PsychAssist - Psychologist and Mental Health Training

25/06/2025

EMDR is being heralded as 'life-changing' for mental health treatment. But what is it?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a type of therapy that helps people heal from difficult or upsetting experiences, like trauma, anxiety, or bad memories. It works by helping the brain process these experiences in a new, less distressing way. Many people find EMDR helps them feel calmer, more in control, and less stuck in the past. It’s a safe and effective therapy backed by research. To read more about EMDR, ABC News featured an article (link attached). If you would like to book in for a pscyhology appointment to find out more, bookings can be made for our Ringwood location on https://psychassist.com.au/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-25/emdr-therapy-for-mental-health-treatment/105453498

Celebrities like Miley Cyrus are speaking about the benefits of eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. But what is EMDR and its role in psychological treatment?

06/11/2024

Continuing on from my post a few days ago regarding our common thinking traps, now that we know what thinking traps are it's time to look at them for what they are - BIAS! We can't stop thoughts entering out minds but we can decided to see them for what they are - BIAS! Start by imagining that every thought presents us with 1 idea, view or conclusion among many. This takes the absolute and power out of the original thought. Then come up with 5 other posible ways to look at the same situation. By doing this we can look at things in a calmer, more realistic frame of mind and take the power back from the thought. 💭

04/11/2024

What are thinking traps? They're thought patterns that make us feel worse!
Remember that the way we think impacts how we feel, and vise versa. The thoughts that we spend time with make a big difference to not only how we feel, but also to the thought patterns that come after it. The list below are some of the most common types of thinking traps that happen to everyone - and guise what? They're normal and are more likely to happen when we are feeling low in mood or anxious. Understanding them and starting to notice them is the first step to taking the power out of them!