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Control about Our Mental Health
The self, UncategorizedWe like to think of Australia as a country without divisions. We like to think that everyone has a fair go, and that things are equal. However, there are some...
Jumping to the Wrong Conclusions
RelationshipsWhen we've known someone for a long time, we can think that we really know them well. Over the years, we've seen them in different ways and we feel like...
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The Hero Within: Seeing our Goodness
The selfThe ancient Romans revered Romulus. Their legends said that he, with his twin brother Remus, founded the city of Rome 400 years before. They assigned all sorts of worthy characteristics...
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Why We Fear the Deafening Silence
UncategorizedUnderstandably, we all have a desire to be approved of and accepted. People show their approval and acceptance of us in a range of verbal and non-verbal ways, and we...
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How Your Beliefs Limit Your Knowledge
The self, UncategorizedWe all want to build new skills. We feel that if we knew more and had more skills, then we could be more effective in the world. However, we sometimes...
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The Relationship Between Power and Vulnerability
UncategorizedOften in our lives, we live quite well. We understand our position in the world, and we can find areas in our life in which we feel powerful. However, there...
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Recognise and Deal with Your Hidden Anxiety
AnxietyWe often experience events that distress and challenge us. This can happen for all sorts of reasons; work, family, relationship and a seeming limitless number of other scenarios. We can...
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Building Resilience: Why Failure is Essential
Emotions, The selfWe would all like to live a life where we didn't fail at anything. We can feel that it'd really be ideal if everything we turn our hand to was...
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Your Guide to How Trust Works
RelationshipsTrust is a very important issue for people. We are social animals, and we very much want to trust other people. However, we sometimes find this trust hard to give....
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Mixed Feelings? That's Entirely Natural
EmotionsWe sometimes have experiences where we feel more than one emotion. In these situations of mixed feelings, we can get confused by our responses, unsure about what we are feeling...
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Online Couples Counselling
UncategorizedPeople seek couples counselling for all sorts of reasons. It might be that one member of the couple has been unfaithful, or some behaviour has been discovered which is unacceptable...
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Too Many Regrets: Living With Your Past
Emotions, Grief and LossMany of us live our lives with strong regrets. We think about the things we could have done and didn't do; we think about the things we did and wish...
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Understanding your Psychological Growing Pains
Change, The selfWhen we start psychotherapy, we often do it to know more about ourselves. Even though in some ways we might know ourselves quite well, we are drawn to therapy is...
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Emotional Safety: How to Create It
Emotions, traumaAt times, when our life is difficult, we can seek a place of emotional safety. When we find it, such a place can be comforting and can allow us to...
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After Death: What We Know and What We Don’t
Grief and Loss, RelationshipsDeath has mystified people since the beginning of recorded history. A great many cultures and religions have traditions about what happens to us after death. Many of these traditions include...
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Why Common Sense Often Doesn't Work in Mental Health
Change, The selfWhen we face mental health difficulties in ourselves or another people, we can often get complex advice from professionals about how to treat the problem. That advice can feel too...
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LGBTQI Counselling
UncategorizedIt's an experience that all novice counsellors eventually have. They might have been counselling for a while and doing really well with heterosexual and cisgender individuals or couples. Then one...
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Understanding Your Flexible Personality
Introversion, The selfMany people feel strong desire to concretely define themselves. We can see ourselves as having a particular personality type, having a particular star sign, cultural affiliation or supporting a certain...
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Burning Your Bridges with People? Try This Instead
Emotions, RelationshipsSometimes when we're in arguments with people and are feeling strong emotions like anger and frustration, we can say and do things that go too far. When this happens, the...
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Making Changes: Motivated by Fear
ChangeMany of us are trying to make changes in our lives. There are many approaches to making changes, and different ones work for different people. Consequently, any approach you take...
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Making Changes: Hope Is Not a Plan
ChangeAlmost all of us want to change some aspect of our life. To do this, we generally need both a plan and a sense of optimism (or hope) that we...
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