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Practical, evidence-based writing on anxiety, trauma, therapy, and the everyday work of looking after your mental health.
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Anxiety & CBT · 7 min readWhat Is CBT and How Does It Help Anxiety?
A plain-English explanation of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy: the anxiety cycle, what happens in a session, and why it is so widely recommended.
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Anxiety & CBT · 5 min read5 Signs It Might Be Time to See a Psychologist for Anxiety
There is no severity threshold for therapy. Five signs worth taking seriously, and the one thought that keeps most people waiting too long.
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Anxiety & CBT · 6 min readTherapy, Medication, or Both? Understanding Your Options for Anxiety
A balanced overview of what the research shows, so you can have a better-informed conversation with your GP. Not a recommendation either way.
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Therapy & Getting Started · 6 min readHow Many Therapy Sessions Do You Actually Need?
The honest answer: it depends. Here is what it depends on, what the research suggests, and how Medicare's ten rebated sessions fit in.
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Trauma & EMDR · 8 min readWhat Is EMDR Therapy and How Does It Work?
A therapy that sounds implausible until you understand the mechanism. The eight phases explained, what a session feels like, and what it treats.
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Trauma & EMDR · 7 min readSigns of Unresolved Trauma in Adults
Unresolved trauma does not always look like flashbacks. A careful, non-diagnostic look at how it can quietly shape adult life.
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Trauma & EMDR · 6 min readEMDR vs Talk Therapy for Trauma: Which Is Right for You?
How they differ, what each does well, and why the choice is less either-or than it appears. Most trauma work draws on both.
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Trauma & Anxiety · 6 min readIs It Trauma or Anxiety? Understanding the Difference
From the inside they can feel identical, but the treatments differ. Where each is pointing, and why the distinction changes what helps.
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Therapy & Getting Started · 6 min readFinding the Right Psychologist in Fremantle: A Practical Guide
How to choose a psychologist in Fremantle: checking registration, matching the approach to the problem, the questions worth asking, and the one factor that matters most.
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Therapy & Getting Started · 6 min readHow Medicare Mental Health Care Plans Work
The main way Australians access subsidised psychology. How to get a plan, how the six-plus-four sessions structure catches people out, and what you will actually pay.
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Therapy & Getting Started · 5 min readWhat Your First Psychology Session Actually Feels Like
The honest version: the ten minutes before, the fears people rarely mention, what the hour actually feels like, and how you might feel afterwards.
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