Rise and Shine Counselling & Play Therapy

14/10/2025

13/10/2025

AASW advocacy leads to GMHBA recognising AMHSWs: a win for social workers in Australia

Big win for social workers!

From 1 September 2025, GMHBA will officially recognise Accredited Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSWs) as mental health service providers.

* Members will now be able to claim benefits for AMHSW services under SmartCare Extras.
* Builds on Medibank’s recognition earlier this year.
* Expands access to high-quality, social work-led mental health care.

This is another major outcome of AASW’s advocacy and a victory for professional recognition and better mental health access across Australia.

More information will be shared shortly, learn more about GMHBA: https://bit.ly/4hbki5S

This advocacy is made possible by members. Every member strengthens our voice and your membership powers progress. Become a member. https://bit.ly/4pGAsbf

GMHBA

12/10/2025

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11/10/2025

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Credit The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy

When a child is melting down, our instincts can take over — and not always the helpful ones.
We might lecture, rush to fix, or tell them to calm down… but these actually block co-regulation rather than build it.

Let’s talk about what not to do — and what to try instead — so we can truly help a child borrow our calm instead of our chaos.

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Managing Big Feelings: A Toolkit for Parents & Educators, a Parent and Educators Toolkit

Helping children turn big emotions into skills for life.

When a child’s emotions feel too big to handle, it can be overwhelming — for them and for you.
Managing Big Feelings: The Toolkit is your go-to resource for guiding children through strong emotions with empathy, clarity, and proven strategies.

What’s Inside:
• Step-by-step calming strategies for moments of overwhelm
• Practical activities to build emotional awareness
• Visual aids to help children recognise and name their feelings
• Scripts and prompts for supportive conversations
• Tools for parents, educators, and support staff

This toolkit is grounded in evidence-based approaches to emotional regulation. It’s designed to work in classrooms, at home, and in one-to-one settings, helping children learn how to manage their emotions in ways that are safe, healthy, and empowering.

Download now and start turning emotional overwhelm into growth, resilience, and connection.

Electronic download available at
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10/10/2025

We're celebrating six satisying years in counselling service. Still continuing to absolutely love and enjoy and
appreciate the nature of this work; meeting all the wonderful parents and their gorgeous kids, and getting to know and support adult clients. Rise and Shine brings us sparkles and glimmers everyday 💛

07/10/2025

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Credit Positive Brain Retraining & Integration - Jennifer Furse

06/10/2025

🎅🌲🎁 consider these as a Christmas stocking filler?

04/10/2025

Yes, we're big advocates for chewing gum. Our source?
10 year old me,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 year old me

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Chewing and Attention: A Positive Effect on Sustained Attention

"Thus, positive attributes of effects of chewing on attention, especially on sustained attention, were shown in over half of the reports. These effects also appeared with improvement in mood and stress relief and were influenced by time-on-task effect."

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04/10/2025

Attachment is a huge deal.
It accounts for the significant number of children, adults, couples, employees, employers, and workplace colleagues attending counselling.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1MJQDZK12z/ Credit Victorian Parent Council

ATTACHMENT STYLES

“Attachment is a big deal!!! How we were parented and cared for along with our childhood experiences informs our attachment style. Then we grow up, and how we parent our children informs their attachment style. Then they grow up, and how they parent informs our grandchildren’s attachment style (and on and on and on…)

The good news is attachment can change! So making an intentional decision to walk towards your own “earned secure attachment” can have generational impacts.

While this can feel overwhelming it is important to remember that having an insecure style does not mean something is wrong with you. It simply shows the brilliant and beautiful way you adapted to your surroundings and circumstances. Identifying your own attachment patterns can show you the pathway towards earned secure attachment. Doing the processing and work for yourself and your children is a gift! It’s never too late to process your past and the way it impacts your current relationships!”

02/10/2025

You can't stop the waves but you can learn to surf (or row a boat). Hmm, what does this mean? Depending on the problematic issue, there's multiple coping strategies that will decrease, if not diminish, the emotional and/or physiological responses connected to the problematic issue. The metaphor suggests that we keep psychological distance so we can observe & reflect, but not drown in them. We invest "contolled" reflection without committing 24/7 to unhelpful worry time.

DBTSkills : Module 1. Mindfulness.