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Reflections on mental health, counselling, and the work of healing
Writing for people navigating life's challenges, and for the counsellors who walk alongside them.
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Reflective writing on mental health, what counselling involves, navigating life's harder seasons, and what it means to ask for support.
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Writing on clinical practice, supervision, professional identity, sustainability, and the less-talked-about dimensions of a counselling career.
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What Supervision Is, and Isn't, for Counsellors
Supervision gets described in a lot of different ways depending on who's talking about it, which means a lot of practitioners walk in with expectations that don't quite match what's actually on offer. Worth being clear about both sides.
Read MoreGrowing Up Between Two Cultures: Understanding the Asian-Australian Identity Struggle
Caught between “too Australian” and the culture your parents came from. A look at the identity tension many Asian-Australians carry, and why it deserves real support.
Read MoreWhat to Look for in a Clinical Supervisor (Beyond the Checklist)
Most advice on choosing a clinical supervisor starts and ends with credentials, and credentials matter. But two supervisors with identical qualifications can offer completely different experiences. Here's what's worth thinking about once the basics are covered.
Read MoreFaith and Mental Health: Strong Faith and Seeing a Counsellor Can Go Together
Many Christians carry an unspoken fear that struggling with anxiety, depression, or grief means weak faith. Scripture tells a different story, and counselling works alongside faith, as a different kind of support.
Read MoreFinding the Right Therapist (And What All Those Modality Names Actually Mean)
Choosing a counsellor can feel like reading a menu in an unfamiliar language, CBT, ACT, EMDR, psychodynamic, person-centred. A plain-English guide to what these approaches actually mean, and why fit, safety, and qualifications matter more than the framework itself.
Read MoreTalking to Your Asian Parents About Therapy
For a lot of people, deciding to start therapy is the easy part. Telling their parents is the hard part. Practical, respectful ways to open a conversation that often feels bigger than it should.
Read MoreWhy Supervision Isn't Optional (And Why the National Standards Agree)
Supervision often gets treated as training wheels, something you move past once you've built enough experience. Australia's new National Standards for Counsellors and Psychotherapists suggest otherwise, building supervision into every career stage as core infrastructure for safe practice.
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