Yellow Gum Psychology

22/04/2026

22/04/2026

📢 !Shameless plug! 📢

So excited 😆 We're running four parent & carer workshops, focussing on what we - the grownups - can do to help our kiddos with anxiety in different stages:
🧠 preschool / early childhood
🧠 junior primary (prep to grade 3)
🧠 middle childhood (grade 4-year 7)
🧠 adolescence (year 8 onward)

FREE to attend, but please register:
💻 https://tinyurl.com/dkymes3v.
☎ (03) 5362 4000

Thanks to for making the series possible!

21/04/2026

Some tip-top parenting advice from Max. Unfortunately you can't get a referral to see Max, as he was just on a brief school holiday secondment to Physiotherapy & Pilates, and has now returned to his usual position of Grade 2 Student.

An excellent list of small ways to have humans - big and small - at our best. I would humbly submit one small addition, although I have not run this past Max: "Give a drink of water or a snack (or perhaps both?)".



[Image reads: If you have kids you should: 1. Be Kind. 2. Be helpful. 3. Do good things for them. 4. give them time outside. Written in kid's handwriting on a whiteboard. The number 4 has a starburst.]

13/04/2026

An FYI for our clients and visitors from our clinic housemates 👷🚧

(Should have no impact on appointments, just a bit going on!)

10/04/2026

We are excited to let you all know that we are running Tuning into Teens in Term 2.

Finding it hard to connect with your young person or support them through the rollercoaster of emotions and experiences they go through as a teenager? Tuning into teens can help. Our six week program supports parents and carers of young people to learn how to check in and communicate with their teen by learning about emotion coaching. The program aims to build skills and deepen parents relationships with their young people, so they can be more connected.

If you are interested in joining, register your interest at: https://form.jotform.com/260978140334054
For more information, feel free to give us a call on 53811543 or email at info.headspacehorsham@vt.uniting.org 😊

13/03/2026

Worried about your future career? headspace can help 💚

headspace Work & Study Online Support is here to help you feel more confident about your next steps. Whether it’s writing resumes, preparing for interviews, understanding workplace rights, or figuring out what career path suits you — we’ve got you covered.

Learn more and get started today:

https://bit.ly/4alFfd8

13/03/2026

Help us celebrate our regional multicultural communities at Diversity Day, during the Fortnight fest events unfolding from March 14th to 28th! All of these events across the Wimmera provide meaningful activities to connect and celebrate Harmony and Cultural Diversity week
It is a chance to connect, be entertained and get involved.

Book your free ticket for Diversity Day https://tinyurl.com/4xf5wf9m
Find out more about Fortnight Fest https://tinyurl.com/58haj9sf

11/03/2026

Feel like the news cycle has moved on, but you haven't?

It is *super* common to start struggling a bit - or a lot - a little while after a disaster passes. The immediate crisis is over, emergency services have all left. The outside world is starting to go back to normal, starting to move on. Others expect you to be "better". For many people, this can be when it gets really hard.

What we know about the aftermath of disasters:
- distress is very common, and most people will recover with social and community support
- almost 1/3 of people affected will need extra mental health supports
- how severely you were impacted "on paper" by the event doesn't tell you how severely your mental health might be affected
- existing physical and mental health problems might get worse, or some you were on top of might reappear
- family violence often increases
- people with existing vulnerabilities and challenges are most likely to struggle... but really, anyone can have a hard time after a disaster.

Help is out there. Check on your people. Talk to your GP, health nurse, or friendly local mental health professional ️(that's us! 🙋‍♀️) We haven't forgotten you.
️Or check out https://www.medicarementalhealth.gov.au/finding-help/accessing-mental-health-services to help you navigate what's out there.

(photo by .nyree.hutchins.psych; Little Desert Fire 2025)

10/03/2026

Psychology students do up to 1000 hours of unpaid work placements as part of their required training. Most health professions are similar, and the financial strain is stopping people from finishing their degrees. Sign the petition to extend Commonwealth prac payments to be available to allied health and medical students (by ):
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/expand-prac-payments-to-allied-health-and-medical-students

03/03/2026

Such great news! Formally extending the state’s responsibility for young people in statutory care. Not many other families pull all supports the moment kids turn 18, and now Victorian care leavers shouldn’t be either! 🥳

23/02/2026

Just discovered this excellent After the Disaster podcast (from... ahem... 2021) from . Covers so many bases - if you're feeling stuck, lost, confused, there'll be something in here for you. You'll get through an episode on the drive to town.

🎧 This podcast: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/after-the-disaster
☎️ Need help? https://services.dffh.vic.gov.au/january-2026-fires
🤝 Want to help? Donate time, money, feed etc.: https://www.vic.gov.au/contributing-after-disaster-how-help
🧠 Mental health taken a hit? https://www.vic.gov.au/recovery-services-wellbeing-and-support -health-support