injuries, 8.3% of depression, 7.6% of …
Music, Tune Into Your Emotions
By Clinical Psychology Registrar, Dr James Kirby There will be days when I am driving home from work feeling pretty exhausted, tired, stressed, and also anxious about some of the work I still have not completed but was supposed to …
Music, Tune into your Emotions
By Clinical Psychology Registrar, Dr James Kirby There will be days when I am driving home from work feeling pretty exhausted, tired, stressed, and also anxious about some of the work I still have not completed. Typically, when I am …
Practice What We Preach- Towards a Bully Free Community
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better” Abraham Lincoln Today, schools across the nation wave their orange flags in a nationwide movement against bullying. Friday 21st March marks Bullying No Way Day, an event that …
Research Changing the Face of How Schools Intervene with Bullying
School Bullying – Research Changing the Face of How Schools Intervene with Bullying http://www.webchild.com.au/read/viewpoints/what-is-bullying An ever growing body of systematic international research has shown that school bullying is a frequent and serious public health problem. Bullying at school is an …
Work Stress
More than just the workplace blues By Stan Steindl I was sitting with my little boy the other day and out of nowhere, with real anguish on his face, he said, “I don’t WANT the holidays to end!” He needed …
I’m doing this for me, and I’m not going to feel guilty about it.
I’m doing this for me, and I’m not going to feel guilty about it. By Clinical Psychologist, Dr James Kirby How often do you find that you are in automatic pilot? I recently moved house, and yesterday when I drove …
More than just the workplace blues
By Dr Stan Steindl I was sitting with my little boy the other day and out of nowhere, with real anguish on his face, he said, “I don’t WANT the holidays to end!” He needed a little hug and some …