Counselling is often where we start when young people are finding school, friendships, and everyday routines harder to manage. In Australia, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) estimates that about 14% of children and adolescents aged 4 to 17 experienced a mental illness in the previous 12 months, and ADHD was among the […]
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Couples counselling is often most helpful when we notice the same arguments looping, emotional distance growing, or everyday stress turning into constant tension, even if we are unsure whether it “counts” as a serious problem. In Australia, there were 52,747 divorces in 2004, which is a reminder that many relationships reach a tipping point when
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Family therapy is becoming increasingly important as rates of teen anxiety climb, with Australian surveys showing that around 1 in 7 young people aged 4 to 17 experience a mental health disorder in any given year, and anxiety is one of the most common. In this context, family therapy offers a supportive space for everyone
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Psychotherapy and family therapy for blended families in Australia matter because nearly one in three Australian children is now growing up in non-traditional family structures, including single parent, blended, multigenerational, and other care arrangements. In these homes, people with different routines, histories, and expectations are learning to live together, which can feel both exciting and
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Counselling for depression matters when millions of people are struggling in silence. In Australia alone, around 2.1 million people, or roughly 9 percent of the population, are living with some form of depression right now, and about one in seven will experience it at some point in their lives. Globally, around 5 percent of adults
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Proven anger management strategies, triggers, and skills you can practice to regain control at home and work.
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Mindfulness Therapy has emerged as a profoundly effective, evidence-based approach for improving mental and emotional health. Far from being a niche trend, research supports its real-world impact: studies have shown that MBT is as effective as first-line antidepressant medication for reducing anxiety symptoms, with effect sizes comparable to established treatments like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is playing an increasingly important role in Australia, where the latest National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing 2020 to 2022 reports that around one in five adults (21.5 percent, or 4.3 million people) experienced a mental disorder in the last 12 months, with anxiety the most common condition. Despite this
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Therapy for anxiety and depression in adults sits against a sizeable burden in Australia, where about 1 in 5 people had a 12-month mental disorder in 2020–21, including 16.8 percent with an anxiety disorder and 7.5 percent with an affective disorder. In this guide, I explain psychodynamic therapy as an evidence-informed talk therapy that explores
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Understand how EMDR works for trauma, what happens in sessions, safety, and evidence so you can decide if it is right for you.
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If you or anyone you know are in crisis or in need of urgent intervention, please contact the 24-hour counselling service Lifeline on 13 11 14, or if it’s an emergency, please contact 000.
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