The Brave Series: Part 3 – Helpful Thoughts
The third BRAVE session is titled ‘Activating helpful thoughts’, which is the “A” in the acronym BRAVE. As well as recapping knowledge from previous sessions, this session focuses on positive …
Helping the next generation
Do you have some time to help some kids get on top of their school work? We have an opportunity on Mondays from 4pm to 5pm during School Terms in …
The Brave Series: Part 4 – The most essential thing
The most essential thing… Once again session four focussed on activating helpful thoughts when in an anxious situation. This session focused more on practical ways of activating helpful thoughts and …
The Brave Series: by Brianna McClean – Part 1
BRAVE is an online program that is an initiative of Beyond Blue. It aims to prevent and treat anxiety in 8 to 17 year olds. It uses cognitive behaviour therapy …
The Brave Series: Part 7 & 8 – Working in the Real World
The seventh session focused on problem solving as a technique for overcoming anxious feelings about a particular issue. To be honest, this session was a real disappointment compared to the …
The Dreamhouse Series: Part 1
The Dreamhouse The ABC’s real-life look into disabilities “Flying the nest is a right of passage for young people in Australia today. But for some, that simple step is not …
The Brave Series: Part 5 – Choose your own adventure
Session five of the BRAVE program is based around the fourth letter in the acronym, V for Victory over your fears. This session is much shorter than the others and …
Are you fool enough to fool yourself?
Legendary basketball coach John Wooden believed that character is far more important than reputation. “Your reputation is what you’re perceived to be by others, but you character is what you …
The Dreamhouse Series: Part 2
The Dreamhouse The ABC’s real-life look into disabilities I’ve been following the progress of an ABC documentary, ‘The Dreamhouse’. A raw and honest presentation about three people with intellectual disabilities …
What ‘irked’ me by Rev Jason Forbes
What ‘irked’ me about Channel Nine’s A Current Affair’s “Renovation Surprise” for a family of a teenager with Cerebral Palsy On 10th March Channel Nine’s A Current Affair dedicated the …