11 September 2017
Excluding Children from School can Trigger Long Term Psychological Difficulties
Suspension and expulsion are regular methods for managing behavioural (and at times emotional) problems in the school environment. A recent study of 5000 school-aged children, their...
11 September 2017
Shared Custody Reduces Stress for Children
A recent study in Sweden of 807 children from different living environments found that children living in shared parental custody arrangements reported significantly less stress...
11 June 2016
The Importance of a Good Night Sleep for Children and Adolescents
It is well established that sleep is important for an individual’s physiological, cognitive and psychological (emotional and behavioural) functioning. That is, inadequate sleep...
4 April 2016
A Tough Day at Home with my 4 Year Old- it happens to all of us.
I am writing this blog today while winding down from a behaviourally challenging morning with my 4 year old. It is certainly one of our tougher days, not only for her and for me...
10 March 2016
Major Depressive Disorders and Increased Risk of Suicide
The Sydney Morning Herald today featured an article on the significant rise in suicide rates in Australia over the past 12 months. 12 per 100,000 people in 2014 committed suicide...
18 January 2016
Understanding and Managing Stress
Stress is something that most of us experience at times. It is often described as feeling overloaded, tense and worried or wound-up.
Due to perceived or actual stressful...
16 December 2015
Managing the Christmas Period
Christmas can be a challenging time for many of our clients so we thought we would put a list of recommendations together to help you enjoy the Christmas break.
1. Schedule...
24 November 2015
How to Be More Grateful – It Will Improve Your Happiness!
With the mounting number of stressors in our lives it is understandable that we are vulnerable to being goal oriented and committed to working towards new material possessions for...
4 November 2015
How to move on: do you need to let go first? By Mary Lamia, Ph.D.
Maybe you’ve considered pursuing a new relationship. However, how can you move on if you’re still obsessing about your last relationship or distressed over what will never be?...
26 October 2015
SUPPORT WE NEED WHEN FEELING DEPRESSED
Our need for connection and love is just as fundamental as our need for food, water, and shelter,” writes clinical psychologist Lee H. Coleman, Ph.D, in his book Depression: A...