Sleep Matters in Perth, Western Australia | Therapist

Sleep Matters

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 6107 6828

Address: 21 Ord St 6005 Perth, WA, Australia

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

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25.01.2022 Melissa from Sleep Matters will be speaking at the upcoming symposium on miners' mental health. She'll be focussing on the importance of sleep for optimising wellbeing.

23.01.2022 World Mental Health Day is today. A quick reminder here about looking after sleep to look after mental health.

19.01.2022 We’re excited to introduce Eleanor Jones, the newest Sleep Matters team member. Eleanor sees children, teens and adults in our West Perth clinic.

17.01.2022 Good News! A recent clinical trial suggests that telehealth sessions for insomnia are as effective as in-clinic consults.

17.01.2022 A great image to explain how insomnia can operate. Anxiety that might be suppressed or otherwise avoided during the day can stop us sleeping at night. When we lie down in the dark with no distractions, this is often when worries will surface, impacting sleep.

17.01.2022 Some tips here for changing humans natural tendency towards negativity- using gratitude

14.01.2022 Tips here for managing sleep during stressful times.

14.01.2022 Time magazine this month- emphasising that there may be large, genetically linked individual differences in sleep need. It sounds nice to be a genetic short-sleeper!

13.01.2022 Would you sleep better separate from your partner? Melissa Ree from Sleep Matters and Sleep physician DavidCunnington spoke with Jessica Strutt on ABC Radio today to explore issues around couples making the decision to sleep separately in their quest for good sleep. The theme was that this is a personal decision and there’s not a one size fits all approach. Many couples can compromise and learn to sleep together but for those who do sleep apart, it doesn’t need to mean the end of intimacy.

10.01.2022 Travelling over the holidays? Our newest blog post discusses why we may not sleep well when away from home, and how to manage this.

09.01.2022 Whether the anxiety is related to sleep or not, treatment usually involves taking planned steps towards, rather than away from the source of our fear.

08.01.2022 Great news for affordability of psychological healthcare in Australia. Clients with a mental health care plan can now receive 20 instead of 10 sessions per calendar year.

08.01.2022 Calling health professionals! Please consider participating in this UWA research survey I'm involved in assessing sleep knowledge across Australian health professions. Thanks, Melissa

07.01.2022 Welcome, Louise Buck! Louise is an experienced clinical psychologist who's been helping clients for over 20 years. She works with older adolescents and adults in areas such as anxiety, depression, stress, grief and loss and fertility issues. Louise will be consulting in West Perth on Thursdays and Fridays from next week. We're excited to have Louise join us.

03.01.2022 This new review paper confirms that treating iron deficiency can be helpful in managing restless legs and other sleep disturbances.

03.01.2022 We've been working on a transformation over the last few weeks and we're excited to introduce our new clinic. We hope you'll find it a calm and welcoming space. 21 Ord St west perth.

02.01.2022 We'd love to hear from Clinical Psychologists ready to take their next career step. Please reach out for an informal chat and to hear about what being part of our clinical team is all about.