Unravelling Anxiety
The most common reason that we hear from our clients for booking an appointment with our Psychologists is to help manage anxiety. It is common for people to feel "anxiety about anxiety" or "fear or the fear".When a great ship is in harbour and moored, it is safe,...
How To Lift Your Mood In Just a Few Minutes
When we go through periods of continuous stress, our mind can start to become stuck and blinkered and then our mood can start to suffer. Our thinking can become more rigid and we can start to experience depression. From a biological perspective, most people's minds...
Struggle with self doubt? The professions that put the most pressure on themselves…
The most common profession for my clients who are struggling with stress and wellbeing? Law. Followed by health professionals - particularly doctors, nurses and medical students... The pressures and environments of these roles certainly have a strong part to play but...
Diary of a Clinic Fitout – Part 5
It's done!! (Just about). What a big weekend we have had but really happy with the end result. Here are some photos I took today.... A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this beautiful clinic possible so far 🙂
Diary of a Clinic Fitout – Part 4
Today began with a very big truck at the crack of dawn pulling into our location in the city center into the small laneway off Rowes Arcade coinciding exactly with the garbage truck collecting about 50 bins from the building... I'm glad I'm a psychologist and not a...
Creating Calm (even in a busy crowded supermarket!)
In the midst of all the activity at the moment with the clinic start up, it is easy to feel overwhelmed at times so I'm trying to practice regular mindfulness. For me that means taking a moment to step outside the "smog" of thoughts and feelings which can surround us...
Diary of a Clinic Fitout – Part 3
Brisbane Wellbeing was a hive of activity yesterday - it is transforming so quickly and we now have walls, some of the feature VJ panelling, doors and one very hardworking foreman Adam from Valmont (below) who is doing an amazing job. Marwan don't worry you will be...
Diary of a Clinic Fitout – Part 2
After many weeks of planning, the fit out is underway and yesterday, it was great to see the rooms and their layout as opposed to on a piece of paper! The high ceilings and large rooms will make for a wonderful space. Here are Lauren (our practice manager!) and I with...
Diary of a Clinic Fitout – Part 1
Over the next few weeks, the new Brisbane Wellbeing Clinic will be a hive of activity as fit out commences. We will be creating a beautiful and welcoming space for our clients to visit and for our clinicians and admin team to work from. We will be located in the...
New Brisbane Clinic Opening September 2017!
Psychological health and wellbeing focus in a beautiful environment - Introducing Brisbane Wellbeing Clinic! Created to enhance psychological health and wellbeing for our clients during those stressful and trying times that life can bring and to provide ongoing...