Are you doing something wrong if your child has a meltdown?

cae Special Education, Special Needs Thursday, November 6, 2025Tuesday, November 18, 2025Special Education, special needs

One of the more overtly dramatic events when caring for a child is when they have a meltdown, particularly if it’s in public. For many parents, caregivers and educators, there may be a sense of embarrassment on top of the contradictory feelings of frustration and sympathy for the child. There is always some underlying fear of being judged in public. If the child under our care is seen as disruptive or out of control, many adults may feel it’s their fault the child is behaving this way. Certainly, for some, they may feel other people judge them in this way.

What does it mean to say someone is commitment phobic?

cae Counselling, Counselling Psychology Thursday, November 6, 2025Tuesday, November 18, 2025counselling, counselling psychology

Typically, when someone is referred to as a commitment phobe, the general assumption is that they have an irrational fear of being in a committed, long-term relationship. While this can be true, a lot may be lost in that assumption.

If you’re constantly feeling overwhelmed and drowning, you’re not alone!

cae Counselling, Counselling Psychology Thursday, October 30, 2025Thursday, October 30, 2025counselling, counselling psychology

Feeling overwhelmed is typically a sign that you have things going on in your life that you feel you have no capacity to properly manage. It’s normal from time to time to feel this way and can even be a signal for you to stop what you’re doing and start taking steps to alleviate yourself of things that may be contributing to you feeling this way.

Are you that special needs educator you always knew you’d be?

cae Special Education, Special Needs Thursday, October 30, 2025Wednesday, November 5, 2025Special Education, special needs

I think it’s fair to say that being a special needs educator is a special calling. It’s not something most people think they’re going to be when they grow up. For many, it’s something that they realise over time, and then grow into. This could be due to their personal experiences with family members who have special needs, especially children. This could also be due to a deep desire to work with and help people who need the extra care and consideration.

Play Therapy isn’t just for fun; it can also be effective!

cae Play Therapy, Special Education, Special Needs Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025

Play is often seen as something fun for children to do, or something to keep children distracted. What often gets ignored is that play also serves an important purpose in a child’s development. It’s the primary way children first learn about their world, and also how they learn about the learning process. By playing with toys, with other children, with adults, children experiment, try new things, learn what to do and what not to do, what’s acceptable and isn’t. They learn about boundaries, socialisation, and develop communication skills.

Are you the roadblock to your own happiness?

cae Counselling, Counselling Psychology Thursday, October 23, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025counselling, counselling psychology

We have often talked about how happiness is so important to so many of us and in the past, we’ve touched on what it looks like to sabotage our own happiness.

How your psychology can impact your physical health!

cae Psychology Monday, October 13, 2025Monday, October 13, 2025MSc Applied Psychology, psychology

It’s become quite a cliché to hear people talk about how our minds can affect our health, but this can have the unintended effect of people just brushing off this idea as New Age mumbo-jumbo. The reality is that a great deal of our well-being is linked to our state of mind!

How do you deal with anxiety about your future?

cae Counselling, Counselling Psychology Monday, October 13, 2025Thursday, October 23, 2025counselling, counselling psychology

Anxiousness over the future is something that is common and pretty much everyone has to deal with it in some capacity or another. It’s called anticipatory anxiety and is seen as a common response to uncertainty over what is to come. While it can sometimes feel overwhelming and uncomfortable, some degree of worry over the future can actually help us to better prepare ourselves for the uncertainty. Worry about the future can be an issue once it becomes excessive.

Will ADHD improve over time?

cae Special Education, Special Needs Monday, October 6, 2025Monday, October 6, 2025

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a disorder that affects up to 11% of children between the ages of 4 – 17 years old and is more common than many people believe. While some people may see this as a disorder that just affects children, at least 4% of adults have been diagnosed with ADHD. It is believed that many more adults have simply not been diagnosed as diagnosis for ADHD was not as common in the past. ADHD is best diagnosed early, sometimes as young as 4 years old, so the child can receive the support they need to manage it. Simply waiting for it to improve or disappear over time will likely just mean the child grows up having to deal with their issues by themselves.

Who can benefit from Play Therapy?

cae Play Therapy, Special Education, Special Needs Wednesday, September 17, 2025Thursday, November 6, 2025

Play Therapy is an intervention strategy to help children safely communicate and express their feelings and thoughts naturally in order to deal with trauma, loss, delayed development, and other developmental and social issues. Play therapy is fun, free-flowing, non-directed, and effective. Play therapy allows people who are experiencing emotional or behavioural issues to open up their emotions in the safe space of the ‘playroom’, where they are allowed to face their thoughts and emotions nonverbally.