Often when speaking to clients, they are informed by their doctor that the source of their pain or physical discomfort is stress related, which means that they think that it is all in their head. However, the way our mind mediates pain and physical ailments is not as simple as this. It’s very true that [...]
Hypnosis has a saying that what we focus on, we magnify. For example, if we are focusing on how blue the sky is, we may not notice how grey the sky is in other parts of the sky. The more we focus on the beautiful sunny blue sky the more it becomes our focus and [...]
It has been a long process to prepare the application for NDIS, and we are in the final weeks of having the application ready for submission! We are already seeing clients who are self managed for NDIS where their individual plan has including counselling or dietetics, but with becoming a registered provider we are anticipating [...]
Out of all the feelings we can experience shame is the least spoken about. Perhaps for obvious reasons shame is the emotion that makes us want to hide away from the world. I often joke with clients that it is the emotion most likely to cause us to hide under our bed and not come [...]
While all educators understand the evolving nature of learning and the challenges that come with this, few stop to put into place some self-care until it is too late. True educators tend to have two passions – supporting students (whether that be children, young people or adults) and a love of their subject area. But [...]
Life is full of changes and with it can also come loss and grief. How individuals react to change and loss is different for everyone and the impact can affect every aspect of our being. We all understand that change is inevitable and that it can bring positive growth as well as difficult times but [...]
Most people that I speak to in the psychology office, say that they would like to become more confident to make friends or begin dating someone. Shy, avoidant or anxious people are most likely to miss out on making friends because they believe that when people don’t approach them or instantly respond in the way [...]
It’s amazing how long our minds hang on to the negative stuff that has happened in our lives as well as fears we have had. We know that when something negative happens and it’s distressing to us, our mind tends to create an unconscious plan to avoid it (the distressing emotion) from ever happening again. [...]
Channel Nine's Tracy Vo interviewed Revive Health and Happiness Clinical Psychologist Lisa Irving about some of the uses and misconceptions about hypnosis in the TV studios in Perth. Watch the whole interview below
Revive Psychologist and Hypnotherapist Lisa Irving dropped in to the 6PR 882 News Talk radio studio last night to take a deeper look at the ins and outs of hypnosis in a clinical setting with Perth Tonight host Chris Ilsley. In this wide ranging interview, the pair talk about some of the specific issues that [...]
