Marsden Health

Marsden Health We are a healing home for adults, for kids, for parents, for couples, for you. Marsden Health is a multidisciplinary home for wellbeing.

We listen, we empower, and we connect, to help you move towards a healthier, happier life. At Marsden Health, your path to wellness isn’t just a promise – it’s a commitment. We offer psychology services, neuropsychology, counselling, and allied health support. We provide assessments and therapy services - depending on the need. We stand tall as a family, placing integrity at the heart of all we do

. Like the nurturing elephants in our logo, we create a healing home for our patients – and we do it with heart. We lend our ears, deeply empathising with each patient, and deliver bespoke solutions, honing down to the finest details of their needs. We are proud of who we are – a beacon of hope, a pillar of strength, and a home of comfort. Some of the conditions we provide support for include:
Social anxiety
Separation anxiety
Oppositional behaviour and tantrums
Food/eating problems
Communication and social functioning
Phobias
Learning difficulties
ADHD
Autism Spectrum Disorder

Everyone says your birth went well. So why doesn’t it feel settled inside you?Sometimes a birth can be medically straigh...
31/03/2026

Everyone says your birth went well. So why doesn’t it feel settled inside you?

Sometimes a birth can be medically straightforward and described as “positive”, yet the body remembers something different.

A loss of control. Moments of fear. A sense of being overwhelmed or exposed. The external story and the internal experience don’t always match, and that's more normal than you think.

When this happens, many parents minimise their reactions. They tell themselves nothing bad happened, that they should feel grateful or that others had it harder. But the nervous system does not measure trauma by outcomes.

It responds to moments of helplessness and feeling unsafe, even when everything appears to have gone according to plan.

This can show up later as restlessness, emotional distance and the odd unexpected tears. Not because something is wrong with you, but because the experience hasn’t fully been processed.

Birth trauma doesn't require catastrophe to be real, and if you find these feelings lingering, therapy can help you process the experience safely.

Get in touch with our team today at 📞 02 9139 0126 to arrange your appointment with our compassionate professionals.

Sometimes, early parenthood brings a confusing contradiction around closeness.Your body feels overwhelmed by touch and c...
30/03/2026

Sometimes, early parenthood brings a confusing contradiction around closeness.

Your body feels overwhelmed by touch and constant demand, yet another part of you still longs for closeness.

From feeding and holding, to soothing and carrying. The nervous system can spend long stretches in a state of activation, responding to a baby’s needs without pause.

Over time, physical contact stops feeling regulating and begins to feel draining. Many parents quietly experience touch fatigue; a body that pulls back, even while emotionally wanting connection with a partner or the world beyond caregiving.

This response isn't rejection, and it isn’t a relationship problem. It's often the nervous system attempting to protect itself after prolonged overstimulation. When there has been little space to reset, even gentle affection can feel like one demand too many.

These experiences are more common than many parents realise, and they deserve understanding rather than pressure to “fix” them.

If these feelings seem persistent or distressing, support is available. Call the team today at 📞 02 9139 0126 to discuss an initial appointment.

For many parents, loneliness in this season isn’t about isolation. It’s something quieter.Conversations start to revolve...
25/03/2026

For many parents, loneliness in this season isn’t about isolation. It’s something quieter.

Conversations start to revolve solely around routines and needs. Your attention moves outward constantly. Slowly, almost without noticing, parts of your former self become harder to access; the version of you who existed outside of caregiving and responsibility.

There can be connection and even full days spent with others, yet a lingering sense of being unseen lives in the background. Not deliberately ignored, but emotionally invisible.

The reciprocity that once existed in relationships shifts, and it can feel difficult to name what is missing without guilt.

This kind of loneliness often sits alongside gratitude, which makes it harder to speak about. Nothing is “wrong,” yet something feels absent.

Many people describe it as a quiet disorientation, wondering where they went, and whether they will feel like themselves again.

These experiences are common during periods of identity transition, even if they are rarely spoken about openly. Marsden Health wants to help break down this wall of silence with softness and space.

If this feels familiar and persistent, it may be worth exploring further. Support is available.

📞 02 9139 0126

Some coping strategies don’t feel like strategies at all. They just feel like who you are.The drive to stay in control, ...
23/03/2026

Some coping strategies don’t feel like strategies at all. They just feel like who you are.

The drive to stay in control, the need to get things right, or even the instinct to rely only on yourself. And, at one time, these responses protected you.

They reduced risk and helped you navigate relationships or experiences that felt uncertain or unsafe. Over time, they can become so familiar that they no longer feel like choices, but expectations you carry for yourself.

The difficulty is that what once protected can begin to narrow life. Perfectionism can turn into constant pressure. Self-reliance can make closeness feel complicated. Control can leave little room for rest, and avoidance can keep old emotional patterns firmly in place.

Letting these strategies loosen is rarely simple. They are tied to parts of you that learned, long ago, how to stay safe. Change can feel destabilising, not relieving, because something familiar is being questioned. But we're here to help you soften through it with compassion.

This kind of long-standing pattern is rarely shifted through insight alone. Chat with our team today to start making positive movements forward for yourself 📞 02 9139 0126.

This is why you keep choosing the same unhealthy dynamic (even when you know better).It’s the same relational and emotio...
19/03/2026

This is why you keep choosing the same unhealthy dynamic (even when you know better).

It’s the same relational and emotional pull. The same ending you promised yourself you wouldn’t return to. Yet, underneath it, a quiet question: “If I understand this pattern, why does it keep repeating?”

Knowing better doesn’t always mean choosing differently. Many relational patterns are not conscious decisions but learned emotional responses, shaped early and carried forward long after the original environment has changed.

What once helped you adapt or stay connected can quietly become the template your nervous system recognises as familiar.

This is where repetition can feel most exhausting. Awareness and insight are there, yet something stronger keeps steering you toward what is known, even when it hurts. Shame often grows in this space, and a feeling that, surely, you should have moved past this by now.

These cycles are rarely about poor judgment. They are often survival patterns, formed in earlier relationships and reinforced over time, and they continue to organise how closeness and safety are experienced in adulthood.

Patterns held at an emotional and relational level often require a different kind of work; slow and deeply examined rather than corrected.

When awareness alone hasn’t shifted the pattern, deeper therapeutic work may be needed. Call Marsden Health at 📞 02 9139 0126 to start taking a new path.

Closeness is all you long for. So why do you run away the moment it comes near?It’s a quiet contradiction that people do...
17/03/2026

Closeness is all you long for. So why do you run away the moment it comes near?

It’s a quiet contradiction that people don’t often talk about. A deep desire for connection that sits alongside an equally strong urge to withdraw.

One part of you moves toward warmth and belonging. Another part anticipates rejection before it happens, scanning for signs that closeness might turn into hurt.

From the outside, this can look confusing. You might pull away from relationships you genuinely care about or feel tense when someone gets too close, just when connection matters most.

These responses are often less about fear of vulnerability and more about learned protection. When earlier relationships felt unpredictable or unsafe, distance became a way of maintaining emotional survival.

Over time, the push–pull can begin to repeat itself across friendships, family, and romantic relationships, leaving a lingering sense of “Why does this keep happening?”

Therapy can provide a space where these opposing parts don’t need to fight for control, but can be understood within the safety of a steady relationship.

If this pattern continues to repeat despite insight, it may be something worth exploring more deeply with a therapist. Call our team today to explore 📞 02 9139 0126.

Meet the team: Dr Nivek JonesNivek is one of our warm, compassionate psychologists here at Marsden Health, who believes ...
10/03/2026

Meet the team: Dr Nivek Jones

Nivek is one of our warm, compassionate psychologists here at Marsden Health, who believes many of the struggles people experience are shaped by circumstances they didn’t choose.

Her work is grounded in curiosity rather than judgment, creating space to explore challenges gently while moving toward what matters most.

She works with adults, perinatal clients and older adolescents, supporting a wide range of emotional and psychological concerns, with particular care around life transitions and early experiences.

Outside of work, Nivek can usually be found in a rock pool along the NSW coast, or attempting to convince her stubborn sausage dog that walks are, in fact, a good idea!

If you feel that Dr Nivek’s approach resonates, call the team at 📞 02 9139 0126 to discuss an appointment.

Many children are described as “quirky”, and often, that description fits.Intense interests, sensory sensitivities, big ...
09/03/2026

Many children are described as “quirky”, and often, that description fits.

Intense interests, sensory sensitivities, big emotions, or social differences can be part of a child’s personality. In the early years, these traits may be manageable and even strengths.

As social and academic demands increase, however, what once felt controllable can become harder to sustain.

A child can remain bright and capable while also feeling overwhelmed beneath the surface, and that's where our supportive team can assist.

If you’ve been sensing your child’s struggles underneath the surface, you don’t have to navigate it alone.

Call us at 📞 02 9139 0126 to discuss an initial consultation and take a positive step forward for your family.

For many parents, the idea of an assessment brings hesitation.There’s often a fear of labels or conclusions that feel to...
06/03/2026

For many parents, the idea of an assessment brings hesitation.

There’s often a fear of labels or conclusions that feel too big for a child who is still growing and changing. That uncertainty is completely understandable.

An assessment doesn’t define a child’s identity or limit their potential. It simply provides insight into how a child learns, communicates and manages the demands around them.

It helps identify both strengths and the areas where support may be needed, either now or in the future.

What it doesn’t do is predict outcomes or reduce a child to a report. Children remain individuals first, with their own pace and capacity for growth that we won’t determine.

A thoughtful, child-centred assessment is a way of understanding what’s happening beneath the surface; not to label, but to guide decisions with clarity and care.

If you’ve been holding questions but aren’t sure what the next step should look like, our team is available to talk through whether an assessment would be helpful for your child and family.

Call us today at 📞 02 9139 0126 to learn more.

Some children’s strength is in hiding their struggles.They get good grades, follow instructions, and receive positive fe...
03/03/2026

Some children’s strength is in hiding their struggles.

They get good grades, follow instructions, and receive positive feedback at school. From the outside, they look capable, maybe even like they’re thriving.

But at home, it can be a different picture. Exhaustion after school, emotional meltdowns or increased anxiety and withdrawal.

In many bright children, strengths can mask underlying struggles. They compensate by working harder and pushing through challenges that come more easily to others. This hidden effort is often invisible in the classroom, but it comes at a cost.

“Doing well” does not always mean “coping well,” and our assessments aren’t about labels or assumptions. It’s a way to gently explore how a child is coping and to better understand what support might help them sustain their strengths over time.

If you’re noticing this pattern, our team can help you explore what might be going on beneath the surface. Call us at 📞 02 9139 0126 to learn more.

This is what compassionate care truly looks and feels like.At Marsden Health, care is guided by safety, collaboration, a...
26/02/2026

This is what compassionate care truly looks and feels like.

At Marsden Health, care is guided by safety, collaboration, and respect for your individual pace. We don’t believe support should feel rushed or overwhelming.

Sessions are shaped around where you’re at, with time to listen, understand patterns, and move forward steadily, without pressure to be “ready” or have it all figured out.

If you’re looking for care that honours your timing and works with your nervous system, our team is here when you’re ready 📞 02 9139 0126.

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