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Beneath the Busyness ✨For many people, staying busy became familiar long before it became exhausting.It can organise the...
13/12/2025

Beneath the Busyness ✨

For many people, staying busy became familiar long before it became exhausting.
It can organise the day, settle the body, and keep difficult things at a distance 🧩

When rest wasn’t modelled, or when slowing down once felt unsettling, constant movement can feel safer than stopping. That doesn’t make it a flaw — it makes it understandable 🤍

Busyness often carries history.
Curiosity about it is more helpful than judgement 🔍

Noticing this doesn’t mean you have to change anything yet.
Understanding is often where things begin 🌱

Have you ever wondered why you react so strongly in some moments, shut down in others, or feel overwhelmed by emotions t...
29/11/2025

Have you ever wondered why you react so strongly in some moments, shut down in others, or feel overwhelmed by emotions that don’t quite make sense?
Often, it’s your inner child speaking. 🧸💛

This 5-part series is an invitation to understand the younger parts of you — the parts shaped by early relationships, survival strategies, and emotional experiences you didn’t have the support to process at the time. 🌱

In this series we explore:
1️⃣ What your inner child actually is
2️⃣ How it shows up in your adult life
3️⃣ Why this work can feel so emotional
4️⃣ The subtle signs of healing
5️⃣ How to begin reconnecting with younger you — gently, not forcefully

Inner child work isn’t about going back into the past.
It’s about understanding how the past still lives in your patterns, your attachment, your reflexes, your fears, and your longings. 🔄💬

And the beautiful thing? 🌟
These parts can heal — not through pushing, not through “fixing,” but through safety, attunement, awareness, and compassion. 🤲 🤍

If this resonates, stay connected.
There’s so much more to explore — our nervous systems, our relationships, our patterns, and the parts of us that just want to feel safe.

We often beat ourselves up for procrastinating — calling ourselves lazy, unmotivated, or weak.But procrastination is not...
01/06/2025

We often beat ourselves up for procrastinating — calling ourselves lazy, unmotivated, or weak.
But procrastination is not a flaw.

🛑 It’s a protective part.
One that learned, somewhere along the way, that doing the thing might lead to failure, shame, rejection, or not being enough.
So instead, it pauses… avoids… distracts. Not to sabotage you — but to keep you safe.

💭 Maybe you grew up being criticised for not doing things “right.”
Maybe effort was never quite enough.
Maybe trying felt too vulnerable.

That part of you remembers — and now it steps in whenever you move toward something that matters.

✨ Healing isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about pausing to listen:
🫶 What is this part protecting?
💬 What does it fear would happen if you followed through?
💗 What does it need instead?

When we meet procrastination with compassion and curiosity — not shame — it starts to shift.
And we learn that what looks like resistance… is really protection.

Parenting brings more to the surface than we often expect.It’s not just about raising a child — it’s about navigating wh...
31/05/2025

Parenting brings more to the surface than we often expect.
It’s not just about raising a child — it’s about navigating what gets stirred in you along the way. 💭💔

Children don’t just test limits — they awaken feelings we might not have realised were still there.
A slammed door 🚪, a meltdown 😩, a child pulling away — these moments can touch something tender in us.
Maybe a time when you didn’t feel seen.
Or when connection felt unpredictable.
Or when you had to keep everything together, quietly.

Relational parenting asks:
👁 Can I slow down and notice what part of me is reacting?
🫱 Can I respond, instead of repeat what I’ve known?

You won’t always get it right — none of us do.
But every time you pause and stay present, you’re doing something powerful:
Creating safety. 💗
Repairing what wasn’t repaired before.
And offering your child what you may not have received yourself.

This is the real work. Not perfection — but reflection.
Not control — but connection.

We often talk about anxiety in terms of what it looks like — racing thoughts 💭, tight chests 🤍, trouble sleeping 🌙.But b...
30/05/2025

We often talk about anxiety in terms of what it looks like — racing thoughts 💭, tight chests 🤍, trouble sleeping 🌙.
But beneath that, anxiety often comes from something deeper: a long-standing fear that things might go wrong, and that you’ll be left to deal with it alone.

It forms early, often in relationships where emotional safety wasn’t consistent 🤝.
Maybe you had to stay alert to avoid getting in trouble ⚠️.
Maybe no one helped you soothe big feelings 🌊.
Maybe love felt unpredictable — sometimes there, sometimes not.

So your nervous system learned to stay ready 🧠.
To scan for signs of danger 👀.
To expect that something might fall apart — and that it would be up to you to fix it, hold it together, or prevent it from happening at all.

That’s what anxiety is trying to do: protect you 🛡️.
Even if it feels exhausting. Even if it’s no longer needed.

In therapy, we don’t just try to calm anxiety — we ask what it’s been carrying, and why it’s worked so hard for so long 🗝️.
We begin to create relationships where safety can be felt, not just hoped for 💬🤍.
Because healing anxiety isn’t just about thinking differently — it’s about feeling safe enough to not need it all the time 🌿.

Our earliest relationships shape the way we see ourselves and others. The messages we received—whether intentional or no...
03/03/2025

Our earliest relationships shape the way we see ourselves and others. The messages we received—whether intentional or not—often form the core beliefs that drive our thoughts, feelings, and relationships today.

✨ The good news? Core beliefs aren’t facts. They can be explored, understood, and reshaped. Bringing these patterns into awareness is the first step toward change.

The power of the herd. 🐂🌿Just as cattle move together as a herd, we grow up navigating life influenced by our families, ...
23/02/2025

The power of the herd. 🐂🌿

Just as cattle move together as a herd, we grow up navigating life influenced by our families, communities, and past experiences. These early connections impact how we relate, communicate, and regulate our emotions—often without us even realizing it.

Our nervous system learns safety (or insecurity) through relationships, and as we adapt to our “herd,” we pick up unconscious patterns—seeking approval, avoiding conflict, disconnecting from emotions—because, at some point, they helped us feel accepted.

As we develop a stronger sense of self and self-awareness, we can begin to separate ourselves from these learned patterns. In therapy, we explore what we’ve carried with us and ask: Do these patterns still serve us? Growth isn’t about rejecting our past, but about understanding it and choosing, with awareness, how we want to move forward.

What has your “herd” taught you? And what would you like to unlearn?

15/02/2025

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