Information about ASKPEACE for international students
ASKPEACE is a service offered by Relationships Australia. It is available to provide mental health support to people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds living […]
Coronavirus
Did you take part in a food insecurity/COVID-19 survey a while back? 🥑
Research Project – Food Insecurity, Flinders University Students & COVID-19 Did you take part in this online anonymous survey last Semester? The aim of the […]
A stoic approach to lockdown
By the time you read this we might be out of lockdown or into an extended one. Regardless, some of the ideas here might have […]
Welcome new students to…..lockdown?
Woah, that all happened quite fast! South Australia goes into lockdown at 6.00pm tonight (20/7/21) for a week. Stage 5 restrictions. Not quite the welcome […]
A guide to Mindful Walking by counsellor Maureen
A reposting of this excellent mindful walking guide from Maureen 🙂 Mindful Walking Walking outside has become the exercise of choice for many of us […]
(Post) Lockdown basics: contact tracing
If you’ve been watching the news in the last hour or so, you know that some of the restrictions of the lockdown are being lessened. […]
(Post) Lockdown basics: telephone support services
Although the most recent lockdown has been lifted, people may still be in need of various supports. Some of the key ones are neatly summarised […]
(Post) Lockdown basics: self-care
During this recent and any future lockdowns, you’ll hear plenty of people telling you to focus on self-care (you can now add me to the […]
(Post) Lockdown basics: mental health (and other) supports
As you are probably aware, a 6-day lockdown was recently initiated to curb the recent Coronavirus cluster outbreak. That lockdown ended early. In responding to […]
(Post) Lockdown basics: Health, Counselling and Disability services
As you are probably aware, a 6-day lockdown was recently initiated to curb the recent Coronavirus cluster outbreak. That lockdown ended early and the university […]
COVID-19 Mental Health Support Web Portal
Some information regarding COVID-19 related mental health supports in South Australia arrived in my inbox. I am sharing it with thee. COVID-19 has had a […]
Coronavirus diary 1/6/20 - back to normal?
I went out on Saturday to do some shopping. I got the impression of a world slowly getting back to normal. People were out shopping (grocery […]
Coronavirus diary 28/4/20 - going back to normal
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
'It’s okay to iso-struggle' by Counsellor Matt
I put out the call to members of our team for their insights into how to manage your mental health during an unprecedented change in […]
'Corona – riding the wave and juggling roles' by Counsellor Zoe
I put out the call to members of our team for their insights into how to manage your mental health during an unprecedented change in […]
Australian Psychological Society: Loneliness and social isolation in the ti...
This Australian Psychological Society public event might interest you. Thursday 23 April 2020, 8pm AEST Never before have Australians been so restricted in their movement […]
Coronavirus diary 14/4/20 - handling big distress
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
I'm doing a (second) presentation on adapting to Coronavirus lockdown!
One of my goals for this year was to do more online presentations. That goal has been fast-tracked because that is now the only place […]
Coronavirus diary 8/4/20 - a colleague asks me some very probing questions
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
This Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook has some decent stuff in it
Louise, one of our intake team just shared a workbook that she came across called the “Coronavirus Anxiety Workbook“. One of our psychologists then got […]
COVID-19 Mental Health Support
This is a service worth knowing about. SA Health have created a COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line. I’ve reproduced the information from their website below. […]
Coronavirus diary 3/4/20 - tackling procrastination
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
Coronavirus diary 1/4/20 - all the foodz
I’ll be blogging my way through the Coronavirus period, with a focus on the psychological impacts and how to keep yourself and the people you […]
Counsellor Vanessa shares the wellbeing tips that are keeping her grounded
I put out the call to members of our team for their insights into how to manage your mental health during an unprecedented change in […]