Bouncing back after an episode of mental ill health
I write most of the guides that live in our self-help library. Whilst I enjoy writing and updating them, there is something special about working […]
eMental Health Resources
headspace Onkaparinga now has an online referral form
headspace is a national mental health service focused on the needs of young people. There are headspace centres located all around Australia, including in South […]
Getting help (without leaving the house)
The Lived Experience Telephone Support Service (LETSS) is a free service that assists people living in the Adelaide metropolitan region, and their carers, to access […]
Update on my mindfulness practice
I started regular mindfulness meditation back in September 2018. I wrote about it in a blog post. I then provided an update to that in […]
Sunny, an app for women with disability to learn about violence and abuse
Sunny is an app that supports all women with disability who have been impacted by sexual assault, domestic and family violence, to understand violence, know […]
Lived Experience Telephone Support Service
Recently, some of our counselling team members met up with some peeps from Skylight, a mental health organisation in the community. They were letting us […]
Wellbeing for Academic Success FLO topic is live
I like this blog. It is a nice home for me to talk about student health and wellbeing. However, it is not necessarily the easiest place […]
What is the deal with mindfulness?
Back in early May, 2018, some students attended the Port Power Wellbeing and Resilience Program run here at the University. I’ve been communicating with them […]
Not coping? - there's a course for that!!
The terms ‘coping’ and ‘resilience’ are thrown around a lot nowadays in relation to university students. The reasons are relatively simple. Studying at university can […]
myCompass for mild to moderate anxiety and depression
Update 13/8/18 – myCompass is now in Version 2.0. It has had a significant facelift. The basic sections and functions of the site are the […]
What do I mean by mental fitness "techniques"?
If you’ve had a look at my previous mental fitness posts (introduction, and domains of mental fitness), you are probably saying to yourself – “when […]
The relationship between trauma and mental health
Orygen (the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health) have just released an excellent fact-sheet for young people explaining the links between trauma and […]
Resources for those bereaved by suicide
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, in 2016, suicide was the leading cause of death among all people 15-44 years of age, and the […]
Online Self-Help for Social Anxiety
Do you struggle with social anxiety? Lots of people do. It is one of the most common anxiety disorders in the world. Essentially, social anxiety is […]
Why might you use an eMental Health service?
I am the eMental Health Project Officer. Naturally that means I am quite partial to recommending eMental Health Services. If I wasn’t I’d be kinda […]
Online services for post-traumatic stress
It is an unfortunate fact of life that most of us, at some point, will be exposed to a traumatic event. Examples of traumatic events […]
The causes of depression
Because I tend to read a lot of wellbeing related articles, I tend to get sent a lot of wellbeing related articles (now that Google […]
Online services for anxiety
Anxiety goes by a number of names: nervousness, stress, worry, fear, panic. Some degree of anxiety is perfectly normal. It is normal to be nervous […]
Office of the eSafety Commissioner
February the 6th was Safer Internet Day. It is an international day, designed to raise awareness and encourage safer and more friendly online behaviour. Whilst you […]
Put up a 'Feeling Stressed' poster in your study area
A little while back I set up the “Feeling Stressed” page on our website. It is a series of simple suggestions and links you can utilise […]
Wisemind - expert advice from specialist psychologists
This post was updated 6/4/18 One of the clinicians here just directed me to an interesting online mental health resource. It is called Wisemind. Wisemind […]
The Loneliness Project
I just finished reading a good article over at The Globe and Mail. It was on loneliness. Loneliness “is a feeling of sadness or distress […]
Self-help and the case of 'Unstuck'
As part of my job, and personally, I tend to read a lot of internet articles on health and well-being. Yeah yeah, I know that […]
Free self-help, from the library!
When I think ‘University Library’, I remember the hours I spent in the library photocopying journal articles for psychology papers. But things have got a lot […]