In my experience good psychotherapy training needs to be experiential with solid theoretical basis. To become an effective therapist one has to work through their own triggers or as I call them: sticky points. When choosing training, the following should be taken into consideration: – See more at: http://jodiegale.com/blog/#sthash.4eIVk5PN.dpuf Source: blog | Jodie Gale

Source: 2015 Press Release | national psychotherapy day

In 2015, with the support of Sportsgirl, Butterfly is launching Love Your Body Week, September 7-11, because BODY CONFIDENCE is worth CELEBRATING! This campaign coincides with Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW) and aims to promote body confidence in all Australians by celebrating Source: Love Your Body Week | The Butterfly Foundation

  If you were to describe your life at the moment, how many of us would use the word ‘busy.’ How many of you have never ending ‘to;do’ lists? If someone asks you how you are – How many of you would reply ‘Good….but*busy.’ Why are we so obsessed with packing our schedules, thinking a … read more

Relationship intimacy; we all want it, right? Well check out this amazing list of 60+ tips from 20 Australia Counselling relationship experts. Source: 60+ Relationship Intimacy Tips From 20 Therapists

When I read Brené Brown’s books, watch her videos, and witness how the people around me react to what Brené has to say, in some ways it feels like Brené has done the equivalent of introducing our modern society to the color blue. Source: The Reckoning, the Rumble, the Revolution: Brené Brown’s Rising Strong | Pam Stucky

I am very excited about her new book which is a natural continuum of Daring Greatly. Watch her manifesto below and if you are interested you can book into one of my Daring Way™ groups. In these I will cover the new material from Rising Strong as well.   Rising Strong Trailer from Brené Brown … read more

Shame is a powerful emotion that can have trans-generational effects. It is not easy to talk about, but in this entry by Guest Blogger Andrea Szasz that’s exactly what she does, sharing important insights into how we can work with our own shame, and that of clients. Source: ACF Blog for Professionals – Practicing Shame … read more

First dates can be nerve-wrecking, check out this cute little article for advice: Guide to my first date  

I am very grateful to have been able to share this series on trauma from a good friend and colleague: Barbara Schmidt. Find this information essential and easy to read. Please check it out: http://counsellingsomatic.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/corrective-experience-creates-new.html   http://counsellingsomatic.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/when-trauma-symptoms-take-over-as.html?spref=fb    

Recently Australia Counselling collected 15 experts’ advise for dealing with anxiety. Here is the link to the article to check it out:: https://www.australiacounselling.com.au/mental-health-articles/stress-anxiety-tips-expert-therapists/ Here you can see parts of my contribution to the article. One of the easiest and most useful exercise I found is the following breathing exercise: breathe in through your nose for … read more

The next addition to my dear colleague and friend Barbara Schmidt’s trauma series: We have a nerve that helps us to calm down and to self regulate –this great “ relaxer nerve” (parasympathetic nerve) develops in babies only via its care takers: Skin contact helps it to come online and loving, tender touchhelps it to … read more

Hello, I talked about the —The Foundations of Well-Being. program before. And now you can try it for free! This guided, step-by-step program is taught by Rick Hanson, Ph. D. and uses science-based methods to hardwire lasting happiness into your brain and your life. In just an hour a week, you will be turning everyday experiences … read more

Happy Mother’s Day! For all of us! Some of us did not have the nurturing experience and had to re-mother/ parent themselves. Some never gave birth to anyone but mothered and nurtured so many. Some lost their mum’s too early or never even met them. We all have our own experiences. I am one of … read more

This is the second part of trauma education by my friend and colleague and fellow Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner: Barbara Schmidt check out her website:  www.counsellingsomatic.com.au. When someone is stressed out & irrational it makes sense to explore negative thinking and to help that person to return to rational thinking (CBT). In Trauma however the frontal … read more