Do you know what anger does to you?
Sadness brings us down. Happiness boosts us up. Fear helps us retreat and anger ......., yes what exactly does anger do? Ruth Buczynski is a clinical psychologist who has developed the following tool to enable you … [Read more...]
The first day at school: A Psychologist’s tip for parents
Starting school for the first time As we move from Christmas into the New Year and through the summer holidays, here in Australia we get ever closer to the start of the new school year. The precise start date varies depending … [Read more...]
The Sleep Challenge
Sleep, or rather the lack of a refreshing, reviving sleep experience, is a very common theme in the story told by my clients, especially in the course of our first or second session. Trouble settling and falling asleep, interruptions … [Read more...]
Meaningful inebriation
If whatever I am legitimately doing triggers the healthy release of chemicals in my brain that induce pleasure and/or happiness, then this activity is most likely meaningful. Some activities take hard work and so gratification is not … [Read more...]
Providing Effective Support
An incredibly common question that I am asked by clients does not relate to their personal challenges. Instead many clients want to know how to better support someone they care for who is experiencing a challenging time. Whether … [Read more...]
From Bruce Springsteen to Tyson Fury, men are opening up about depression
It is so comforting to see more public figures being open about mental illness. We all have been there sometime, someway. Springsteen admitted that he had struggled with depression for much of his adult life,Springsteen … [Read more...]
Tips on how to manage when you feel mad at someone
Like all of our emotional responses anger is a natural reaction to a situation when someone or something prevents us from getting what we want. When something that matters to you gets blocked, that feels bad. When an individual is … [Read more...]
When perfectionism takes over the result is stress and anxiety
“If a job is worth doing it’s worth doing well.” There are probably some things that we would strive do perfectly in our jobs and where we would expect to be measured by our lack of errors and the consistency of our action. We also all … [Read more...]
Seven ways to beat Anxiety and Depression
Anxiety can shake you around so you feel like you are holding on to a pneumatic drill. Depression can feel like a heavy dragging weight inside and out. These challenging experiences can be overcome. Here's seven things that can … [Read more...]
Thinking anxiety and experiencing sanity
Most of our anxiety stems from thinking about what did go wrong in the past or might go wrong in the future, with some anxiety occurring during those limited experienced moments when things are really going wrong there and then. It has … [Read more...]