An exercise to build self-compassion
Two of the areas of mental fitness I’ve described previously include being able to build positive emotions, and also better manage distressing ones. The ability […]
Mental Health
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 […]
Are mindfulness-based interventions useful for common psychiatric disorders...
You can’t go a day without hearing about how mindfulness can treat everything. We use and recommend it here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services, […]
Dealing with culture shock
This blog goes out to all the international students, who have left their home countries to come and study here at Flinders. First off, welcome […]
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 […]
Get yourself a New Access Coach
What is the difference between life coaching and therapy? Honestly, I have no idea! Actually, that isn’t quite true. Coaching tends to be a little […]
The Panic Room - Support Groups
Kate from the Panic Room wanted me to let you know about the support group service that they run. They run regular confidential forums for […]
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 […]
Free Introduction to Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
Jennifer Burke from Adelaide Psychology & Co is running a “relaxed 1 hour introduction to mindfulness-based skills and tools that will help you to cope […]