The Amazing Benefits That Regular Exercise can Have on Your Mental Health
The Amazing Benefits That Regular Exercise can Have on Your Mental Health Nowadays, most people know how important an active lifestyle is for maintaining physical health. However, did you know that exercise can also be hugely beneficial for your mental health? Well, it’s true!! Engaging in regular physical activity can...
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4 Common Things That Actually Make Anxiety Worse
4 Common Things That Actually Make Anxiety Worse To better understand anxiety, there are three basic parts you might find helpful: worried thoughts, the feelings and sensations we experience in our body, and how we behave. If we focus on supporting each of these things, over time we can learn...
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Tools to Tackle Tricky Parts of Anxiety
Tools to Tackle Tricky Parts of Anxiety Our brains are wired to keep us safe. Anxiety is one of those mechanisms that is designed to protect us. When we are anxious, our bodies are powered to up to fight or run for our life. However, when we start experiencing that...
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The culture of ‘busyness’ and why we really need some rest
The culture of ‘busyness’ and why we really need some rest Two friends bump into each other at a coffee shop: “Hey, how are you? Haven’t see you in ages! “Yeah good, we’re all good…crazy, busy though – you know – kids, work, house renos” “Yes, us too, I...
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Back To School
Back To School For lots of young people the idea of returning to school is accompanied with many emotions, including excitement, apprehension, and worry. How do we best support our kids as they manage these transitions and move into the unknown with confidence and resilience? The last few years have seen...
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Is Your Child Struggling in School? Maybe it’s time for a WISC-V
Is Your Child Struggling in School? Maybe it’s time for a WISC-V I’m sure you’re probably thinking, “what is a WISC-V?” and “how could it help my child?”. All great questions! Let me give you all the information.We are always looking for different technologies to help our clients be their...
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A Day in the Life of a Provisional Psychologist
A Day in the Life of a Provisional Psychologist What do my days look like?After spending the last few months getting settled into my position at CQ Psych Services, I have really enjoyed my time and have developed a daily routine that I follow most working days…I try and get...
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Habits That Maintain Your Depression
Habits That Maintain Your Depression If you’re experiencing depression, you might be feeling tiredness, lethargy, loss of interest, loss of motivation, and indecisiveness, all of which can make it very difficult to be active. It can disrupt the way you live, stop you from doing the things you used to...
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Depression 101
Depression 101 Understanding Depression: It’s more than just Feeling Down…We can all feel sad and down at times. However, there’s no need to worry, as these feelings are completely normal. Whether you’ve just gone through something stressful, or not, like a break-up, an exam, or a major change in your...
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Working with the ‘Personality Assessment Inventory’
Working with the 'Personality Assessment Inventory' Personality is the unique combination of characteristics – including thoughts, feeling and behaviours – that make a person who they are. Put quite simply, a mood is a state of mind whereas the personality is enduring across time.The word ‘personality’ comes from the Latin...
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Is “Thinking Positive” Bad Advice?
Is "Thinking Positive" Bad Advice? It’s the well-intended advice we’ve all received…“Think positive.” “Look on the bright side.” “Just think more positive thoughts.”We’ve probably all given that advice, too, at one time or another.And yet… when has that advice – to think positive – really, genuinely helped you?In reality, forcing ourselves to...
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The Self-Care Checklist We Could All Do With This Year
The Self-Care Checklist We Could All Do With This Year Most people are only gentle with themselves when they’re under the weather. The way we would like you to be thinking about self-care though, is a little differentSelf-care needs to be practised even when the sun is shining (not just...
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School Holidays – Pleasure or Pain
School Holidays - Pleasure or Pain School holidays can be a fun time to spend down time with the family. It’s a time to leave the school drop off and pick up behind and just rest, relax and maybe even travel. But, it’s also normal to get on each other’s...
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Festive Season Stress
Festive Season Stress The festive season is meant to be a time of celebration and joy but can easily become a period plagued by high stress and distress. The festive holiday period is often a hugely busy time and as a result people can get super-stressed, tired and argumentative with...
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Signs That It’s Time For A Digital Detox
Signs Thats It's Time For A Digital Detox It seems that our waking hours tend to be increasingly technology orientated. For many, they are increasingly tethered to one device or another. Many of us can often be found sifting through emails, Googling to research for work, school assignments or for...
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Academic Stress
Academic stress As Year 12 students prepare for their final exams, many parents worry about the impact high level stress has on their child’s mental health. The final year of high school can be extremely stressful and an alarm number of students experience increased psychological distress. This year in particular,...
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COVID-19 Survival Tips
COVID-19 Survival Tips For many of us, our daily routine has changed a lot since the presence of COVID-19. Some of us can continue to work (both a blessing and a stressor), while others have become unemployed. Whatever your current situation, the mandated social distancing requirements have changed our usual...
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Technology Assisted Counselling at CQ Psych Services
Technology Assisted Counselling at CQ Psych ServicesWe’re all in this together now! While we are all preparing for the impact of COVID-19 and people are taking important precautions such as social distancing and self-isolation, CQ Psych Services is continuing to support our community by temporarily adding Technology Assisted Counselling (TAC)...
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What is Technology Assisted Counselling
What is Technology Assisted Counselling?A Technology Assisted Counselling (TAC) appointment is just like any other appointment you have with your treating psychologist or allied health worker. The only difference is it is not face to face in the usual sense. What you should know For a long time, the use...
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Support Through the Journey of Adolescence
The adolescent years are often like being in a funhouse of mirrors – easy to get lost and not always reflecting an accurate self-image. Supporting young people in navigating these times can be draining and confusing for a parent. A confident and resilient adolescent is more likely to make positive...
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Self Care and Parenting
We’ve all heard the catch phrase “work, life balance” but we need to think of this with a third prong – SELF. As parents we often must prioritise the multiple commitments and responsibilities that occur in day-to-day life. Unfortunately, many parents place their own needs low in the list or worst still forget to include
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Overcoming Childhood Trauma
This week Suzie has flown down to the week long ‘International Childhood Trauma Conference’ in Melbourne, which focuses on the therapeutic interventions that work in the face of relational and complex trauma. The experience of childhood trauma is likely to follow you into adulthood. Whether you witnessed violence or were the target of violence or
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The Therapeutic Alliance
It is essential to find the right psychologist for you. The best predictor of a good therapy outcome is a strong therapeutic alliance. The therapeutic alliance refers to the relationship between the psychologist and client. It is your psychologists role to create a safe space where therapy can take place – an environment that is
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