Our blogs provides practical, evidence-based insights from the psychologists at Happy Minds Psychology in Geelong. We share articles on mental health support, counselling services, therapy approaches and everyday wellbeing to help you better understand common challenges such as anxiety, trauma, relationships and life transitions. Whether you are currently engaging in therapy or simply looking to expand your knowledge, our blog is designed to offer clear, thoughtful and clinically informed information to support your mental health journey.
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Telehealth Help for Anxiety: Support That Meets You Where You Are
Read MoreAnxiety can make life feel smaller. It can show up as racing thoughts, a tight chest, overthinking, irritability, poor sleep, panic, nausea, avoidance, or a constant sense that something is wrong even when you cannot quite name what it is....
Online Depression Counselling: Gentle, Practical Support from Wherever You Are
Read MoreDepression can make even ordinary life feel heavy. It can affect how you think, feel, sleep, eat, work, parent, connect and cope. It can make simple tasks feel enormous. It can make conversations feel exhausting. It can make you withdraw...
Attachment in Surrogacy When a Baby Comes Early: What Intended Parents Need to Know
Read MoreWhen you have waited a long time to become a parent, you may have imagined the moment your baby is born many times. You might picture being at the hospital, hearing your baby cry, having skin-to-skin contact and finally...
Same-Sex Intended Parents and Hospital Birth in Surrogacy: What to Consider Before Baby Arrives
Read MoreFor many same-sex couples becoming parents through surrogacy, the birth of their baby is the moment they have imagined, hoped for and worked towards for years. It can be joyful, emotional and life-changing. It can also be a point where...
Online Remote Surrogacy Counselling: The Psychological Process of Claiming the Baby After Surrogacy
Read MoreFor many intended parents, the birth of a child through surrogacy is one of the most meaningful moments of their lives. It can also be unexpectedly emotional, tender, and psychologically complex. After years of infertility, IVF treatment, waiting lists, legal...
Holding Space for the Baby in Surrogacy: Why It Matters for Attachment and Infant Mental Health
Read MoreSurrogacy is a profound way to build a family—and it can also be emotionally complex. Alongside the medical process and legal steps, there are relationships to navigate (intended parent(s), gestational carrier, partners, extended family), expectations to manage, and a lot...
Do Donor-Conceived Children Need to Know About Donor Siblings?
Read MoreWhen a family is created through donor conception, questions about openness do not usually end with the first conversation about how a child came into the world. Over time, many parents begin to wonder about another layer of the story:...
Attachment Is Biological: Why Secure Relationships Shape a Child’s Brain, Body and Emotional Regulation
Read MoreWhen people hear the word attachment, they often think of love, closeness, or bonding. While attachment certainly includes emotional connection, it is much more than that. Attachment is also biological. In the earliest years of life, babies and young children...
EAP Program for Employees Geelong: Local, Psychologist-Led Support for Healthier Workplaces
Read MoreWorkplaces are made up of people, and people bring their whole selves to work. They bring their strengths, skills, commitment and care. They also bring stress, grief, anxiety, family pressures, health concerns, financial strain, relationship difficulties, parenting demands, burnout and...
Mental Health Support Geelong: Warm, Practical Help When Life Feels Heavy
Read MoreThere are times in life when coping starts to feel harder than it used to. You might still be getting through the day, still going to work, still caring for your family, still answering messages and doing what needs to...
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