Strong Minds Psychology

20/11/2025

This month, we are supporting Share the Dignity's "It's in the Bag" program. 🎒🧼
We have donation boxes at each clinic that you can donate one item, or a whole bag of items. 🎀👛🪥🧴
These bags will provide dignity and hope to a woman or girl spending Christmas in a domestic violence refuge or homelessness shelter. Priority bags include: adult, teen or mum and bub bags.👶🏾🤰
Jump onto the website for more information about types of items to include, that can be essential or luxury. 👜💄
Donations will be taken up to Wed 26th November, then we will package up everything that is donated and deliver to a drop off point by the end of the month.
Thank you for helping us to Share the Dignity 🥰

https://www.sharethedignity.org.au/itsinthebag

Share the Dignity

15/11/2025

Emerging Minds has been dedicated to the mental health and emotional wellbeing of Australian infants, children and families for over 20 years.

Whether you’re a practitioner, parent, family member or organisation, there is an incredible wealth of online training and resources on their website, backed by some of Australia's leading practitioners and experts.

You can find more at Emerging Minds Australia or on their website: www.emergingminds.com.au

At Strong Minds Psychology, we utilise a range of tools and methods to achieve positive outcomes for our clients.

If you or someone you know needs our services, please visit our website to learn more.

Feel free to reach out to us at 0359671438 or book online at www.strongmindspsychology.com.au/find-us/

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14/11/2025

Trans Month occurs every November as a month-long tribute to the strength, joy, and wholeness of our transgender, gender diverse and non-binary communities.

invites you to join this open-access program of trans-centric events hosted by community organisations.

It’s a time for all of us – our TGD communities, allies, families, and partners – to come together in solidarity and connection.

At Strong Minds, our team are committed to understanding and affirming your identity and strive to create a safe and inclusive environment. We celebrate the diverse tapestry of the LGBTQIA+ community and are here to ensure that your journey is met with respect and understanding.

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12/11/2025

Did you know there are scientifically proven benefits of being kind?

💖 Kindness increases oxytocin, the 'love hormone,' improving heart health, self-esteem, and optimism.

💪 Helping others boosts energy, with many feeling stronger and calmer afterwards.

⏳ Volunteering reduces aches and pains, lowering early death risk by 44% for those over 55.

😊 Acts of kindness trigger the brain's pleasure centres, creating a “helper's high.”

🧠 Kindness stimulates serotonin production, enhancing mood and well-being.

💊 It decreases pain by releasing endorphins and lowers stress by reducing cortisol levels.

😌 Regular acts of kindness can significantly improve anxiety and depression levels, promoting life satisfaction.

❤️ Kindness also lowers blood pressure through oxytocin's cardioprotective effects.

And guess what? Kindness is teachable! You can build your compassion 'muscle' just like weight training. 💪✨

Learn more about these studies here: www.randomactsofkindness.org/the-science-of-kindness

At Strong Minds Psychology, our team regularly participates in community events and volunteering. We'd love to hear some of your acts of kindness. Feel free to let us know below!

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07/11/2025

🌡️ Mood Meter (Kid-Friendly) 😏

The Mood Meter is an excellent tool for understanding various emotions and emotional states. It categorises feelings on a scale that ranges from uncomfortable to comfortable and low to high energy, resulting in four unique emotional zones: high energy/uncomfortable, low energy/uncomfortable, high energy/comfortable, and low energy/comfortable.

This approach is beneficial for helping children recognise their emotions and differentiate between the comfort level and the energy of their emotional experiences. Importantly, this method avoids using terms like 'bad' or 'negative' to label feelings since emotions fluctuate, and we need all of them at different times.

Take a moment to check in with yourself—where do you find yourself on the mood meter? Now, check in with your family—are you all in the same quadrant or experiencing different emotional states?

30/10/2025

🎃👻 Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃👻

Get ready for a spooktacular night filled with tricks and treats! Whether you're dressing up in your favourite costume to go trick-or-treating or dishing out the sweets, we hope you have a hauntingly good time.

Share your Halloween moments with us!

28/10/2025

Hats off to Australia’s teachers this World Teachers’ Day!

On October 31st, let’s celebrate the amazing teachers across Australia who inspire, support, and empower our children and young people every single day.

You can download ready-to-go ideas, activities, and inspiration to make the day extra special here: www.aitsl.edu.au/worldteachersday

27/10/2025

Celebrating OTs across the country for all the invaluable work they do to increase participation and quality of life

🎉 HAPPY OT WEEK 2025! 🎉

This week, we’re celebrating Occupational Therapy in Action - shining a spotlight on the incredible work OTs do every day to help people live life to the fullest. 💙

From hospitals to homes, classrooms to communities, OTs are making a difference wherever they go, supporting people to participate, connect, and thrive.

This week, we want to celebrate the passion, creativity, and commitment that define our profession.

Whether you’re hosting an event, sharing a story, or simply taking a moment to reflect, join the celebration and show us Occupational Therapy in Action! 🙌

📸 Share your photos, videos, or reflections using and tag OTA so we can share them with our wonderful community.

21/10/2025

October marks ADHD Awareness Month, and this year's theme for 2025 is "The Many Faces of ADHD!" ADHD, or Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, is a neurotype that impacts individuals of all ages.

It is characterised by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity that impacts upon engagement in daily activities. Those with ADHD present with differences in sustaining attention, executive functioning (planning, decision making, starting and finishing tasks), and working memory. 🧠💡

There are a variety of cognitive and behavioural strategies, as well as reasonable accommodations at school, work or home that can help with managing challenges that present. These can be implemented instead of, or alongside, pharmacological treatment options.

At Strong Minds Psychology, we utilise a range of tools and methods to achieve positive outcomes for our clients.

If you or someone you know needs our services, please visit our website to learn more.

Feel free to reach out to us at 0359671438 or book online at www.strongmindspsychology.com.au/find-us/

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18/10/2025

Here are several ways to nurture positive thinking and enhance your emotions, such as joy and contentment.

Psychological well-being encompasses positive relationships, self-acceptance, a sense of purpose, personal growth, autonomy, and competence. It is associated with improved health, increased happiness, and longevity.

The good news is that you can enhance it by discovering meaning, promoting optimism, and building social support.

At Strong Minds Psychology, we implement a variety of tools and techniques to help our clients achieve positive results.

If you or someone you know could benefit from our services, please visit our website for more information.

Don’t hesitate to contact us at 0359671438 or schedule an appointment online at www.strongmindspsychology.com.au/find-us/

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17/10/2025

In celebration of Allied Health Professions Day, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our incredible team of allied health professionals at Strong Minds clinics. This year's theme, ‘Stronger Together’, highlights the unwavering dedication and compassion that allied health practitioners provide to their patients. Their contributions are vital in fostering a robust, high-quality healthcare system for our community.

If you or someone you know could benefit from our services, we invite you to visit our website for more information.

Don't hesitate to contact us at 0359671438 or book online at www.strongmindspsychology.com.au/find-us/

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16/10/2025

What does your Tree of Life Look Like?

The Tree of Life is a hopeful and inspiring approach to working with children, young people and adults who have experienced hard times.

This approach enables people to speak about their lives in ways that make them stronger. It involves people drawing their own ‘tree of life’ in which they get to speak of their ‘roots’ (where they come from), their skills and knowledge, their hopes and dreams, as well as the special people in their lives.

The participants then join their trees into a ‘forest of life’ and, in groups, discuss some of the ‘storms’ that affect their lives and ways that they respond to these storms, protect themselves, and each other.

The Tree of Life enables people to speak about their lives in ways that are not retraumatising, but instead strengthen their relationships with their own history, their culture, and significant people in their lives.

At Strong Minds Psychology, we employ various tools and techniques to help our clients achieve positive outcomes.

If you or someone you know could benefit from our services, please visit our website for more information.

Feel free to contact us at 0359671438 or book an appointment online at www.strongmindspsychology.com.au/find-us/

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