Mental Health
It is a well known fact that mental health issues in virtually every place in the world are on the rise and the levels of stress, tension and anxiety most experience are at an all time high.
So how do we approach this? These articles explore many of the issues society is facing with regard to mental health and how we can practically heal them.
Jul22
Why Do People Behave the Way They Do? Understanding What Sits Beneath Behaviour
“Why are they doing this?” It is a question many of us ask when someone shouts, withdraws, refuses, repeats an action, damages something or behaves ...
Jul22
What Is a Functional Behaviour Assessment, and What Actually Happens?
When behaviour is affecting safety, relationships, learning, independence or everyday life, it is understandable to want an answer—and often a quick solution. But before we ...
Jul22
Why Individualised Support Matters: The Same Diagnosis Does Not Mean the Same Needs
Two people can have the same diagnosis and experience life in completely different ways. They may communicate differently, respond to different environments, enjoy different activities, ...
Jul22
Empathy and Boundaries: How to Understand Behaviour Without Accepting Harm
Someone you care about is distressed. You can understand why.
Jul22
What to Do When Someone Is Dysregulated: Settle First, Teach Later
Someone raises their voice. They begin pacing, crying, repeating themselves, shutting down or pushing everyone away.
Jul21
What Is Empathy, and How Do We Increase Our Own Empathy?
Empathy is often described as putting yourself in someone else’s shoes. That is a helpful starting point, but it can miss something important: the shoes ...
Feb01
Teaching Kids and Teens to Ask for Help at School
We often don’t think of asking for help as something that needs to be taught. We tend to assume that children, teenagers and adults alike, ...
Aug25
Are expression and anxiety related?
There is at times so much that we really want to express – but often we don’t. Why is that?
Jul17
Dis-Ability or Diff-Ability
I love working with people – with or without a diagnosed disability.Some people I work with have presenting symptom(s) that lead to a formalised diagnosed ...
Jul12
Mental Health Burnout … at epidemic proportions and no end in sight
When entering the phrase 'mental health burnout’ in a search engine, 2,910,000 results showed up. When I clicked on the ‘scholarly link’, another 83,600 results ...
Jul04
Cyber-bullying – is it really our new normal?
Cyber bullying is without a doubt an epidemic today. It is a worldwide issue that affects untold many.
Oct10
Autism Spectrum – Going Beyond the Label
Tanya Curtis has been working in the field of disability and with Autism Spectrum Disorder since 2002 and sees autism as a description of a ...
May18
Anxiety and Adaptability during Covid-19
On the 1st of January 2020, people woke up all around the world with their New Year's resolutions, planning and picturing their way forward for ...
Sep06
Anxiety and Wellness – are they related?
The symptoms of anxiety occur in our body when we ‘perceive’ we do not have the required skills to respond to life. What if our ...
Sep02
Anxiety and BEING a Man
In the confines of a counseling clinic, many men and fathers report feelings of anxiety on a regular basis. However, anxiety is rarely what initially ...
Nov13
The Problem with Procrastination
Procrastination /prə(ʊ)ˌkrastɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ noun: the action of delaying or postponing something. Do you ever delay completing tasks that are important?
Jul08
Perfectionism – is it debilitating my child?
Perfectionism is simply an image we create of how we expect something to happen. Does your child ever: Yell, scream and/or have a tantrum simply ...
Jun29
Perfectionism and Behaviour Issues in Schools
When we watch the news, read the paper, talk to a neighbour or a man down the street, it is apparent that schools are experiencing ...
Jun10
Winter and our Mental Health
What do you think of winter? Do you love the season and look forward to it or do you feel flat and loathe it?
Mar22
Sport: Healing or Harming the Soul?
Our Australian culture is very much sports-orientated. It’s a culture that can start from the day a baby is born and is often carried throughout ...
Nov06
How Occupational Therapy and Psychology Can Support Improved Mental Health and Well-being
Mental Health Week runs during 4-10 October. To mark this event, we will share how you can support yourself or a loved one experiencing a ...
Nov01
Perfectionism – The Hidden Epidemic
Is perfectionism affecting your child? Do you even know the signs?
Sep16
The difference between seeking relief and addressing the root cause
Behaviour Specialist and Counsellor Tanya Curtis introduces the difference between seeking relief from an issue and addressing the root cause. Is it possible that understanding ...
Aug31
You are not your behaviours; seeing people for the Awesome, Amazing, Loveable being that they are
In this interview, Behaviour Specialist Tanya Curtis presents the importance of seeing people for the Awesome, Amazing and Loveable being that they naturally are. Too ...