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Haven Psychology is here to help you to rescript your story and hold space with you as you learn to manage, heal, recover and thrive.

🏳️‍⚧️Trans Day of Visibility can bring up a lot of different feelings. For some, it’s celebration, loud and proud. For o...
30/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️Trans Day of Visibility can bring up a lot of different feelings. For some, it’s celebration, loud and proud. For others, it can feel vulnerable or even unsafe.

Visibility isn’t a requirement, and there isn't one completely right way to do it. There are many ways to be in community, to be yourself, and to take care. Today and everyday, you get to choose what feels right for you.

🏳️‍⚧️ We are brushing up on some trans history, and looking at the positive impact of the World Professional Association...
30/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ We are brushing up on some trans history, and looking at the positive impact of the World Professional Association for Trans Health (WPATH). It feels impossible to capture the strength and resistance of trans people and their allies over the course of the last couple of centuries in a small timeline, but we hope it feels just as evident to you - gender affirming healthcare is important!

If you're a clinician and wanting to know more about and how this impacts they way we provide gender affirming care today, then check out our "Cultural Responsivity for Trans and Gender Diverse Clients" webinar today! You can find it here: https://haven-psychology.thinkific.com/ 🏳️‍⚧️

You are and always will be more than someone's idea of you. It's up to you to decide who you are! 💜 ***r
27/03/2026

You are and always will be more than someone's idea of you. It's up to you to decide who you are! 💜

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25/03/2026

🏳️‍⚧️ We’re preparing to celebrate next week, so it feels very fitting that our is centred around supporting our trans clients through affirming practice!

Here Clinton and Dae are sharing a little bit about a webinar that they have created for allied health professionals focusing on cultural responsivity for trans and gender diverse clients. You can check this training out right here: https://haven-psychology.thinkific.com/courses/gender-care-102

Today we say farewell to our clinician Rosie, who has become a very vibrant part of the Haven furniture over the past tw...
24/03/2026

Today we say farewell to our clinician Rosie, who has become a very vibrant part of the Haven furniture over the past two years! We want to take this opportunity to thank Rosie for all that she has done for us as a team and in supporting her clients - from creating resources, to cracking a silly joke, to sharing her newest hobby or creation with us all. We appreciate it all! Wishing you the best of luck with your new venture and continuing your PhD, we know you'll do amazing things! 💜🐈‍⬛

Harmony is hard to achieve without accountability, honesty, truth-telling and equity. So instead of celebrating Harmony ...
19/03/2026

Harmony is hard to achieve without accountability, honesty, truth-telling and equity. So instead of celebrating Harmony Day tomorrow, we want to recognise - the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Today is National Close the Gap Day, so we wanted to reflect on what it's like to close the gap in allied health setting...
18/03/2026

Today is National Close the Gap Day, so we wanted to reflect on what it's like to close the gap in allied health settings.

❤️ Western models don't fit everyone.
First Nations communities are under researched when it comes to utilsing different strategies and modalities. It's important to stay up to date on the latest research for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander folks, and stay curious!

💛 Listen, but be aware of your own worldview.
Sounds simple, right? But so often, we listen but not really hear what our clients are saying because of our own biases. Listen deeply, validate wins and challenges, and acknowledge barriers that may come up when sharing for some.

🖤 Culture is a strength
Some of the most empowering and meaningful ways of healing are inherited and cultural. Make the most of cultural and spiritual knowledge in session if this is something that your client is open to.

💚 Advocate beyond your practice.
We get the chance to close the gap in our settings, but we can also advocate for the gap to be closed in education, justice, and broader health settings too!

🧠 All people have something marvellous to contribute to the world! Let us remember this Neurodiversity Celebration Week ...
16/03/2026

🧠 All people have something marvellous to contribute to the world! Let us remember this Neurodiversity Celebration Week that for some, this can be a simple process. For others, it may be more challenging. How can you help?

🧠 Be kind to one another
🧠 Challenge systems that don't work, oppress or harm
🧠 Explore someone's special interest with them
🧠 Be inclusive of different needs (i.e. sensory needs; ways of learning)

🍰 Happy birthday Carla! We hope you get to have a great day (and get to eat some tiramisu in Melbourne!). 😋
14/03/2026

🍰 Happy birthday Carla! We hope you get to have a great day (and get to eat some tiramisu in Melbourne!). 😋

🪿The plushies around Haven get lots of cuddles, but sometimes they need to get stuff done too! We found this Goose in th...
12/03/2026

🪿The plushies around Haven get lots of cuddles, but sometimes they need to get stuff done too! We found this Goose in the lunch room working very hard!

🎉 Celebrating 2 years with Clinton! Our team is richer for your brilliant presence, caring nature, and deep knowledge of...
11/03/2026

🎉 Celebrating 2 years with Clinton! Our team is richer for your brilliant presence, caring nature, and deep knowledge of Eurovision! Thanks for all that you do! 🎉

🧁 Morning teas and fun runs are great, but you know what is better? Systemic, ongoing and sustainable change. 🧁
09/03/2026

🧁 Morning teas and fun runs are great, but you know what is better? Systemic, ongoing and sustainable change. 🧁

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DESPITE

Recently, I was asked to think of one word that reflected my current stage in life. Straight away, DESPITE came to mind. Despite a traumatic upbringing, poverty, bullying, and self-hatred, I survived. Despite constant hurts, put-downs, and poor decisions by myself, or others, I survived. Despite my rocky start to life, I learnt that not everyone was out to hurt me or hated me. Despite my youthful impulsiveness, my willingness to cut my nose to spite my face, and stand by my foolishness. Despite the appeal of “bad boys”, I met the guy who would become the man who changed my life by showing me what trust, safety, and unconditional love actually meant - the way I needed to be shown.

Despite my chaotic upbringing, my husband and I gave our gorgeous little boy, and precious baby girl a solid and stable home, filled with love, laughter, Light and Truth. Despite my belief that I was stupid, ugly, and dumb I learnt to believe otherwise.

Despite the fact I had poor memory, attention and concentration because of my traumas, I managed to get through a four-year psychology degree full-time whilst raising a family. It certainly wasn’t easy. In fact it was the hardest thing I had ever done. I had to learn to keep the bullying thoughts at bay . I had to stop listening to the voices inside my mind screaming for me to revert to the thoughts of that scared little girl. I had to put my big girl panties on, manage a household, love and manage my family, and eventually, mother teenagers - another potential trigger right there!

Despite life’s usual setbacks and moving our young family across Australia where we knew not a single soul, I managed to complete a Masters degree in Psychology. Despite a hiccup to my professional career due to unexpected PTSD triggers and flashbacks, I finally arrive at my current stage in life. From existing, surviving, living, to thriving.