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Your Therapist ✨
Caitlyn Collins – Alternative Therapist (B.Psych.Sci)
Trauma | Confidence | Intimacy | Relationships
Psychology-based alternative therapy for anyone finding themselves again.

06/12/2025

This is why I get up at 4am ... 💞🌊⛅🌅

28/11/2025

Emotional regulation, emotional capacity is OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD, CONFUSED, OR TWISTED to suit certain narratives.

It’s commonly mistaken for SHUTTING DOWN, staying quiet, or SWALLOWING YOUR FEELINGS just to get through a conversation.

But regulation is actually the OPPOSITE.

It’s FEELING your emotions fully, understanding WHY they’re there, and recognising that they belong to YOU, not automatically to the person in front of you.

Your feelings are VALID.
They are also your RESPONSIBILITY.

Needing someone else to AGREE, comply, or change their stance so you can feel okay is NOT VALIDATION, it’s EMOTIONAL OUTSOURCING.

VALIDATION is being SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD.
AGREEMENT is optional.

When emotions aren’t regulated, DISAGREEMENT FEELS UNSAFE and difference feels like rejection. That’s when BLAME shows up and CONNECTION starts to break down.

Healthy relationships aren’t built on CONSTANT AGREEMENT.
They’re built on REGULATION, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RESPECT.

That’s what allows two people to stay connected, even when they don’t see things the same way.

And that… is REAL EMOTIONAL CAPACITY.

25/11/2025

People love the aesthetic of the “STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN who just walks away silently.”
But real independence?
It looks DIFFERENT on every woman.

Some speak softly.
Some speak directly.
Some speak loudly.
But all of them COMMUNICATE.

Independent women aren’t confusing ... they usually tell you exactly what they want if you actually LISTEN.

And here’s the truth:

✨ She doesn’t need flowers… but she expects INTENTIONAL EFFORT.
✨ She doesn’t need help financially… but she expects a partner who BRINGS SOMETHING TO THE TABLE.
✨ She doesn’t need a provider… but she expects DRIVE, AMBITION, and FOLLOW-THROUGH.
✨ She doesn’t need a label… but she expects RESPECT ... NO MATTER THE DYNAMIC.

This isn’t “TOO MUCH.”
This isn’t “DEMANDING.”
This is ADULT EMOTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY.

If her expectations make someone uncomfortable, it’s usually because they benefit from women staying QUIET.

Independent women don’t stay quiet.
They EXPRESS their needs.
They HOLD STANDARDS.
They don’t apologise for requiring MATURITY, EFFORT, and EMOTIONAL CAPACITY.

She doesn’t need anyone.
But she’s absolutely allowed to expect BETTER from everyone she lets close.

⬇️
**I’m not speaking for every woman, and not everyone will relate to all or everything here ... because all women are different, and that’s what makes the world so beautiful.**

18/11/2025

We love to compare whose industry is the hardest,
but most of the time…
it’s not about the industry at all.

It’s about adult development and whether you’re fused with your role.

In developmental psychology, we call this subject–object development.
When you’re subject to something, you’re so inside it
that your nervous system reacts as if you are the thing under threat.

Being subject to your role sounds like:
✨ “My job is stressful, so I am failing.”
✨ “If work is chaotic, I am chaotic.”
✨ “If I’m burnt out, that must mean I am weak.”

You’re not responding as a whole, grounded person …
you’re responding as the role itself.

When development kicks in and that role becomes object,
everything changes.

You can finally say:
“This is what I’m navigating, not who I am.”

That shift creates:
• emotional space
• more capacity
• clearer boundaries
• and a sense of self that doesn’t crumble with your workload

It’s not easy work … but it’s life-changing work.

Every job is heavy in its own way.
Every field carries pressure.
But no career should cost you your identity.

You deserve to hold your life
without collapsing into every demand placed on you.

And that’s the gift of development, the gift of capacity:
not a lighter load,
but a stronger internal structure
that keeps you intact while you carry it.

15/11/2025

There is so much beauty in failure...
Xx

14/11/2025

Let’s be real.
There’s ANOTHER SIDE to kindness.

In my last post, I talked about KINDNESS as a VALUE … something you give because it reflects YOU, not because someone deserves it.

That little spark of satisfaction when you treat someone with kindness and you know they know they’ve done you wrong.
That quiet confidence when your calm says everything.
That moment of power that feels a little… cheeky.

This side doesn’t lead … but it EXISTS.
It’s not revenge, it’s RECLAMATION.
It’s the part of you that whispers, “You didn’t break me.”

We all have that side.
The one that isn’t trying to be “good,” just trying to stay strong.
And we need it. Because it’s the part that picks us up and pushes us forward when life knocks us down.

But here’s the work … being AWARE of it.
Knowing when it helps you RISE, and when it starts to HURT you or others.

You don’t need to erase it.
You just need to understand it.

Because TRUE ACCEPTANCE isn’t about being PURE.
It’s about seeing the WHOLE picture.

13/11/2025

You’re allowed to want more for yourself.
More connection. More confidence. More safety in your own skin.

That’s what my work is about! Creating sessions that meet you where you’re at, using a mix of traditional and non-traditional approaches depending on what you need.

This can include somatic therapy, colour therapy, timeline therapy, dance, tarot, oracle cards, simply talking, and it’s all tailored to help you reconnect with yourself and your life.

I specialise in trauma, relationships, intimacy, and confidence, and I guide you to understand yourself, your patterns, and your connections.

A little about me:
• Bachelor of Psychological Science
• Specialised training in:
• Trauma Therapy
• Confidence Coaching
• Intimacy Coaching
• Relationship Therapy
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It’s not therapy the way you’ve known it.
It’s real, and designed for the moments when you’re ready to stop just surviving, and start actually feeling alive again.

💫 Book your Tailored Time and make it personal.
🔗 linktr.ee/cmc_mindful_movement
📞 0416 853 504
Caitlyn Collins - B.Psych.Sci.

12/11/2025

You don’t need to ask if THEY deserve your kindness.
Ask if YOU deserve to show it.

Because that’s your VALUE.
That’s your STANDARD.

You can treat people with respect, even when they’ve hurt you.
You can stay kind, without being a pushover.
You can stay grounded, even when others try to pull you down.

They can THINK what they want.
They can QUESTION your intentions.
They can MISUNDERSTAND your silence.

But don’t you DARE shrink.
Don’t you DARE dull who you are to make them more comfortable.

Because KINDNESS is not weakness.
It’s CHARACTER.
It’s SELF-RESPECT.
And it’s POWER.

✨ STAY ALIGNED.
✨ STAY KIND.
✨ STAY GROUNDED.
That’s where your REAL power lives.

06/11/2025

😬 THE HARSH TRUTH THERAPISTS DON’T TELL YOU 🫣

If your self-work feels comfortable, guess what? You’re not growing. You’re feeding your ego.

✅ Real growth = uncomfortable.
✅ Real growth = facing the parts of yourself you hate.
✅ Real growth = questioning your choices, your beliefs, your relationships.
✅ Real growth = seeing the story from every possible angle, even the ones that make you squirm.

If it doesn’t make you feel uneasy, challenged, or even a little triggered… you’re just confirming that you’re a “good person.” That’s ego, not evolution.

💡 The truth? Change lives in the uncomfortable. Lean into it. Increase your capacity. Face it. That’s where the real you waits.

04/11/2025

Big changes are coming to CMC Mindful Movement Studio over the next 8 to10 months 💫

As many of you know, my therapy work has really started to grow... and it’s honestly been such a gift. I’ve found my calling as a therapist, and it’s brought so much balance and meaning back into my life.

So after a lot of reflection (and a few emotional moments if I’m honest), I’ve decided to start slowly transitioning away from the studio side of CMC and focus fully on therapy by July 2026.

✨ Here’s what that looks like:

We still have 4 more weeks of dance classes for 2025 before the Christmas break.

In 2026, I’ll be running one dance class per week (FloorPlay) and the occasional Lattes & Laughs.

Once I move to my new space mid-year, I’ll be focusing on therapy, relationships, and 1:1 dance work.

Dance will always have a place in my world... it’s just shifting into a more personal space, helping people reconnect to their body and confidence in their own unique way.

CMC it’s evolving. It’s growing right alongside me. 💛

With love & light,
Caitlyn - CMC Mindful Movement Studio
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4B 138 George Street
Rockhampton, QLD
4700

Telephone

+61416853504

Website

https://linktr.ee/cmc_mindful_movement

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