Many people love christmas. For them, christmas is a time of joy, sharing and good will. I wish them the best and I’m glad they enjoy it. For others, this time of year is hell. Here we will be looking at why people struggle, and some things you can do for surviving christmas. There are … Read more

The medical texts required you to be gender dysphoric for you to be able to access gender affirming care for being trans. This ignores two important aspects of being trans, autistic perceptions of discomfort and pain; and trans euphoria. In Australia, the medical texts required you to be “Gender Dysphoric” for you to be able … Read more

There is a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza. And to fix that hole, I need to fix another thing, and to fix that… Hopefully we all know the song, where Henry is stuck, unable to do any task, because every task needs something else to be done first, and each of those … Read more

We’ve added a page to our ADHD section, “what-medications-are-actually-useful”, which looks at natural remedies, and medications.

Sometimes we are not sure what is most important for us to do. For people who see me for therapy, here is a guideline of The Priority 5. 1) Medication2) Food3) Safety4) Your happiness5) Someone else’s happiness* Happiness follows the Consent Rules

Hopefully we are all aware of Spoon Theory, how we have a certain amount of personal resource simplified and represented as Spoons. That we have a certain amount of these Spoons to spend on tasks, and that all tasks cost some Spoons, that we get some spoons back with food and rest, that some medications … Read more

Welcome to #Auctober! This is Autism Pride Month. Autism is primarily a divergent way that human brains work, that is notably different to that of the biggest neuro (brain) type, the “neurotypical”. More accurately, Autism is a collection of traits that are human traits, but either hyper (above) or hypo (below) the common neurotypical person. … Read more

In this weeks Therapist Hot Tips, we cover 6 Phases of Trauma Therapy, 5 Fixes for Weird Thought and Mood, and 4 Brain Fog Inefficiencies. 6 Phases of Trauma Therapy In this Therapist Hot Take, we take a super fast look at the important first 5 phases of Trauma Therapy before we get on to … Read more

Behold! The Top 5 Fixes to Weird Mood and/or Thoughts. While there are other reasons why you may have weird moods or thoughts, these are the most common reasons, in order, why they occur. 1) Meds Did you take your medication? * If you forgot, then this is the most likely reason why your thoughts … Read more

Eating Disorders are persistent conditions that disturb the behaviour of eating leading to the impairment of physical and mental health. Most Eating Disorders have a combination of both neurological and cognitive drivers that lead to the disturbed eating pattern, and both of these need to be addressed for a person’s eating to return to healthy. … Read more