Aussie psychologists are brought up on Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as an intervention. If you learn nothing else from the fairly gruelling six years it takes to get registered, you at least come out knowing what CBT is and how to use it. The premise is simple: thoughts affect feelings, which affect behaviour. So, change the thought and you should notice a shift in how you feel and act. It’s not for everyone, but in many cases it’s genuinely helpful — and I’ve used it

A psychologist’s perspective on control, connection, and the discomfort of not understanding There is something deeply unsettling about not understanding the language around you. Not just inconvenient…..unsettling. Since arriving in France, I have found myself in countless situations where I understand some of what is being said…enough to almost follow what’s happening, but not enough to feel secure in it. And that ‘almost’ is where the psychological discomfort sits. Because

Why moving to another ‘similar’ country can feel so unexpectedly hard When people think about moving overseas, they often imagine the biggest challenges will come from dramatic cultural differences — language barriers, unfamiliar customs, or entirely different ways of life. What’s less often talked about is how disorienting it can feel to move to a country that is, on the surface, quite similar: Western Developed Safe Familiar And yet… not. The “almost the same” problem From