Talk to Jocelyn - Psychology services

28/01/2025

Lows and highs, highs and lows. Life isn't meant to be lived in a straight line! 📈

I notice how folks beat themselves up for not always being 'up', for not being able to maintain the highs or always have good days.

We judge ourselves for having down days, for reacting and being impacted to the unhinged stuff happening on the planet and for not being able to just smile your way through it.

Knowing how to ride the waves of the highs and lows, to respond mindfully and compassionately is key to growth. I help clients befriend their feelings instead of fighting, ignoring or rejecting them.

📅 Feb availability for new clients in Burwood & online.

DM for details or share with someone who might need support navigating their journey.

21/10/2024

If your world feels like its spinning in the wrong direction, Talk To Jocelyn. We can work together to realign your values to your goals and create strategies that support your neuro-biology and nervous system.

Medicare rebates available for those with Mental Health Care Plans (talk to your GP about this).

Evening sessions on Weds and Thursday, and on (some) Saturdays.

16/10/2024

It can be really hard to watch young people go through stuff - from new relationships, friendships dramas, motivation to succeed, having a sense of purpose.

Our inclination to go into advice mode and solution serving is very real, but often being able to actively listen and ask reflective, non judgemental questions can positively shape your relationship.

For help to learn new ways to deal with teens, talk to Jocelyn

15/10/2024

Need a new narrator? Let me help you build the skills to call BS on some of your self talk and automatic negative beliefs.

I have sessions available on Weds and Thursday evenings and most Saturdays.

Get in touch for details, or jump in and book a discovery call to see how we click!

21/08/2024

Hey young folks in the Burwood LGA - get active and involved in shaping your community.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/EwpbRYi1kVECqPYu/

Are you a young person aged 14-24 years old who either lives, works, visits or studies in the Burwood LGA?

If you're interested in having an impact on your community and working with other young people while learning new skills, the Burwood Youth Advisory Group would love to have you on board!

Join a team of young people who organise fun community events and develop excellent leadership, teamwork, public speaking and event management skills.

Click here https://www.burwood.nsw.gov.au/For-Residents/Our-Community/Young-People/Things-To-Do for more information on how you can get involved. 🔗

18/04/2024

I love the events Dr Ash King creates - so I'm super happy to contribute to her first think-up at Better Read Than Dead on July 1st. Tickets limited, but only $20. Get yours>>

Join us for a brand new series of live conversations that mindfully shed light on the topics that weigh heavy on our minds. Our launch event explores what the black mirrors in our back pockets reveal about us, and asks how we can live better with them.

14/02/2024

Happy Valentine's day lovers, here's my comments on limerance (its a crush on steroids!) for The Australian Women's Weekly.

https://www.womensweekly.com.au/health/relationships/what-is-limerence/

“Limerence is a crush on steroids,” psychologist Jocelyn Brewer says. “It’s this really intense infatuation that becomes all consuming.”

08/02/2024

Got thoughts rolling around in your mind, percolating on unhelpful ideas, ruminating on past events, mulling over lost loves or mateship?

When we speak our thoughts aloud, we change their nature and composition. As the cognition transforms into spoken words you process it differently. So the act of talking, can on its own, be helpful.

But talking to someone trained to deeply listen, takes it to another level. As a psychologist I am trained to hold space for your thoughts and vulnerabilities, to listen and reflect, reframe and coach you through to new, more expansive ways of thinking.

Got something on your mind? Talk to Jocelyn

06/02/2024

There's a big gap between generational attitudes towards mental health and help seeking. While the stigma around 'awareness' of mental health conditions might have improved our proactive willingness to seek help is still often impaired (putting aside access and cost issues for a sec).

I often work with young people who have asked for a few months (or even years) for psychological support, and sometimes their folks really struggle to accept that their kiddo needs professional help. Sometimes it can be the parents own 'stuff' that prevents them from seeking support for their kiddo.

What I know for sure is that parents are doing their best with the resources and knowledge they have.

If you want to get support from an elder millennial who gets these generational gaps (and their impacts) - Talk to Jocelyn.

04/02/2024

PSA: your word of the year on its own is as useful as your new years resolutions. To give them sustained meaning they need to be embedded into actions and consistent steps towards that core desired feeling.

My word for 2024 is anchor. It represents for me a deepening and grounding of my knowledge and experience, the tools I have and strategies I know (rather than seeking the next free download or break trough framework).

Did you create a word of the year? What does it represent to you? How will you keep it alive and use it to fuel your actions this year?

02/02/2024

If you need some more conscious and less-sleepy solutions to managing stress (while still knowing when and how to rest) - talk to Jocelyn.

Modern life throws a lot of challenges our way - from global issues like the climate emergency and g3nocid3 in Gaza, to local issues within our workplaces, families and communities.

Often we focus on things outside of our control, and this leaves us feeling a range of negative affect emotions (there are no 'bad' emotions) like hopelessness, anger, frustration and guilt. When we shift our focus to small actions we can reasonably take, we can feel more in control and alleviated.

01/02/2024

I am accepting new clients! The main criteria for working with me is a commitment to creating positive change in your life.

I work with adolescents and adults across a range of issues that impact you living life with energy, positivity and meaning.

I have sessions available two evenings a week as well as all day on most Saturdays, so that therapy can fit in around your work/school commitments.

To check your suitability for working with me, go to my website and submit a contact form - www.jocelynbrewer.com/contact or DM me and I will send you the key information.