SJP Wellbeing

SJP Wellbeing Counselling. Psychotherapy. ADHD & Parent Coaching. Trauma-informed care. Small-Medium Workplace Employee Assistance Programs. Mental health First Aid.

Positive Psychology. Neurodiverse & LGBTQIA+ affirming. Young people 10+ Parents & adults.

Have you ever felt like you must be the only person with a brain like this?That low-grade sense of being behind - on lif...
14/05/2026

Have you ever felt like you must be the only person with a brain like this?

That low-grade sense of being behind - on life, on yourself, on standards you can't quite name but feel everywhere.

The way your mind carefully files the hard stuff and lets the good stuff go almost immediately.

Here's the thing - that's not a character flaw or a personal failing.

It's neurological, psychological and biological, and once you understand what's actually happening underneath it all, things start to make a little more sense.

Shani has written about this over on the blog, why your brain works the way it does, what your happy brain chemicals actually need from you and why the antidote isn't relentless positivity but making space for the full picture.

Your brain is more changeable than you think.

http://sjpwellbeing.com/articles/happy-chemicals-and-why-they-matter

13/05/2026

Elissa put it really simply in this one - there's no expert in the room.

Or rather, the person is the expert in their own life, and that shapes everything about how we work.

Person First isn't a philosophy we hang on the wall. It's what actually happens in session. Choice and control sitting with the client, always.

What gets talked about, how fast things move, what support looks like - all of it decided together, not prescribed from the other side of the room.

Trauma-informed care means something specific here too. Safety isn't assumed - it's built, carefully, through consistency and honesty.

What you're told is what happens. Your story is held, not analysed.

If therapy has felt like something that happens to you rather than with you, it might be worth trying it differently.

Reach out to our team to see if we are a fit for you.

MINIMUM 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental health challenge this year.That's not a statistic about strangers - ...
12/05/2026

MINIMUM 1 in 5 Australians will experience a mental health challenge this year.

That's not a statistic about strangers - it's about the people closest to you. Some insights show that it is more like 1 in 3.

Mental health challenges don't come with a warning.

They build quietly, underneath the surface - in the school mum who seems to have it all together, the neighbour who's always up for a friendly chat at the gate, the workmate who laughs the loudest in the lunch room.

Maybe you.

There's no threshold you have to hit before you're allowed to ask for help. That's not how this works.

There is also no shame in saying "Hey, I could use some help."

You don't have to be in crisis to deserve support. You just have to be ready.

We're here when you are.

http://sjpwellbeing.com/book
(08) 7480 4545

07/05/2026

Staffy cuddles 🥰

This is the foundation everything at SJP is built on.Not a tagline. Not a nice thing to put on a wall.It's the lens we b...
07/05/2026

This is the foundation everything at SJP is built on.

Not a tagline. Not a nice thing to put on a wall.

It's the lens we bring to every session, every conversation, every person who walks through the door.

If you want to know what therapy looks like when someone starts with curiosity instead of a checklist, that's us.

http://sjpwellbeing.com/book | (08) 7480 4545

06/05/2026

This was supposed to be temporary fun for people waiting (the only rules being no full names and ‘something nice’) while we decided what we wanted to do with it after the stairs were replaced, but we’re gonna find it hard to paint over I think ❤️

Should we keep it somehow? Would love ideas on how to both beautify but honour the lovely messages and intentions left by people 🤗

If you've ever left a social situation and spent the drive home dissecting every single thing you said, this carousel mi...
06/05/2026

If you've ever left a social situation and spent the drive home dissecting every single thing you said, this carousel might feel familiar.

Rejection sensitivity is one of those experiences that gets brushed off. You get told you're overthinking it, that it wasn't a big deal, that you need thicker skin.

So you learn to keep it to yourself and just deal with the aftermath quietly.

Having language for it changes things. Not because a label fixes anything, but because when you can point to the pattern and say "oh, that's what this is," you stop turning it inward. You stop making it mean something about your character.

For a long time, rejection sensitivity was framed as a deficit. Something faulty in the neurodivergent brain.

A 2025 study by Barbara Sandland, published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, worked directly with neurodivergent adults and found that environmental factors, the people around you, the settings you grew up in, were central to how rejection sensitivity develops.

That's a significant finding because it challenges the idea that this is just how your brain is wired and there's nothing you can do about it.

It means the environments that shaped this response can be understood, and with the right support, your relationship to it can shift.

That's what we do here. We help you move from "why am I like this" to "what happened that made this make sense."

If you're ready to start that conversation, we're here.

sjpwellbeing.com/book | (08) 7480 4545

This is what Person First means in practice.Not a philosophy we talk about. It's how every session starts, with every pe...
05/05/2026

This is what Person First means in practice.

Not a philosophy we talk about. It's how every session starts, with every person who walks through the door.

If you've been putting off reaching out because the idea of being assessed feels heavy, this might feel different to what you're expecting.

http://sjpwellbeing.com/book | (08) 7480 4545

30/04/2026

When your nervous system is dysregulated, your body can start to feel like it's not quite yours.

Floaty, restless, ungrounded.

Proprioception helps with that. It's your body's way of knowing where it is in space, and pressure and muscle engagement bring it back online.

Wall pushes, squats, pushing your legs against something solid.

Simple, no equipment, and you can do it anywhere your body needs reminding that you're safe and grounded.

Save this one.

We wanted the space to feel like somewhere your body could start to settle before the session even begins.No sterile rec...
29/04/2026

We wanted the space to feel like somewhere your body could start to settle before the session even begins.

No sterile reception area or fluorescent lighting. Soft textures and warm lighting, spaces where you can sit however feels comfortable.

Every choice in this room was made with your nervous system in mind.

Swipe through and have a look around.

Whenever you're ready, we're in Smithfield or online Australia-wide.

http://sjpwellbeing.com/book | (08) 7480 4545

Are you a parent with ADHD, or raising a child with ADHD? Maybe both?Most parenting advice assumes a calm baseline, a co...
28/04/2026

Are you a parent with ADHD, or raising a child with ADHD? Maybe both?

Most parenting advice assumes a calm baseline, a consistent routine, and the executive function to follow a step-by-step plan at 6pm on a Tuesday when everyone's melting down.

If that doesn't match your household, this course was built with you in mind.

We kept seeing the same thing in our clinic. Parents who loved their kids deeply but were drowning in shame about how they were showing up. Convinced they were failing because they couldn't do it the way the parenting blogs said to.

The myth of the perfect parent is loud enough for anyone. When neurodivergence is part of the picture it can be relentless, because the gap between what you know you should be doing and what your brain will let you do on any given day feels enormous.

Positive Parenting for ADHDers is self-paced because we built it for brains like yours.

You learn when your capacity allows, not on someone else's schedule.

It covers emotional regulation for you and your child, practical strategies that work with ADHD rather than pretending it doesn't exist, and how to use the messy moments as connection rather than evidence that you're getting it wrong.

Designed by clinicians who understand neurodivergence from the inside, not from a textbook.

http://sjpwellbeingacademy.com

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3 Charlotte Street, Smithfield
Munno Para, SA
5114

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

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http://academy.sjpwellbeing.com/

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