BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic

28/07/2025

🎨 BetterSpace Creative Competition 2025! 🧠

Calling all high school artists and teen creatives across Armidale area —this is your time to shine! ✨

The theme?
🧠 “Stepping Back from Your Thoughts – Making Conscious Choices”
We want to see how YOU visualise thought defusion—how we step back from the noisy mind and choose with clarity.

Whether you’re into drawing, painting, digital art, or mixed media—show us your take on taming the mind’s chatter. 💭

🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st Place – $200 gift voucher
🥈 2nd Place – $100 gift voucher
🥉 3rd Place – $50 gift voucher

All entries will be proudly displayed in our clinic’s waiting room!

🗓️ Deadline: 29th August 2025
📬 Email your entry to: info@betterspacewellbeing.com
📍 Open to ages 12–18. Prize collection is in-person only.

Full details on our blog:
👉 www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog

Let your creativity speak louder than your thoughts!

20/07/2025

💬 We're Hiring – Flexible Mental Health Roles Available! 💬

Want to work somewhere that actually walks the talk on work-life balance?

At BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, we’re expanding and on the lookout for passionate:
🧠 Provisional & Registered Psychologists
🧰 Occupational Therapists
💛 Accredited Mental Health Social Workers

We offer:
✅ Flexible hours – you choose your days & times
✅ Up to 10 weeks off per year for proper R&R
✅ Full admin & marketing support (so you can just focus on your clients)
✅ Free peer supervision + access to brilliant digital tools
✅ Great pay – including payments for late cancels!

🌱 We believe in clinical autonomy, meaningful work, and building caseloads around your passions. Whether you're early in your career or well-established, we want to support you to thrive.

Want to know more? Reach out to us!
E: info@betterspacewellbeing.com
P: 02 5713 0333

06/07/2025

🧘‍♀️ Mindfulness Without the BS: Everyday Skills for Real-Life Moments 🧘‍♂️

Ever tried to “be present” only to end up thinking about what to cook for dinner, that awkward thing you said in 2014, and whether or not ducks have ears? 🦆 (They do, by the way. Hidden. Like your calm.)

Let’s be honest—mindfulness gets a lot of fluff these days. But at its core? It’s just about noticing. Pausing. Being in your life, not 17 steps ahead of it.

In our latest blog, we ditch the incense and dive into practical ways to build mindfulness into your real-life mess. Think “brain static,” small pauses, and how to stop living on mental fast-forward.

💭 Read it here: www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog

Let’s make mindfulness something that actually makes sense—no chanting required.

22/06/2025

🌟 We're Hiring! Join the BetterSpace Crew 🌟

Are you a psychologist with a sense of humour, a love for real talk, and a knack for helping people untangle the spaghetti mess of thoughts and feelings?

At BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, we do things a little differently. We blend warmth, science, and the occasional metaphor about teacups or brain tabs—and our clients love it. (So do we.)

🧠 Based in Armidale (but supporting clients across Australia via telehealth), we're looking for the right person to join our growing team.

✔ Flexible hours
✔ Supportive, no-drama workplace
✔ Clinical supervision & ongoing professional development
✔ Clients who are motivated and ready to do the work (and sometimes laugh while doing it)

We’re after someone who’s:
✨ Registered or Clinical Psychologist
✨ Passionate about ACT, CBT or evidence-based therapy
✨ Warm, collaborative, and up for a chat about brain static and boundaries
✨ Happy to work in-person

Sound like your kind of space? 💬
Get in touch at info@betterspacewellbeing.com
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Compassionate psychological support in Armidale & via telehealth across Australia. Therapy & assessments for all ages. Book your appointment today.

15/06/2025

It's easy to get caught up in worries and anxieties about things beyond our control. But remember, there's immense power in letting go. Letting go doesn't mean giving up; it means acknowledging that we can't control everything that happens around us.

When we let go of what we can't control, we're left with more energy to change what we can control. Where do you want to put your energy today?

08/06/2025

🧠 My Brain’s Talking Rubbish Again 💭

Ever find yourself arguing with your brain at 2 a.m.? Like it’s firing off hot takes with zero fact-checking? “You’re a failure.” “Everyone’s judging you.” “Why did you say that?” 🙄

Good news: you don’t have to believe everything your brain says.

In our latest blog, we unpack a skill from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) called thought defusion—aka how to spot your brain’s nonsense without getting dragged into it.

✨ It’s simple, practical, and no, it doesn’t involve chanting under a waterfall.

🔗 Read it here: www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog

25/05/2025

🌱 We're Growing – Join the BetterSpace Team! 🌱

Are you a psychologist looking for a flexible, rewarding role in a supportive and values-driven private practice?

At BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, we believe in doing meaningful work without burnout. Here’s what we offer:

✨ Earn over $100K
🗓️ Work 4 days a week or less
🌴 Take up to 10 weeks off each year
💻 Enjoy clinical autonomy, flexible hours & full admin support
👥 Join a warm, connected team that values your wellbeing as much as your clients'

Whether you're seeking more work-life balance, a chance to do deeply meaningful clinical work, or simply a more human-centred work culture — we’d love to chat!

📩 Apply now by emailing your CV to info@betterspacewellbeing.com
📎 Learn more about us: www.betterspacewellbeing.com

Tag a psychologist friend who might be interested! 🧠💬

BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic provides psychological counselling and assessment services throughout the New England North West NSW for all ages. BetterSpace provides a range of interventions including EMDR, CBT, ACT, DBT and more. Contact BetterSpace now to see how we can help.

11/05/2025

🌀 Feeling stuck, heavy, or overwhelmed lately?
Depression can feel like carrying a weight that no one else can see—and it’s more common than you might think.

Our latest blog explores what depression really is, why our minds might be wired this way (hello, caveman brain 🧠), and how we can begin to shift our relationship with it using evidence-based tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).

💬 Inside you’ll find:
✔️ Gentle strategies like mindfulness and thought defusion
✔️ Ways to make room for tough emotions
✔️ A reminder: you're not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out all on your own

👉 Read the full blog here: www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog
📍 Learn how to reconnect with what really matters—even when life feels heavy.

27/04/2025

🌿 We're Hiring – Psychologists Wanted!🌿

Are you a psychologist looking for a flexible, well-paid role that prioritizes work-life balance? At BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, you can earn over $100K, work just 4 days a week, and enjoy up to 10 weeks off per year!

We’re expanding our team and looking for passionate psychologists who want:

✅ Clinical autonomy – Choose your preferred client groups & presentations

✅ Flexibility – Set your own hours/working week

✅ Support – Full admin & marketing support, plus free peer supervision

✅ Simplicity – Easy-to-use digital systems for assessments, notes & Medicare processing

If you, or someone you know, would love to be part of a warm, supportive, and modern private practice, we’d love to chat!

📩 Apply by sending your CV to tim@betterspacewellbeing.com or visit https://www.seek.com.au/job/83192278?ref=cm-ui

🔗 Learn more about us: www.betterspacewellbeing.com

Looking for a flexible psychology role? Set your hours, choose your clients & enjoy up to 10 weeks off per year—plus great pay & full admin support!

13/04/2025

🌿 Anxiety: Foe, Friend… or Frenemy?

Anxiety can feel like it’s always hanging around—showing up uninvited and sticking around longer than we'd like. But what if it’s not actually the enemy?

In our latest blog at BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, we take a look at anxiety through a different lens—understanding how it works, why it shows up, and how it might actually be trying to protect us (in its own awkward way).

💭 Inside the blog, we explore:
🔹 How anxiety is your body’s natural alarm system
🔹 What the “fight or flight” response really means
🔹 How Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can help you change your relationship with anxiety
🔹 Practical strategies like mindfulness, defusion, and values-based action

Anxiety is part of being human—but it doesn’t have to control your life.

✨ Whether you’re navigating anxiety yourself or supporting someone who is, this one’s for you.

📖 Read it here: www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog

30/03/2025

🌿 We're Hiring – Psychologists Wanted!🌿

Are you a psychologist looking for a flexible, well-paid role that prioritizes work-life balance? At BetterSpace Wellbeing Clinic, you can earn over $100K, work just 4 days a week, and enjoy up to 10 weeks off per year!

We’re expanding our team and looking for passionate psychologists who want:

✅ Clinical autonomy – Choose your preferred client groups & presentations

✅ Flexibility – Set your own hours/working week

✅ Support – Full admin & marketing support, plus free peer supervision

✅ Simplicity – Easy-to-use digital systems for assessments, notes & Medicare processing

If you, or someone you know, would love to be part of a warm, supportive, and modern private practice, we’d love to chat!

📩 Apply by sending your CV to tim@betterspacewellbeing.com or visit https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4175206115

🔗 Learn more about us: https://lnkd.in/g5rC7m5S

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16/03/2025

💭 When Your Mind Thinks It’s Helping (But It’s Not)

Your mind is always working—analyzing, predicting, and trying to keep you safe. But sometimes, instead of helping, it makes things harder. It overthinks, fills you with self-doubt, and keeps you stuck in a loop of worry. Sound familiar?

🔄 Overthinking Everything – Your mind replays awkward moments and worst-case scenarios, thinking it's protecting you. But instead of keeping you safe, it just adds stress.

🎛️ Trying to Control It All – Overplanning and overanalyzing can feel like the answer, but the truth is, trying to control everything often leaves you feeling even more out of control.

📉 Comparing Yourself to Others – Social media makes it easy to fall into the comparison trap. Your mind says, "If you just try harder, you’ll catch up!"—but in reality, it can drain your confidence and steal your joy.

💡 So, What Can You Do?
✅ Practice mindfulness – Notice your thoughts, but don’t let them run the show.
✅ Be kind to yourself – Talk to yourself like you would a good friend.
✅ Reality check – Not every thought is true or helpful. Ask: Is this thought helping me? What action can I take instead?

Your mind means well, but you have the power to decide which thoughts deserve your attention. 🌿

Read more in our latest blog: https://www.betterspacewellbeing.com/blog