Adelaide Arts Psychotherapy & Therapy Dog Services

05/09/2025

Just Listening Therapeutic Community is open.

If you are experiencing psychosis or suicidal distress and would value a place of connection and compassion

Just Listening is open 10am - 4pm each weekday.

Just Listening Therapeutic Community brings a new approach to mental health support in South Australia. This initiative is specifically designed for individuals experiencing psychosis, hearing voices, or other states of distress, including su***de. The Just Listening Therapeutic Community provides a unique environment to offer justice in listening through one-to-one support, daily group sessions, and a space for community connection.

The Just Listening Therapeutic Community is open to those currently accessing other mental health services and to those seeking alternative approaches to understanding and managing their experiences.

Whether you are experiencing an increase in distressing realities, tapering off psychiatric medication or looking for a place of shelter and reflection amidst your challenges, the Just Listening Therapeutic Community is a place you will be welcomed.

Just Listening Therapeutic Community is service led by professionals from the Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective who have developed and delivered evidence-based approaches. They will be joined by community members who are trained in the Just Listening approach.

Just Listening Therapeutic Community is a free walk-in service. No referral is needed. You can attend anonymously if you prefer.

Humane Clinic Psychotherapy Collective

27/08/2025

A little bit of art and play therapy with this cutie (my granddaughter) with a sprinkle of animal assisted love too 🩵💜❤️

27/08/2025

This is part of the approach im currently studying. I love this approach and use it often. Thank Lisa, Judy and SPT 🩵💜❤️

Feeling Your Way Through the Moment—Not Just Thinking 💗 Here’s something interesting to consider:

When you’re interacting with another person—whether it’s a client, a child, a friend, or even a stranger—you are taking in an extraordinary amount of information.

Most of it? You’re not even consciously aware of.

🔹 You’re picking up on patterns.
🔹 You’re tracking facial expressions and body language.
🔹 You’re hearing what’s being said beneath the words.

And all of this is registering inside of you—whether or not you realize it.

But here's the problem with overthinking connection. We try to think our way through an interaction…

💭 “How should I respond?”
💭 “What does this person need from me?”
💭 “How do I fix this?”

…we actually disconnect from the very parts of ourselves that are already giving us the information we need.

Because connection isn’t just a cognitive process, it’s a feeling process.

What If You Felt Your Way Through Instead?

Instead of analyzing every moment, what if you paused and felt your way through it?

Here’s how you can practice:

🔹 Pause. Before responding, give yourself a moment.
🔹 Take a breath. Feel your feet on the ground.
🔹 Check in with your body. Notice what’s happening inside you.
🔹 Get curious. What do you sense happening in them? Inside of you? In the space between you?

Once you have that felt sense of the moment, you can then ask yourself:

✨ “What do I want to do with this sadness I feel rising in me?”
✨ “What do I want to do now that I notice this person is shutting down as I talk?”
✨ “What do I want to do with this new awareness?”

This practice allows you to stay more attuned to yourself and more connected to the person in front of you.

Your Place of Practice: Pause & Feel

Next time you find yourself overthinking an interaction, try this:

✔️ Pause before jumping into problem-solving.
✔️ Tune into the sensations and shifts happening inside you.
✔️ Notice what’s happening in the other person—not just what they’re saying, but what they’re showing.
✔️ Let those feelings inform what comes next.

Because when we choose to feel our way through a moment instead of just thinking through it, we access a whole new level of connection, clarity, and attunement.

Much love on the journey 💜

Lisa

27/08/2025

What a lovely way to think about transitions and transformations🐛🦋🌼

14/08/2025

Don’t become your child’s first bully.

Harsh words aren’t always discipline.
Criticism isn’t always correction.
Silence isn’t always strength.
Sometimes, it’s harm.

Children are born with pure hearts, open minds, and an unshakable trust in us.
The words we speak to them become the voice they’ll hear in their own head — long after childhood.
Be careful what you plant there.

Correct with kindness.
Lead with patience.
Discipline without humiliation.
And always speak to them in the way you hope they’ll speak to themselves someday.

The world will test them — don’t let home be the place that breaks them.

01/08/2025

Karen Young - Hey Sigmund 💕

28/07/2025

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28/07/2025

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We all carry stories that shape how we think, react, and care for ourselves.

Healing begins when we start to notice the voice of trauma, and gently choose a new one. ❤️‍🩹

This is your gentle reminder: You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to do it all alone. You are allowed to be human. 💜

28/07/2025

Love the synergetic play therapy principles, just love them 💜💜💜. Its all about attunement and connection. Thats why im starting my certification program with them next month to become a play therapist! So looking forward to this new direction 😊🤗😍

Raised Good 💗

16/02/2025

Pretty good advice ♥️

08/02/2025

**Help keep creative therapies in the NDIS.**

One of my regional clients has started this petition to present to parliament, it only needs 68 signatures to be presented. It's very simple to sign and the closing date is the 19th February, so closing soonish. She has given permission for me to pass this along to anyone who would support us. Please don't hesitate to do the same. This is the link https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6958

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Thank you for helping to keep creative therapies part of the NDIS

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