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Kids and Anxiety Information Session for Parents and Caregivers
"There remains a reluctance to acknowledge that very young children can and do experience mental health issues that may manifest as serious social, emotional or behavioural problems (for example, aggression, anxiety and depression), and a mistaken belief that issues...
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Resilience Kit Private Home Sessions
Learn Practical Strategies at Home Is your child resilient enough to tackle the challenges of today and in years to come? We understand that families just like yours, are busy. How helpful and convenient would it be for your child to learn practical social and...
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read moreKids and anxiety information evening for parents and carers
Kids and anxiety: Information evening for parents and carers CLICK HERE to view the Event Summary For more information, contact the City on 9528 0333 or customer@rockingham.wa.gov.au....
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Depression: Let’s talk, and make prevention part of the discussion
The Perth-based owner of Resilience Kit says that while the 2016/17 World Health Day campaign focuses on the importance of talking about depression as a vital component of recovery, she hopes that on 7 April we can make prevention part of the conversation too. “To...
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What does confidence have to do with resilience?
Confidence and resilience Do you think there might be some overlap in terms of the meanings ascribed to these words? According to the Oxford Dictionary definition, confidence is the feeling or belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something. There is...
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Anxiety in social and performance situations
Anxiety in social and performance situations Social anxiety disorder (sometimes called social phobia) is marked by an intense and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations. This anxiety occurs when anticipating a social event. This anticipatory...
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has been described as one of the most effective psychological treatments for depression, supported by a large body of research. Derived from Beck’s (1979) cognitive model of depression, CBT involves modifying a person's belief...
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Screening for depression and anxiety
Anxiety and depression are generally believed to be conceptually distinct but the overlapping symptoms creates difficulties in diagnosis, research, and treatment (Gorman, 1996). So how do we evaluate feelings, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours that are not normally...
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Create a resilient workplace
"The resilience training has been helpful in that I have thought about different ways to approach things." Developmental psychology has historically focused on the needs and life stages of children. While academics are busy researching and parents are continually...
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