When Caring Hurts
When Caring Hurts In a world that often feels heavy with pain and suffering, the act of caring for others is both noble and necessary. But for those who provide care regularly—nurses, therapists, social workers, first responders, and even family …
What is Insomnia Treatment?
What is Insomnia Treatment? Struggling with sleep is one of the most common issues people bring to therapy. Whether it’s difficulty falling asleep, waking during the night, or feeling unrefreshed in the morning, insomnia can affect nearly every area of …
What is Postnatal Depression?
What is Postnatal Depression? It is estimated that 1 in 7 women will experience postnatal (or perinatal) depression and 1 in 10 men will also experience this. This is not the same as the ‘baby blues’ typically experienced within the …
Acceptance…but, there’s more..
Acceptance…but, there’s more Many people have now come across Mel Robbins’ Let Them Theory on social media or may have even read her book. This is a wonderful way to explain acceptance. Essentially, ‘let them’ becomes a statement of letting …
Work Burnout and Labour Day: A Time to Reflect and Recharge
Work Burnout and Labour Day: A Time to Reflect and Recharge As we approach Labour Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the contributions of workers and advocating for their rights, it’s the perfect time to reflect on an issue that …
Are you overthinking it?
We all do it—reliving a moment over and over, obsessively thinking about something that is worrying us, our minds ruminating like a rat on a wheel. Worry and rumination are very common thinking styles and many clients come to therapy …
Managing Covid Anxiety- Switching off from all the noise
Like the virus itself, anxiety has swept the globe since COVID reared its ugly head in 2019. The anxiety side effect has ‘gone viral’ with the peaks and troughs mimicking the waves of infection and subsequent media bombardment. Living with uncertainty can be difficult and even for the most relaxed individual, the ever-changing information and rules surrounding vaccination, travel, testing, school and work can leave us feeling overwhelmed and completely over it; aka- COVID fatigue. The world breathed a sigh of relief in 2021 as we thought we found a solution in a vaccine, but the virus had other ideas, mutating, and reinventing itself like a failed start up. And while 2022 has brought new challenges as we see infection rates soar, we must remain positive and not let COVID anxiety run rife.
Telling Tales of the Tummy
Anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia according to Beyond Blue and national based surveys. Statistics show that one in four people and one in three women will experience anxiety at some stage throughout their life.1 Although these …
Is it stress or anxiety?
Photo credit: Jeshoots.com on Unsplash When feeling stressed, you may also feel anxious, and this leads some people to believe they may have an anxiety disorder. From the outset, it can be difficult to spot the difference as many of …
Frozen by self-doubt
Most of us have experienced self-doubt at some point in our lives; it’s an in-built way to keep us safe from danger and in the modern world from failure. However, for some of us, self-doubt is totally immobilising with thanks …