Seabreeze Counselling and Psychology - Robyn Van der Zee

22/04/2025

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14/04/2025

Ten sessions are not enough.

Most Australians can’t overcome complex trauma in ten psychology sessions – sometimes, it takes that long just to build trust.

Let clinical need, not funding caps, decide how long someone receives care.

Join us in calling for a return to 20 Medicare-funded sessions per year. Psychology isn’t a luxury, it’s essential care.

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14/04/2025

Right now, psychologists are subsidising the public mental health system.

The Medicare rebate doesn’t cover the true cost of care, and people are missing out because of it.

Stand with us in demanding a $150 rebate per session for clients of ALL psychologists, so more Australians can access care when they need it.

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08/04/2025

08/04/2025

“If you imagine someone who is brave enough to withdraw all his projections, then you get an individual who is conscious of a pretty thick shadow. Such a man has saddled himself with new problems and conflicts. He has become a serious problem to himself, as he is now unable to say that they do this or that, they are wrong, and they must be fought against. He lives in the ‘House of the Gathering.’ Such a man knows that whatever is wrong in the world is in himself, and if he only learns to deal with his own shadow he has done something real for the world. He has succeeded in shouldering at least an infinitesimal part of the gigantic, unsolved social problems of our day.”

–Carl Jung, Psychology and Religion: West and East (1938)

21/01/2025

https://thephn.com.au/news/tuggerah-medicare-mental-health-centre-opens

An updated free, walk-in centre providing mental health support has opened its doors at Tuggerah on the NSW Central Coast.

09/01/2025

Sadly still today many people are misdiagnosed, particularly when it comes to understanding Complex Trauma and Dissociation, https://www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/i-was-misdiagnosed-and-spent-months-in-a-psychiatric-ward-but-i-just-needed-to-tell-my-story

Australians who have had their mental health conditions misdiagnosed say that the standard procedure for diagnosis has limitations and that building rapport with trusted psychologists leads to better outcomes.

30/12/2024

09/12/2024

An interesting recent legal case.

A man accused of the chronic abuse of his daughter with multiple personalities has been found guilty of ra**ng her and a sibling over several years.

01/12/2024

All trauma causes you to question your worth. But spiritual trauma adds the terrorizing layer that God might question your worth too.

As has said, "Spiritual trauma is someone handing you an inner critic and telling you it’s the voice of God."

It's horrific, and if this has happened to you, I'm so sorry.

If it's too hard to trust that there is a God behind all that noise, I get it.

It's also my hope that as you heal the wounds—and separate out from the wounders—you might discover a God who surprises you.
A God who hates what was done to you.
A God who is fighting for you.

I wrote The Best of You to help you break free from painful patterns, mend your past, and discover your true self through the lens of a God who is for you.

Get the first 3 chapters + a free devotional today at https://bit.ly/4aJMic5