Psychotherapy Al Jeffery Psychotherapy Al Jeffery

Eco-Therapy in Melbourne: Reconnecting with the Living World When Screens, Anxiety, and Climate Grief Leave You Untethered

A growing number of people are arriving in therapy carrying two intertwined forms of distress: the disorientation of living increasingly inside digital and AI-saturated environments, and a sorrow about the state of the natural world they can't quite name. Eco-therapy meets both. Here's what it is and who it serves.

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Psychotherapy Sally Gottlieb Psychotherapy Sally Gottlieb

Exploring and Understanding: Anxiety

Anxiety, a universal human experience for most of us at various points in our lives, is an intricate and multifaceted experience which involves the interplay of thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations.

In this piece, we will explore and attempt to understand anxiety - the types of anxiety which we may experience, the potential causes and origins, and pathways to responding and overcoming anxiety.

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Psychotherapy Kyle Miller Psychotherapy Kyle Miller

Exploring and Understanding: Depression

‘Depression’ has a long history, and has come to be used as a colloquial term in everyday life - a sense of feeling ‘down’, ‘saddened’ or overall ‘melancholic’ about some particular event, circumstance, or chapter in life. The symptoms of depression may help us understand what is meant by this encompassing term - sadness, fear, anxiety, despair, an overall sense of helplessness and overwhelm.

In this short piece, we will look to explore how depression may be understood from a developmental frame, whilst briefly outlining some strategies for managing and overcoming depression.

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