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Understanding Childhood Anxiety: Signs, Causes, and Coping Strategies
Childhood anxiety is a common and treatable condition that can significantly impact a child’s daily life. Recognizing the signs and understanding the causes of anxiety in children is crucial for parents, caregivers, and…
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Autism Assessments: What to expect
Taking the First Step Towards Understanding Noticing differences in you or your child’s development is often the first step in the process of deciding to participate in an autism assesment.There are many factors…
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When should you consider seeking help?
It is normal to experience difficult emotions and challenges in life. However, when these feelings and difficulties persist and interfere with your ability to function in your daily life, it may be time…
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Accredited Mentalh Health Social Worker Heidi Winchester has recently trained in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and works with her ‘furry co-therapist’ Lexi at Bellarine Peninsula Psychology. Lexi and Heidi are still completing their…
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Self-Compassion: How it helps performance, and how it helps general well-being
Often someone may have a belief that “if I am more self-compassionate, I won’t be so driven, I won’t push myself!” It’s a pretty fair statement; but we need to look a lot deeper,…
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Preparing Children for Immunisations
While a lot of parents have been anxiously waiting for the additional protections for their 5-12 years old children of a COVID-19 vaccination, there are also a lot of children (and parents!) with…
