Reflections, guides, and clinical thinking — written between sessions, mostly about ACT mindfulness, ADHD, assessments, and how minds actually work.
What an ADHD assessment actually looks like at Brain Helpers Psychology — duration, cost, who can diagnose, and what the report includes for both children and adults.
Awareness is spotting the storm clouds. Action is grabbing an umbrella. How mindfulness and self-compassion bridge the gap between noticing and doing.
How to recognise the inner critic when it shows up, what it's trying to do, and how to respond to it with ACT mindfulness rather than getting tangled in shoulds and musts.
What a cognitive assessment actually shows — strengths, challenges, learning style, executive functioning — and why it can be useful for kids and adults alike.
Reflection is a flashlight. Rumination is quicksand. How to tell which one you're in — and three ACT mindfulness moves to pull yourself back when it's the latter.
Why ADHD in women — particularly women from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds — so often goes undiagnosed, and what a holistic, culturally aware assessment can reveal.
How psychiatrists and psychologists differ — and overlap — in training, practice, and prescribing in Australia. The honest version, including when you might want both.
What goes into a behaviour support plan, why teachers and families use them, and why they need to be reviewed and updated regularly.
Why we feel anxious in a world without sabretooth tigers — and how therapy and mindfulness can take the edge off a 'fight-or-flight' response that's still firing on the wrong things.
How to talk to your child about their ADHD diagnosis — simple language, positive framing, and a child-friendly explanation of how the ADHD mind works.
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