GrayMind Psychology in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Psychologist

GrayMind Psychology

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Phone: +61 497 567 197

Address: 23 Sweetman Street, Paddington 4064 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: http://graymind.com.au/

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20.01.2022 Relationship Skill || The basis for building trust in your relationship can be summarised by the skills of attunement. Swipe to see what the acronym for ATTUNE stands for within the Gottman Model. #gottmaninstitute #gottmanmodel #couplestherapy #relationships

20.01.2022 Even if we all ate the same meals and did the same workouts, each of our bodies would still look different! || That’s because our weight is predetermined by our genetics. Think of your height. It is mostly determined by genetics, one we all vary quite a lot in. But most people generally accept height to be a factor they can’t control or change, and is just how they were born. This principle very much applies to our weight. Our body has what we call a ‘set point’ or natural we...ight range that you are genetically predisposed to maintain. Expending resources (physically, emotionally, psychologically, financially) to try keep your body below its natural set point is a fight against the built in, and helpful, regulatory mechanisms we all have. Learning to accept your set point weight or what is a healthy body to you is crucial. Although accepting it may be very difficult if it is higher than you would like it to be or have been told it ‘should’ be by society. But acceptance will set you free! #eatingdisorderrecovery #cbte #cognitivebehavioraltherapy #eatingdisorderawareness #intuitiveeating

18.01.2022 Mental Health Apps || Here are top picks: - Managing Worry: WorryTime by Reachout - Mindfulness: Smiling Mind or Headspace - Unhelpful/destructive behaviours: Calm Harm... - Eating Disorders: Recover Record - Anxiety: Calm - Monitoring & goal setting: Daylio - Keeping yourself safe: BeyondNow We would love to hear your favourite mental health app! #graymind #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthapps #headspace #mindfulness #anxiety #depressionhelp

18.01.2022 Getting to know Dr Andi Alperin, a psychologist at GrayMind: When somebody comes to see me, my goal is to provide them a space to reflect, to explore, to try new things, to learn about themselves, and most of all to feel heard and understood without judgement. My therapeutic approach uses humour, openness, flexibility, and empathy to help you feel comfortable and free to be yourself. I will learn about you as a person - your values, your strengths, and areas in which you wou...ld like support. Together, we will work collaboratively to take steps towards achieving your goals. . Andi and the rest of the team of GrayMind are looking forward to supporting you in the 2021. Taking bookings from January. . #graymind #graymindpsychology #brisbanepsychologist See more

13.01.2022 Deep Breathing - the science behind the "just breathe|| . The normal rate of breathing is 10-12 breaths per minute what’s your breathing rate? . Anxious breathing is rapid, shallow and restricted, predominately circulating only in the chest. In order for the body to run efficiently, there needs to be a balance between oxygen and carbon dioxide, and this balance is maintained through how fast and how deeply we breathe. Hyperventilation, or over-breathing as it were, causes... carbon dioxide levels in the blood to decrease. This imbalance creates a number of chemical changes in the body - many anxiety symptoms we are familiar with such as increased heart rate, light-headedness, breathlessness, muscle stiffness and more. . Regain control over your breathing with breathing practice, also known as diaphragmatic breathing or deep breathing, . This is an efficient integrative bodymind training for dealing with anxiety and stress. . Diaphragmatic breathing involves: Step 1. Breathe in to expand your diaphragm Use your hand placed on your belly to feel it being pushed outward during the inhalations. Include the expansion of the rib cage during the inhalation. Step 2. Contract your diaphragm, tightening your stomach muscle and letting them fall inward, as you exhale. The hand on your upper chest must remain as still as possible throughout. . Image by @graceelizabethimages for GrayMind Psychology. #deepbreathing #diaphragmaticbreathing #anxiousbreathing #controlledbreathing See more

10.01.2022 Some of the GrayMind TeamA group of psychologists passionate about your mental health & wellbeing, and supporting you to a have full & meaningful life! . Image by @graceelizabethimages #graymind #paddingtonpsychologists #brisbanepsychologist

10.01.2022 You can Tolerate Uncomfortable Feelings! . Tolerance, Willingness or Acceptance of your internal experience is: - giving it permission to be where it already is - letting go of struggling with it... - making peace with it, letting it be - making room for it - softening up around it - no longer wasting your energy pushing it away, fighting it, denying it or changing it See more

07.01.2022 Recovery is about recognising that our eating disorder once was our attempt to cope. And then recognising when we no longer need that old way of surviving. That our eating disorder no longer serves us ||

05.01.2022 So just think positive thoughts huh? || . If you find no matter how hard you try, your mind just won’t stay on the positive thoughts. Well don’t worry, thats not because you aren’t trying hard enough that’s because that is exactly what they are hardwired to do. Yes, despite the pop psychology messages we get told, our brains have a negativity bias. Our brains are programmed to attend to, learn from & use negative information far more than positive information. Research has... shown that our brains elicit a more rapid and more salient response to negative events. . This helps us understand why we has humans tend to dwell on unpleasant events, recall insults more than compliments, focus our attention more rapidly to negative information around us and replay negative encounters we have had rather than positive ones. . So perhaps think twice about offering the advice to just be optimistic. It may not be that simple! We all have to work pretty hard on managing what our minds skewed view. See more

05.01.2022 A Contemporary Therapy Space || Step into GrayMind Psychology

03.01.2022 You have to connect to heal . Image by @ohemgabby #suejohnson #attachmenttheory #attachment #emotionallyfocusedtherapy

03.01.2022 The 50 minutes you spent in therapy < The 168 hrs in the rest of your week || Think about that ratio! People may unrealistically expect majority of the change they want to occur within the therapy session. Often writing their psychologist off as not good or that therapy doesn’t work when they don’t see those changes. However, a significant factor as to why you may not be moving forward may in fact be lack of action BETWEEN your sessions. It’s important to remember you can...not be a PASSIVE participant in your therapy process. This means you have to be taking active steps towards change in between each and every sessions. Such steps can be: - Completing homework tasks. - Engaging in self-monitoring of your behaviours, thoughts and feelings each day. - Reading additional information on the topics discussed in therapy. - Practicing new skills and techniques regularly - Identifying barriers to the change you are wanting to review at your next session. - Regularly setting and reviewing your therapy goals.