Beyond Blue has launched a landmark national awareness campaign to help Australians recognise the most common symptoms of anxiety conditions. They recently released a clip last week called I Am Anxie...
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a kind of behavioural therapy that uses mindfulness to develop psychological flexibility, which further helps direct value-guided behaviour.
Through metaphor...
"There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation in the way we raise our children." - Marianne Williamson
More and more parents are recognising the n...
Most children are oppositional from time to time. It is a normal developmental behaviour of two to three year olds and early adolescents. They may be oppositional when hungry, angry or stressed out.
H...
There is an average of 285,000 schizophrenics in Australia.
Around 46 common chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and endocrine diseases, appear more in schizo...
Mental health problems account for 13.1% of Australia’s total burden of illness and disease and it is estimated that they cost the Australian economy up to $20 billion annually. They also plague the e...
The new defence white paper released on May 3, 2013 revealed that defence personnel are at a high risk for developing Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The number of veterans has constantly been...
Advocates have been raising their voices against the government’s abandonment of its commitment to the mental health sector in favour of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). This came as a...
This article was written by Australia Counselling member Narelle Gillies, who works as a Crows Nest counsellor with teens and young adults.
As a therapist and youth mentor, working with teenagers in h...
Damien Christie has triggered an uproar following his suicide on 27 March 2013. To the very end he feared that the God he worshipped did not love him back. After being rejected by his Pentecostal chur...
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