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30 09, 2026

Beyond “One Size Fits All”: Tailoring Trauma Care for Your Family

September 30th, 2026|Categories: Blog, Child and Adolescent, Featured Articles, Self-Help, Tip sheets, Treatments, Useful info and Links|

At Mindworx Psychology in Baulkham Hills, our clinical philosophy is simple: one therapy does not fit everyone. In our previous articles, we explored how trauma physically gets stuck in the nervous system and how Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) provides a gentle, non-verbal pathway to release it. But clinical therapies are only one piece [...]

30 09, 2026

EMDR Demystified: Gentle Trauma Recovery Without Re-telling Every Detail

September 30th, 2026|Categories: Blog, Child and Adolescent, Featured Articles, Self-Help, Tip sheets, Treatments, Useful info and Links|

If you have ever considered seeking professional help for stressful or traumatic memories, you might have felt a sudden wave of hesitation. It is a completely natural reaction. For many people, the biggest barrier to starting trauma therapy is a simple, terrifying dread: the fear that you will have to sit in a room and [...]

30 09, 2026

When the Nervous System Gets Stuck: A Neuroaffirming View of Trauma and PTSD

September 30th, 2026|Categories: Blog, Child and Adolescent, Featured Articles, Self-Help, Tip sheets, Treatments, Useful info and Links|

At Mindworx Psychology in Norwest, we believe in looking at mental health through a compassionate, holistic lens. For a long time, the traditional medical model has viewed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a collection of "dysfunctional" symptoms, or even as a sign of a "broken" brain. But when we approach trauma from a trauma-informed and [...]

19 08, 2026

Self-Care Is More Than Bubble Baths: Understanding Burnout and Why Looking After Yourself Matters

August 19th, 2026|Categories: Blog, Featured Articles, Mental Health, Treatments, Useful info and Links|

When you hear the words self-care, what comes to mind? A warm bath? A face mask? A relaxing holiday? Perhaps scrolling through social media while someone reminds you to "put yourself first." While these activities can certainly be enjoyable, they often only scratch the surface of what self-care really means. True self-care is not about [...]

19 08, 2026

The Overlooked Signs of PTSD in Children, Teens, and Adults

August 19th, 2026|Categories: Blog, Featured Articles, Mental Health, Treatments, Useful info and Links|

When most people picture Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), they imagine dramatic flashbacks, recurring nightmares or someone becoming visibly distressed when confronted with memories of a terrible event. And yes, it can look like that. But trauma does not always announce itself so clearly. Sometimes it looks like anxiety. Sometimes it looks like anger, withdrawal or [...]

23 08, 2024

What is Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and how can it help with Binge Eating?

August 23rd, 2024|Categories: Treatments|Tags: , |

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is an integrated and evidence-based therapy approach that has been found to be helpful for people who are struggling with binge eating behaviours. Binge eating often involves a sense of chaos and loss of control around eating, which gives rise to feelings such guilt, shame, numbness, confusion and anxiety. One of [...]

31 07, 2024

Five ways schema therapy can help beat Anxiety and Depression

July 31st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Mental Health, Treatments|Tags: , , , , |

Five ways that Schema Therapy can help people with Anxiety and Depression to beat symptoms. When we are looking to beat anxiety and depression, there are so many therapeutic approaches, how can we decide which one to pick?  One approach that many of our clients find helpful is schema therapy. It offers a compassionate, comprehensive, [...]

13 06, 2024

Struggling with emotions ? Try one of our favourite skills

June 13th, 2024|Categories: Educational Videos, Self-Help, Treatments|Tags: , , , , , |

Struggling with emotions ? This is a great video. Russ explains how our emotions become amplified when we struggle with them and try to push them away. Emotional intelligence, and learning skills for working with strong emotions are key skills for everyone. Russ Harris is the developer of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). All of [...]

25 03, 2024

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

March 25th, 2024|Categories: Child and Adolescent, Mental Health, Treatments|Tags: , , , , |

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, or CBT as it's commonly called, is one of the world's most heavily researched and tested treatments. CBT is used in the treatment of a range of mental and emotional health issues. Most typically, it is used in the treatment of anxiety and depression. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is considered the Gold Standard [...]

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