Resilient Mindset

21/07/2025

🚀 Exciting News! We're coming to town soon with the internationally acclaimed Resilience Fundamentals Workshop, developed by the team at the International Resilience Institute Sydney (IRIS). Don't miss your chance to transform your mindset and build lasting resilience—reserve your space now!

15/07/2025

Today we celebrate International Non-Binary People's Day!

🌈 Let's raise awareness, embrace diversity, and uplift non-binary voices. Remember, small acts of support - using correct pronouns, listening, and advocating for inclusivity - can make a big difference. 💛💜

11/07/2025

🌟 Ready to transform your mindset?

The IRIS Resilience Fundamentals Workshop is coming to a town near you soon! Discover practical strategies to build lasting resilience and unlock your inner strength.

Follow for dates and locations!

06/07/2025

Happy NAIDOC Week! This week, we celebrate the rich cultures, histories, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is a time to recognize their contributions and commit to ongoing respect and understanding. Let’s honour their stories, traditions, and the strength they bring to our communities. Join us in learning, sharing, and celebrating together.

12/06/2025

📢 UPDATE: From our previous post the VMHPAA petition is live!

Following their formal response to the Draft National Standards for Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the VMHPAA has launched a nationwide petition calling on the Department of Health and Aged Care to revise these exclusionary proposals.

If adopted as-is, the draft standards will sideline thousands of skilled, vocationally trained counsellors—disrupting care in communities that need us most.

👉 Add your voice and stand up for fair, inclusive, and evidence-based standards.
✍️ Sign the petition today:
🔗 https://www.change.org/vmhpaa_national_standards

Every signature helps protect access, diversity, and choice in Australia’s mental health care system. Let’s make sure vocational pathways continue to serve our communities with professionalism and pride.

Protect and Uphold the Role of Vocationally Trained Counsellors in the National Standards

12/06/2025

🚨 Attention mental health professionals and advocates! 🚨

The Vocational Mental Health Practitioners Association of Australia (VMHPAA) has published its formal response to the Draft National Standards for Counsellors and Psychotherapists and they've got serious concerns.

Thousands of vocationally trained counsellors risk being sidelined by these proposed standards, which could limit private practice access, supervision roles, and more, despite no evidence of risk or reduced competency.

The response outlines:

⚖️ The legal, equitable, and clinical implications
💼 Real-world impact across community, NDIS, education, aged care, rural services
👩‍⚕️ The dangers of excluding experienced professionals—many of whom are women, mature-aged, or working in underserved areas
📄 Read the full response here:
🔗 https://www.vmhpaa.org.au/national-standards

VMHPAA is calling for:

1. Recognition of vocational pathways
Evidence-based, fair and inclusive standards
2. Meaningful consultation with VMHPAA and vocational education sectors

Let’s stand together to ensure inclusive, workforce-relevant standards in mental health care!

VMHPAA is dedicated to advocating for vocational qualified mental health practitioners - read our response to the National Standards here.