Kasu Counselling Practice

19/06/2024

Finished painting the little cottage, and have moved clinical work into this calm space. Looking forward to seeing some of you there.

27/05/2024

I thoroughly enjoyed this conference, getting updated on EMDR.

On behalf of the organising committee of the EMDR Association of Australia, we invite you to join us for the EMDRAA 2024 Conference - 'EMDR Beyond PTSD - A Transdiagnostic & Integrative…

07/05/2024

I really like this person's writing on stimming. Some really sensible respectful ideas.

This is a really important topic - and one that seems rarely talked about. Stimming can be a useful self regulatory tool - gaining sensory i...

02/04/2024

World Autism Awareness Day is the 2nd April.
Anxiety is a common symptom for people with autism. One of the things that commonly happens for people with autism is that the Amygdala, in the limbic system in the brain, is turned on and sensing danger a lot. This leads the body to producing the stress hormone cortisol. The overload on the amygdala over rules the frontal cortex the part of the brain which controls rational reasoning. Leading to melt downs. Sound familiar!
Using emotion freedom technique (EFT) otherwise called Tapping we can send calming signals to the amygdala with the EFT tapping sequence on acupuncture points. This lowers the cortisol, and allows the frontal cortex to come back onboard and then rational reasoning can return.
A person with autism learning how to do tapping for themselves could give them another way to self-sooth. Tapping can provide a tangible tool for managing overwhelming emotions.
I use EFT with my clients to reduce cortisol to allow their frontal cortex to process big emotions when we are working. I use this helpful technique myself because it works for me.
I hope this information has been helpful in introducing a method that may be useful.

30/01/2024

I apologise to anyone who has been trying to contact me via the send message button. I have checked the problem, and found out the email was missing a full stop. That has been rectified now.

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28/08/2023

I am so excited this week I get to do training on EMDR. Another tool for treating trauma.