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Hi I’m Louise 👋 Author ✍️, Academic 📖, Clinical Psychologist 👩‍⚕️ & Buddhist meditation teacher 🧘

10/04/2026

Real change didn’t happen all at once for me — it was a slow, steady process of becoming more myself.

The biggest shifts in my life came from small, consistent steps toward what truly mattered.

If you’re feeling stuck, you don’t need a giant leap. Just take one small step… and then another.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the Growing Tall Poppies podcast, hosted by Dr Nat Green

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05/04/2026

Across every stage of life, we are asked to grow, adapt, and rediscover who we are.

From childhood curiosity… to midlife complexity… to the wisdom of later years — how do we build the flexibility to meet it all?

Join me in Lyon for Wonder and Wisdom: Building Flexibility Across the Developmental Lifespan — a 2-day, in-person workshop exploring how the DNA-V model can support meaningful growth at every age.

✨ Learn how to apply DNA-V across the lifespan
✨ Deepen your understanding of self, social, and identity
✨ Walk away with practical, experiential tools for your work

This is a warm, engaging, and deeply practical space for clinicians ready to expand their impact.

📍 Catholic University of Lyon
📅 July 14–15, 2026
🎓 13 CE hours available

Come for the learning. Stay for the wonder.

02/04/2026

One of my favourite moments… seeing DNA-V come to life in the therapy room 💛

This beautiful snapshot (shared with permission) shows a young person learning Noticer skills — with a little help from a very good therapy dog 🐾

These are the moments where learning becomes real. Where skills become lived.

If you’d like to bring DNA-V into your own sessions, I’m sharing these 6 posters for free — designed to make the model visual, practical, and engaging for young people.

With thanks to for sharing this special moment.

✨ Head to the link in the comments to download them

27/02/2026

I recently joined Poh Gan on The Practitioner’s Heart Podcast to explore how Buddhist wisdom intersects with psychological practice. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, we reflect on presence, letting go, and sustaining ethical, compassionate clinical work over time.🎧

26/01/2026

Another workshop certificate won't make you a master therapist. Here's what will 👇

22/01/2026

Which adventure is calling you in 2026? Swipe to find your path to mastery →

15/01/2026

What if you could work with complex trauma in a way that honours the full depth of your clients' experiences—beyond symptom checklists and rigid protocols?
Join Dr. Robyn Walser and Dr. Louise Hayes, two of the world's leading ACT experts, for a transformative training series that will fundamentally shift how you conceptualize and treat complex trauma.
This isn't about adding more techniques. It's about understanding ACT as a process-based, whole-person psychotherapy grounded in developmental science, therapeutic presence, and compassion.
🗓️ Two workshops in February 2026 (attend one or bundle both)
💰 $160 USD per workshop | $256 bundle (save 20%)
📚 4 CE credits available
🎥 6 months recording access
Ideal for psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and counsellors who want to deepen and expand their clinical work toward more holistic transformation.
Swipe through to learn more about what makes this training different—and how it can deepen your clinical work with trauma.
Space is limited. Secure your spot today!

28/12/2025

So often, young people try to push away painful thoughts or feelings. But these inner experiences aren’t enemies—they’re signals. When we can help them pause and listen, rather than fight or flee, we open the door to understanding and growth.

Let’s teach them that feelings are not flaws—they’re part of the message of being human.

✨ For more insights that honour the emotional world of youth, sign up to Life Made Flexible.

25/12/2025

What if you could work with complex trauma in a way that honors the full depth of your clients' experiences—beyond symptom checklists and rigid protocols?

Join Dr. Robyn Walser and Dr. Louise Hayes, two of the world's leading ACT experts, for a transformative training series that will fundamentally shift how you conceptualize and treat complex trauma.
This isn't about adding more techniques. It's about understanding ACT as a process-based, whole-person psychotherapy

grounded in developmental science, therapeutic presence, and compassion.
🗓️ Two workshops in April 2026 (attend one or bundle both)
💰 $160 per workshop | $256 bundle (save 20%)
📚 4 CE credits available
🎥 6 months recording access

Ideal for psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and counsellors who want to deepen and expand their clinical work toward more holistic transformation.

Swipe through to learn more about what makes this training different—and how it can deepen your clinical work with trauma.
Space is limited. Secure your spot today!

21/12/2025

Fear isn’t a sign of weakness—it’s a sign that something matters. It’s a part of being human.

Let’s help teens stop seeing fear as failure, and start seeing it as a guide—one that invites courage, not shame.

Want more thoughts like this to support your work? Subscribe to Life Made Flexible—it’s free, and made just for you.

14/12/2025

Pain doesn’t need to be justified. It just needs space to exist. When young people learn to feel, without needing to fix or explain, they begin to move through.

Let’s teach them that it's okay to feel—and be with them in the feeling.

For practices and reflections like this, sign up to Life Made Flexible, my free resource for therapists.

08/12/2025

If you've ever felt overwhelmed working with separated parents, you're not alone. The intersection between therapy and Family Law is complex, and many of us are navigating it without a roadmap.

Here are 3 insights that might shift how you approach this work:
✨ The conflict you're seeing? It's often a symptom of a broken system, not broken people.
✨ You don't need both parents in the room to create profound change.
✨ Your expertise can do so much more than produce court reports—you can guide the entire collaborative process.

Tiffany Rochester has spent 20 years at the coalface of family separation, and she's sharing practical tools you can use immediately in her upcoming webinar.
Transforming Family Separation from Conflict to Collaboration

Last Chance to join - 📅 11 December 2025 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM AEDT
Swipe through to learn what you might be missing (and how to fill those gaps).

Have you worked with separated families? What's been your biggest challenge? Let me know in the comments.

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