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As a private psychology clinic our services are of the highest quality and affordable rates. Medicare rebates available

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Recovery from Depression and Anxiety is different for everyone. We offer a range of psychological treatments to help you stay well

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Built on world class Gottman Therapy & providing practical strategies to improve your relationship & how you talk together

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Professional psychological services including: Couples Counselling, Stress Management, Sleep Disorders and more…

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Our team facilitate workplace psychological consulting services to help you maximise your human capital.

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We provide regular psychological outreach programs throughout Northern Queensland.

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At Leading Change Psychology our highly qualified and well-experienced psychologists provide the best possible treatment for a full range of mental health issues.

In addition to the services we provide to individuals and couples we focus on young people and offer professional career guidance and testing services.

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3 days ago

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How couples communication can help you have a Merry Christmas

Week two of our Couples at Christmas series is dealing with compromise. Last week we looked at understanding why your partner thinks they way they do about Christmas. But even when you understand – what can you do when things clash? The pressures at Christmas can be incredible – and there is usually not enough time or money to go around.
Firstly you need to wait until a time when you are calm. It can be very tempting to want to “clear the air” and “get it sorted” but this can be dangerous. Nothing productive can be achieved when one or both of you is yelling or crying. This is not about winning or losing. If you start to think “I have to win” or “s/he just has to accept my point” you’ve already lost the most important thing and that is to strengthen your relationship.
Instead wait a while and try thinking “what’s a good productive way to solve this issue and still be friends?” If one of you gets 100% of what you want that may mean the other partner gets nothing. One of you is bound to be resentful, the other may feel bad. Not such a Merry Christmas. So how can you each get 50% of what you want? Can we make a win/win?
So, to compromise. For example, one partner might say that it is not negotiable that they visit their Mum on the afternoon of Christmas Day. The other partner might add that it is also not negotiable that they attend church or have lunch with their family at that time. Both want their partner with them for these activities. There may be very good reasons why both of these things are important at that time, but this makes the conflict more likely.
We need to start by using the skills from last week to understand why this is so important, and what will happen if it does not work out this way. What is the worst that can happen if one of these activities is moved or does not happen? What does that mean for your partner? Take some time to understand and explore how hard this is for them.
In negotiation theory we then work out the least we will accept by asking questions. What cannot be moved? What will happen if we don’t go at that specific time? Are you prepared to go on your own if both are that important and inflexible? There may be room for some creative solutions within what’s called a zone of possible agreement - where the solutions overlap. For example - is it OK if both of these things happen at some time between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day? Which is easier to move? Does this mean you can stay longer with each family at a different time?
Remember what you have in common is that you are in a relationship and you both just want to have a happy Christmas. Breathe deeply and look for the solutions, not the problems.

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1 week ago

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How couples counselling can help you have a Merry Christmas

So even if your car is running pretty smoothly with just a few jumps or misfires, if it’s due for a service you’d get it serviced - right? You rely on your car and you don’t want it to break down leaving your family stranded or in danger. Especially on important holidays or when you drive interstate. Of course. So why is your relationship any different? Couples face many pressures at Christmas - dealing with extended family, significant additional cost of celebration and school holidays, stir crazy kids, unfulfilled dreams and so on. This can, and often does, lead to additional tension and arguments. We see past hurts resurface and relationships in real trouble. If a relationship breaks down at Christmas it can be worse than at any other time of year. Over the next three weeks we will have a look at some of the things we can do to help get on better this festive season.
To begin with – the planning. Once we understand what our partner needs or expects there are some good practical solutions to be put in place. These concepts are from the work of Drs John and Julie Gottman from the Gottman Institute – a research based approach to relationships. And they make a lot of sense.
What we expect to happen at Christmas is different for all of us based on what happened in our family of origin. When do we put up the tree? Do all the presents come from Santa? Whose place do we go to for Christmas dinner? Maybe Christmas was a time when people used to get drunk and violent, maybe there’s not as much excitement and love around as you remember. These things can cause major conflicts as you create your own shared family traditions.
Sitting down with a cuppa and listening to your partner’s dreams about Christmas - making an effort to understand why these things are important to them- can go a long way towards harmony at this time of year. Even if what they want is not possible – knowing you understand how they are feeling can be a better gift than anything under the tree. Seek first to understand the other, then you stand a much better chance to be understood.

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Burnout!
When demand exceeds resources over a prolonged time period.

Stress and Anxiety can result from demands on us exceeding the resources we have available.
Therefore: Anxiety = Demand > Resources.

However, as time passes, and anxiety levels are high for a prolonged amount of time, the equation takes on a new dimension.
Burnout = Demand > Resources.

Symptoms of burnout:
• physical and emotional exhaustion
• cynicism and detachment
• feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment

Burnout is not something we randomly recover from. It requires a recovery plan that starts with being intentional about prioritising self-care and then exploring maintaining factors and root causes.

Together with you,I primarily look at these 3 aspects in recovery:
1) Self-care (sleep, eat, exercise, time with loved ones, avoid bad habits, hobbies, get perspective, be in nature).

2) Adjusting this equation (Burnout = Demand > Resources) by lowering demand and increasing resources, to make things more sustainable (eg: delegate, prioritise, say ‘no’, boundaries, lowering expectations, assuming less responsibility, ‘let it go’, think marathon not sprint).

3) If you are struggling to make these adjustments, then perhaps there are some underlying reasons/ drivers that are making it hard for you to either lower the demand, (eg: own expectations/perfectionism/over responsibility/fears) or to draw on your resources, (eg: strained relationships/fears/lack of assertiveness).

Roslyn, one of our Psychologists at Leading Change Psychology enjoys walking a road of recovery with her clients. Looking to understand how to make their individual work-life balance more sustainable as well as to recognise underlying root causes that are perhaps making them more susceptible to Burnout in the first place.

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Burnout!
When demand exceeds resources over a prolonged time period.

Stress and Anxiety can result from demands on us exceeding the resources we have available.
Therefore: Anxiety = Demand > Resources.

However, as time passes, and anxiety levels are high for a prolonged amount of time, the equation takes on a new dimension.
Burnout = Demand > Resources.

Symptoms of burnout:
• physical and emotional exhaustion
• cynicism and detachment
• feelings of ineffectiveness and lack of accomplishment

Burnout is not something we randomly recover from. It requires a recovery plan that starts with being intentional about prioritising self-care and then exploring maintaining factors and root causes.

Together with you,I primarily look at these 3 aspects in recovery:
1) Self-care (sleep, eat, exercise, time with loved ones, avoid bad habits, hobbies, get perspective, be in nature).

2) Adjusting this equation (Burnout = Demand > Resources) by lowering demand and increasing resources, to make things more sustainable (eg: delegate, prioritise, say ‘no’, boundaries, lowering expectations, assuming less responsibility, ‘let it go’, think marathon not sprint).

3) If you are struggling to make these adjustments, then perhaps there are some underlying reasons/ drivers that are making it hard for you to either lower the demand, (eg: own expectations/perfectionism/over responsibility/fears) or to draw on your resources, (eg: strained relationships/fears/lack of assertiveness).

Roslyn, one of our Psychologists at Leading Change Psychology enjoys walking a road of recovery with her clients. Looking to understand how to make their individual work-life balance more sustainable as well as to recognise underlying root causes that are perhaps making them more susceptible to Burnout in the first place.

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4 weeks ago

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Is Someone you Love struggling with Burnout?

As we approach the end of the year, we can expect to see an increase in the number of people struggling with Burnout.

Signs to look out for:
-chronic fatigue
-insomnia
-forgetfulness, impaired concentration- and attention
-increased illness/ lowered immunity
-loss of appetite
-anxiety
-depression
-anger
-loss of enjoyment
-pessimism
-isolation/withdrawing
-detachment
-feelings of apathy and helplessness
-increased irritability
-lack of productivity and poor performance

Burnout is not something we randomly recover from. It requires a recovery plan that starts with being intentional about prioritising self-care.

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