Lilly Pilly Art Therapy, Play Therapy & Counselling

16/05/2025

There is a strong link between autism and ADHD, with both having high heritability and genetic overlap. Common traits shared in ADHD and autism include:

Sensory differences
Executive dysfunction
Hyperfocus and intense interests
Rejection sensitivity
Social challenges
Sleep disturbances
Differences in eye contact
Difficulties with interoception, such as noticing when you are hungry

Although there are many similarities, differences exist; ADHD individuals may crave novelty and exhibit impulsivity, while autistic people often seek routine and similarity. If someone is autistic and has ADHD, which some people refer to as AuDHD, they may experience an internal struggle between these contrasting traits. An AuDHD person is likely to experience a heightened version of the shared autism and ADHD characteristics, such as an intense focus on hobbies and interests, or experience challenges socialising with neurotypical people. (.org ❤️)

30/04/2025

Could you help your clients by using brain-savvy interventions that can help them feel safe when processing traumatic memory?

Bessel van der Kolk shares his best interventions in our short course. ➡️ https://www.nicabm.com/program/trauma-vdk-26/?del=4.28.25.FBPost3

07/04/2025

💡 Did you know just 20 minutes outdoors can boost your child’s brain function?

This brain scan comparison says it all 👉 Sitting quietly vs. after a short walk outside.

Time in nature increases focus, improves mood, increases their confidence, and helps kids learn but activiating the ENTIRE brain in beautful syncronicity

🧠 Nature isn't just play—it's powerful brain fuel
❌ Educators, don't take away recess as punishment
🌿 Let's make outdoor time a daily rhythm.

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02/04/2025

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is sold as the solution for just about everything, with it’s “evidence based” claims wildly exaggerated. To…

18/03/2025

13/03/2025

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Grief is the experience of being changed by loss. It says to us, "There was a 'before this happened' and an 'after this happened'. I will move forward, but I will never be the same."

Writing about our difficult emotions, including grief, can help us move forward in healthy ways. When we put our difficult experiences into language, research shows that it has an organizing effect. It allows us to see not only the difficult parts of the experience, but what we might have learned or gained, and it helps us to process it.

Grief changes us. It rewrites us. And we in turn rewrite our lives with it.



[Image description:
Purple uppercase text at the top right reads: "Emotional Agility"

Below the text is an illustration of a red hexagon with purple arms and legs trying to run with its arms stretched out in front. Its movement, however, is being restricted by a purple thread tangled around its body and leg. Purple text next to the illustration reads: "We don't get over grief."

In the next illustration, the hexagon is standing upright and collecting the thread it was previously tangled in.

The third illustration shows the hexagon walking calmly wearing a sweater crocheted out of the thread. The text next to the illustration reads: "We learn to walk with it."

Image has a greyish white background, and it was created by Susan David.]

10/03/2025

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25/02/2025

Have you considered neuro-psychotherapy? 🧠Find our updated services and session availability here! 👀

A mental health service offering art therapy, play therapy and counselling for children and adults. Neuroaffirming and trauma-informed psychotherapy