Axis Clinic in New Farm, Queensland | Psychologist

Axis Clinic

Locality: New Farm, Queensland

Phone: +61 7 3254 0333

Address: Level 1, Stores Building, Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St 4005 New Farm, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.axisclinic.com.au

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24.01.2022 Our therapist Rebecca is a guest on The Law of Living Well podcast. Discussing navigating life post lockdown.

23.01.2022 How do I stay in the present moment when it feels unbearable? 15-minute video. Watch now or bookmark for when you have time. #service #happiness #suffering #mindfulness #bodhissatva #Kitigarbha

23.01.2022 Weight Stigma Awareness Week 2020 Truth #5 from 9 Truths about Eating Disorders: Weight and Weight Stigma (AED, 2019) "All people, irrespective of their weigh...t, deserve equitable treatment in healthcare settings and society. Weight bias and weight-based discrimination are never acceptable." Healthcare clinicians are exposed to the same societal prejudices against weight and body size, arguably more in training, and need to actively create awareness of their own biases alongside the dominant messages of the weight centric western medical system. Weight stigma can show up in the therapeutic relationship between health practitioner and client in subtle ways. Practitioners may not be intending harm, but need to be aware that there are many ways this may happen in unintentional ways. For example, adjusting meals plans for clients in different sized bodies so that clients in larger bodies are prescribed less than smaller clients. Or setting different weight restoration goals with a young person with anorexia nervosa compared to someone with atypical anorexia nervosa. it is ...likely that therapists specializing in the treatment of eating disorders will be treating many individuals with a history of weight based victimization. As a result weight bias inadvertently suggested by these therapists could be especially damaging for these patients and could interfere with the treatment progress. (Puhl et al, 2014). In Puhl et al’s paper investigating weight bias in professionals specializing in eating disorders 56% had observed other professionals in their field making negative comments about o*ese patients. 42% believed practitioners who treat eating disorders often have negative stereotypes about o*ese patients. In this research Mean score on the Fat Phobia scale slightly lower than mean scores on this measure reported among health professionals in other disciplines but still indicative of the presence of negative stereotyping towards o*ese persons. How does weight stigma intersect with body privilege? We all have privileges, which essentially are socially constructed advantages or benefits, which make the way we move through the world easier than others. It can certainly be very uncomfortable to accept and acknowledge our privileges particularly if we have experienced significant difficulty in life. We don't need to justify or apologise for privilege rather be aware of how it may impact on our clients, peers and the broader community. As noted above in the quote from Cora Harrington, if you have never had people insist that you need to be smaller, you have body privilege. You can buy clothes from most shops. You can buy a variety of foods without judgement and you can access healthcare without a side of weight loss advice. You don't have to identify as being in a thin body to experience advantage in life from body privilege. Having thin privilege doesn’t mean that you’ve never had any body-image issues, or that you’ve never struggled with disordered eating, or that you’ve never been bullied or shamed by individual assholes for your size. You can have thin privilege and also hate your body. (Christy Harrison) These can feel like difficult ideas to sit with and may lead to feeling uncomfortable and perhaps even defensive. We invite you to notice any reactions or responses, and take an opportunity to learn more and reflect. Once we know better we can do better and help to dismantle these long held, inaccurate and harmful beliefs about bodies. Read more: Weight bias among professionals treating eating disorders: Attitudes about treatment and perceived patient outcomes https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/eat.22186 Understanding weight stigma, fat phobia and thin privilege https://www.myedin.org//understanding-weight-stigma-fatpho What Thin Privilege really means https://www.smh.com.au//thin-privilege-is-real-and-it-s-ti Examples of Thin Privilege https://everydayfeminism.com//20-examples-of-thin-privile/ What is Thin Privilege? https://christyharrison.com/blog/what-is-thin-privilege #WSAW2020 Join the ANZAED Weight Stigma and Social Justice Interest Group to learn more and join a community of people having important conversations. https://www.anzaed.org.au/special-interest-groups/

22.01.2022 For 130 days, Brisbane Powerhouse has been dark. Tonight we return to our purpose: bringing Brisbane’s creators, jokers, rebels and dreamers together and celeb...rating the connection we all share. We are overjoyed to finally switch the Lights On. From all of us at this grand power station, welcome back.

21.01.2022 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Telehealth Update We are pleased to report the federal government has agreed to allow greater access to telehealth in response to coronav...irus. The information we have at the moment is that new Medicare item numbers will be established and available this Friday 13 March 2020. Medical, nursing and mental health professionals will be able to provide telehealth (Skype, FaceTime, WhatsApp) sessions to clients that have coronavirus, have been required to self-isolate or at high risk of contracting the virus. Full details will be provided as soon we receive them.

20.01.2022 "Forgive yourself. You're only human. And if that fails, kung-fu pyjamas."

17.01.2022 Thank you Dr Cross for sharing your experience with Anxiety

16.01.2022 Shared by Dr Alex De Young and might be helpful in supporting children with the current fire disasters.

13.01.2022 Axis clinic is operating with Telehealth and in clinic appointments available. Please call (07) 3254 0333 or email [email protected]

09.01.2022 Please share and complete if you can. I have just filled it out thinking about my 2.5 year old- Carolyn

06.01.2022 Good news this morning as Greg Hunt announces a 6-month extension on Telehealth services.

05.01.2022 Hi Everyone, our psychologists have increased their availability in 2021 so we are able to take new clients without a wait list. We also have consultant psychiatrist Dr Vlad available for 291 assessments (a thorough psychiatrist assessment with recommendation provided to the referring GP regarding medication and diagnosis). Please email [email protected] for any enquiries

01.01.2022 This looks amazing! Can't wait to attend