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Handy Guide to Medicare Rebates for Psychology Services at Prosper Health Collective
If you have been referred to Prosper Health Collective under a Mental Health Care plan you are eligible for a rebate from Medicare. Listed below is our handy guide on ways to access your rebate as easily as possible. 1. At the time of your...
Our journey from Cassidy Psychology to Prosper Health Collective
We are very excited to announce that Cassidy Psychology has now become Prosper Health Collective.Cassidy Psychology started out 5.5 years ago. At the time Cassidy Psychology was a small one room, part time practice, run by our founder Kellie Cassidy. Over...
Tips for talking to Children about Death (video)
Clinical Psychologist (Reg) Athalie Phau provides some really helpful advice and ideas on how to talk to children about death in this Vlog.
Bouncing Back But Also Forward | Dr. Kellie Cassidy
In this video I discuss the concepts of resilience. Importantly new research on resilience suggests that we don't just need to bounce back, but we also need to bounce forward. That is we need to develop new skills to continually enhance our life. Watch the video to...
Dying To Know Day #D2KDay
Dying to Know Day is observed each year on August 8th. The day encourages us to become more comfortable with death, to discuss it more and think about our own end of life plans. To find out more watch the video to see how this day relates to psychology and mental...
How to talk to children about death
Death and dying is not a common topic that occurs in our day-to-day conversations. It is often a difficult topic to talk about as well! Many avoid bringing up conversations about death or dying because they may be upsetting and feelings of discomfort may...
Mental Health Awareness: When to seek help
September is Mental health Awareness month and here at Prosper Health Collective we thought it might be helpful to explore when it might be time to access psychological support. As we all know life is rarely without its challenges. However there are...
Tips For Accepting Death
Following on from our recent blog, Clinical Psychologist Kellie Cassidy discusses the importance of being able to accept death as an inevitable part of life. Anxiety about death frequently creates mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Watch our...
How To Manage Stressful Thoughts – Darren West
In this video I discuss strategies for managing stressful thoughts. Click below to find out more.
How To Accept Unhelpful Thoughts | Krystle Haley | Prosper Health Collective
In this video Krystle Pavalache, Clinical psychologist provides tips on how to deal with unhelpful thoughts.
Tips for accepting death
Thoughts about death can be scary. These thoughts can create a sense of powerlessness, meaninglessness and loneliness in us. It is normal and natural for us to think about death, after all it is a part of life. But such thoughts can create a great sense of...
Helping Children to Understand Death – Book Review
Books to read with children about death….There are many, many books for children about the topic of death and grief. Here is a brief list of books that address issues in a more general way. Don’t want to buy more books? Then check-out your local library...
How to Stop it
In this video Dr Kellie Cassidy, Clinical Psychologist, discusses the problems caused when we try to control our thoughts and feelings. When we try to avoid, distract or 'stop' our difficulty thoughts we create a bigger problem. Watch now to find out what to do...
How to accept unhelpful thoughts
We often try to control our thoughts and feelings, by engaging in behaviours that alleviate any discomfort in the short term, however, in the long term are not so helpful. The truth is that we cannot control our thoughts and feelings.We can, however,...
Don’t try to control thoughts and feelings – Accept instead
In this video Clinical Psychologist Karri Stewart discusses strategies for accepting thoughts and feelings as an alternative to trying to control them. We know that trying to control thoughts and feelings often result sin bigger problems and more distress. So why not...
Can your child bounce back?
Developing resilience is essential for children so that they may succeed in life. The Bounce Back Acronym developed by McGrath and Noble (2017) is a handy way to identify and remember the essential skills and concepts children need to be resilient and cope...
Book Review: The Happiness Trap
The Happiness Trap is a comfortable read suited to the general population, clients and therapists alike.It is based on a type of therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT as in “act”) that shares evidence and techniques to assist people in the...
Building Resilience in Children
We all face difficulties in our lives. Children are not immune to this. Building resilience in our children is vital to their future wellbeing. But what exactly is resilience and how do you foster it in children? What is resilience?Resilience refers to a...