by Linzi Roy | Blog, Relationships, Therapy Approaches
Do you feel like you and your partner often get stuck in a negative cycle or loop, where no matter what you are arguing about, the way the argument goes and how it ends up tends to be the same? You end up in the same arguments with the same hurt feelings. These...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Relationships
According to the most recent Australian Bureau of Statistics Personal Safety Survey (ABS, 2017), 11% of women and 5% of men in Australia report having been sexually abused before the age of 15 years. (Bravehearts.org.au) Where the perpetrators are family, the very...
by Linzi Roy | Anxiety, Blog
Anxiety is a normal response to a stressful situation. It is a feeling of fear about the future. Generalised Anxiety Disorder is a persistent state of fear and worry. There are several strategies that you can use to help alleviate stress and anxiety including...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Career
For many people the recent isolation period has been a period of reflection, re-evaluation or realisation and this includes around career and work. For those people who have lost their jobs support is needed not only around feelings of anxiety and uncertainty but also...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Relationships, Single
Take time to heal from loss If you have suffered loss or heartbreak, take time to process the negative emotions and reflect on any learnings Know your own worth When you can confidently say “I’m OK” and you know your own worth and when you don’t need completing, you...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Relationships, Therapy Approaches
Solution-focussed Brief Therapy (SFBT) is a future focussed, goal-directed approach to therapy developed initially by Insoo Kim Berg, Steve de Shazer and their colleagues in the early 1980’s. SFBT focusses on the person’s present circumstances and future goals rather...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Relationships
Increase the positive emotions and interactions with your partner. According to Dr. John Gottman, a pioneer in relationship therapy, this is one of the single most important factors that make relationships last. Research by Gottman found that in happy and stable...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Dreams
I strongly believe that if and when you are ready and open to receiving dream messages and remembering your dreams, you will remember them. The more I started to study dreams and write about my dreams, the more I started to remember them. I believe the same will be...
by Linzi Roy | Blog, Dreams
Some people believe that dreams are just the repetition, release or ‘dumping’ of all the thoughts we had during the day or are just random thoughts and images from memories. However in my study of dreams I have discovered that dreams are indeed meaningful and support...