Did you know that anxiety is the most common mental health condition in Australia? It might be the most common mental health condition, however, we often keep the difficulties of anxiety to ourselves. Therapy can help manage the challenges of anxiety and for some a combination of medication and therapy is best to manage the [...]
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2022 Goal Setting – Breaking it down, so you don’t break down
We all want to be “kicking goals”, but sometimes we just can’t think about the goals we want to kick. This is because life can become a lot quickly, the things we want seem impossible (so why think about them!?), and the time we have is flying away from us. There are some cheeky little [...]
You know your ABC, but do you know about CBT?
We all know the most popular way to introduce children to the alphabet is by learning to sing the “ABC song” (NB. zero apologies if you are now singing / humming this tune). One of the things about the ABC song, is that although it is catchy and fun, at initial stages of learning it [...]
Social Work and Trauma Informed Practice
Trauma-informed Social Workers appreciate how common trauma is, and that trauma can affect psychosocial development and lifelong coping strategies. Social Workers emphasise participants strengths instead of focusing on pathology, and work on building healthy skills rather than simply addressing symptoms Social Workers recognise that the connection and trust is needed in a therapeutic relationship, and [...]
Student to Social Worker
It is that time of year again when final year social work students are finishing up not just the semester but also placement and graduating. With this comes a lot of excitement, fear, and responsibility. EXCITEMENT The excitement and celebration of an absolute hard slog (1,000 hours of practical placement alone is enough to celebrate surviving) [...]
