Private Health Provider Some private health insurance funds provide rebates for counselling services, depending on whether you have an eligible policy and level of cover. All private health providers have different policies and rules of eligibility in order to access rebates, so please check your level of cover and the requirements needed. I am a registered [...]
Amima now has access to Telehealth services. Telehealth simply refers to the "distribution of health-related services and information via electronic information and telecommunication technologies". We've made Telehealth as simple as possible for our clients. You don't need to login or download anything, you just need to click on the special link we send you. It should work [...]
You probably noticed the news reports of panic buying in retail liquor stores even though the Australian Government announced that the continuation of retail alcohol services was seen as an ‘essential service’, along with supermarkets, pharmacies and petrol stations. So, with liquor shops remaining open through the crisis are people drinking more? Hello Sunday Morning conducted [...]
Our mental health is just as important as our physical health. Think of it this way, imagine your driving your car and it starts making some loud, unusual noises. At first you might hope that it just disappears and goes away, but what if over time it actually gets worse, its gets louder and soon you [...]
All couples argue to one degree or another. The question is, are you simply a fiery emotional pair? Like in the movies where she yells at him, he yells back that he won’t put up with it anymore, and then suddenly they are passionately kissing. If this is you, then disagreements may be your idea of [...]
Your life and career are on track, but you like to unwind with a few drinks, so there’s no way you could be an alcoholic, is there? You come home at the end of a long hard day at work, eager to pour some wine even though this morning you promised you wouldn’t. But you [...]
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a particular set of mental health reactions that can develop in people who have been through or witnessed an event which threatened their life or safety, or that of others around them and led to feelings of intense fear, helplessness or horror. This could be a car or other serious [...]
It’s a question many of us have considered: Why would anyone stay with an abusive partner? However, domestic violence is often difficult to understand unless you have been a victim yourself. “My 25th birthday is a day I’ll never forget says Sandra”, 27. “I’d heard rumours that my boyfriend John might be cheating on me, but [...]
Usually it’s our parents telling us to grow up, but what if the roles are reversed and they have issues? What if the drunken 3am phone call, declaring how miserable they are, and how they will never meet anyone special is not from a friend but from a parent? How do you cope when your relationship [...]
Anyone can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone’s power, and that is not easy. - ARISTOTLE Do you often find yourself in trouble because of anger? Do you react [...]