There are many reasons why people may not be diagnosed with autism when they are children. We believe this can be improved and that health providers and the wider community need to be more aware of autism and how it can present. Generally, from my own experience in...
Life can throw lots of stressful situations at you and these stresses may be environmental or psychological. These stresses may release stress hormones that can produce physiological responses in your body. Physiological responses to stress can include heart pounding...
During the second lockdown of Melbourne, I am noticing the impact that the stress of lockdown is having on people’s sleep. Multiple people have reported waking at 3am for no specific reason and not being able to get back to sleep. Did you know that poor sleep...
I listened to a lecture the other day about the road to self-awareness and the path we travel to find become fully aware of ourselves. The speaker described the path as starting with self-regulation, truly feeling our emotions, and learning to manage our feelings both...
Self care is an essential part if our well being. Boutique Psychology created this 21 day self care challenge just for you. The concept of ‘self-care’ has become increasingly popular in recent years. It can be difficult to know what self care really means. This...
