If you are reading this, it is likely that you, or someone you know, is caring for a person with a disability. Whilst unconditional love and support are at the foundations of a caring relationship, it can also take a toll on the carer’s sense...
Feelings of anxiety, loneliness and isolation have been a common experience for many the two-and-a-bit years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. During Melbourne’s rolling lockdowns, you didn’t see friends or family the way you might have been used to. Most likely, you missed colleagues from...
Struggling with substances can be an incredibly draining and frustrating experience. The urges that often accompany the cessation of using a substance can be some of the toughest feelings you may deal with in your life. Following the decision to stop using a substance, you may...
We all know that feeling of being nervous or uncomfortable in social settings. You might have noticed your palms getting sweaty when you meet someone new, or having ‘brain freeze’ when giving a presentation at work. Public speaking, walking into a room full of strangers...
Goal setting is an important first step in achieving anything, whether personally or professionally. However, with the best intentions in the world, we often set goals for ourselves but fail to achieve them. This can set us up for a pattern of goal setting, failure,...
By Kelsie Bufton When we are faced with a really difficult situation we can easily be overcome by our emotions. When this happens, it can be very difficult to think clearly and problem solve a situation. We might feel as though we are losing control, and...
By Kelsie Bufton One of the most difficult things in the interactions we have with others is knowing how to get want we want, whilst maintaining strong and healthy relationships. When we don’t have the right skills, it can be so easy for conversations to get...
By Kelsie Bufton Do you ever find that when you’re feeling intense overwhelming emotions (think anger, shame, sadness) you end up doing things that make a difficult situation even worse? If so, you are not alone. When we are fuelled by our emotions we can often...
By Kelsie Bufton Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) refers to three states of mind to describe our different states of thinking, feeling and behaving: Emotion Mind, Reason Mind, and the ever allusive…Wise Mind. Learning to recognise when you are in these different states of mind can be...
By Carmen Beaumont Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterised by persistent and excessive worry about a number of different things such as health, family, money, relationships, work or school. Often expecting the worst even when there is no apparent reason for concern. Six in 100 Australians are...