It's a common phrase I hear from a client when reviewing their homework. "I'm just lazy I suppose" as a reason for not completing some...

While the FIFA Women's World Cup is currently being played out in France, my wife thought it would a good 'girl empowerment' moment to...

I've been kicking around this thought for a few weeks, but it really hit home yesterday while talking to a client who was experiencing...

"I'm so awkward, I don't know what to say"....."Everyone will think I'm boring"..... "They'll think I'm stupid". And on it goes. The...

Last week I was feeling very strung out. My wife, being the very observant person she is, informed me that I was spending far too much...

It's a scenario I hear time and time again. Arguments over video games. "Whenever I tell him to finish playing he goes off! Yelling,...

We are really good at ranking, sorting, and comparing things in our lives. What's the best school? What's the best dance studio for my...

Sometimes 8/10 is a good enough score. That's because 10/10 is really hard to maintain. Sure, you can get 10/10 scores. But to...

All of us have core beliefs. Core beliefs are developed early in life, from our interactions with significant others and shape our world...

I uttered this question "do you even know how to breathe?" mid-session with a client. Actually, I said "do you know how to breathe...

Recently I have seen quite a few children presenting with anxiety that I would describe as having perfectionistic characteristics. They...

"Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one" - Voltaire The above quote has been attributed to French...

The topic of discussion in my office at Grove Psychology with my clients this week has been about how they think others will perceive...

One of the more frequent issues I see at Grove Psychology is the combination of anxiety, stress and chronic illness - be that chronic...

If your child is like my youngest daughter, they are absolutely dreading the Officeworks back to school advert, as it starts to signal the

Many of us have returned to work over the last week or so after the Christmas and New Year break, with Christmas this year giving us a 4...

A common theme that has come up in my sessions over the past few months has been with clients who have been grappling with the sense of...

Stress at work is one of the more common reasons for presenting to a psychologist. If you think about it, we spend about a third of our...

Have you ever experienced a moment where you felt your heart "skip a beat"? It may give you an unusual sensation in your chest for a few...

A common discussion in my office often goes like this: Psychologist :"Do you worry a lot?" Client: "No - I think about random,...