For most people, Christmas is an enjoyable time of the year when we find time to relax, spend time with family and catch up with friends. However, for others, Christmas can be a time of struggle and regret due to excessive drinking and regrets from associated behaviours. Some people might drink too much at their work [...]
We have all heard about binge drinking. We all know it is simply drinking a lot of alcohol in one session and being drunk by the end of it. Since 2011, there's been an overall increase in the proportion of Australian drinkers who drink to get drunk from 35 to 47 per cent, So how much constitutes [...]
Sometimes in life we get to a stage where we ask ourselves “is this it?”. We may have a nice house, a fast car, a job that pays very well but something just doesn’t seem right. Mid life crisis, loss of direction, unhappiness, first world problems…. Call it what you like but something in your life [...]
BORN FOR THE FIGHT – Brendan, a client of Amima Counselling Brisbane, talks about his successful battle with depression and social anxiety. I was always thought of myself as a social person, had lots of friends and always enjoyed going out, travelling to different places around the world, meeting new people and having fun, surfing, playing [...]
At Amima Counselling Brisbane we see numerous clients who present for counselling with binge drinking problems. Most of the time these clients want to gain more control of their drinking and its associated problematic behaviours such as violence, arguments, risky sexual behaviour and gambling. In order to help our clients who drink alcohol as binge drinkers, [...]
Here at Amima Counselling Brisbane, many of our clients present looking for gambling counselling due to their betting being out of control. Some play the pokies too much while others find it difficult to leave the casino or the TAB. Wherever there are people gambling there are people with gambling problems who could benefit from some [...]