How to eat to reduce your likelihood of depression
The idea that you can prevent and treat mental illnesses like depression with diet is only something I’ve noticed gaining momentum over the last 5 […]
Treatment Options
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 […]
I just did a Mindful Yoga class
Every Tuesday during term time, from 12.00pm to 1.00pm at the OASIS centre, counsellor Maureen runs a Mindful Yoga class. I did that class today […]
Support groups for women who have experienced domestic violence
The clinicians here at Health, Counselling and Disability Services have alerted me to two important support services for women who have experienced, or are experiencing […]
Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders
Flinders University Services for Eating Disorders (FUSED) are offering 10-session cognitive behavioural treatments to improve the symptoms of disordered eating such as: binge eating – […]
The Cognitive Behavioural Model and how you can use it in your own life
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT – which has many variants) is a widely used evidence-based model of therapy that is helpful in addressing a range of psychological […]
Struggle with insomnia?
I sleep well. I sleep really well actually. Have never really struggled with sleep. If those sentences piss you off, it might be cause you […]
Services if you are facing an unplanned pregnancy
SA Health provides a comprehensive range of services if you are facing an unplanned pregnancy. These include counselling, abortion, decision making support, sexual health and […]
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 […]
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 […]