Living Well Regardless

28/11/2024

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Richard Rohr, Breathing Under Water, Franciscan Media, p. 103

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15/11/2024

When faced with challenges in life, people have often asked me what they should do to make things better. Unfortunately what they are looking to change is not actually in their control to change.

I suggest a better question is “Who do I want to be in this situation?” This is a values based question and once you identify your values then you can move towards them and be that person you desire.

If you value a healthy sense of self in relation to others you will discover how that can play out when relationships get rocky.

If you value your mental health you will discover ways to promote your mental health through practices such as meditation, breathing exercises and focusing on psychological flexibility.

Values are key to behaviour and to experience. Keep your eye on the prize adn be the best person you can be in every situation.

22/03/2024

Free Conference - Mindful Parenting and Mental Wellness - October 14-18, 2021

22/03/2024

Dear Friends,

I have had a couple of weeks reflecting on my retirement from private practice and I have decided that if I had a prescription pad, I would write the same prescription for all my clients- "Dr Steve prescribes LOVE. Find LOVE and then practice LOVE in every aspect of your life."

I can unpack that in so many different ways but it all boils down to this one prescription. Love and keep on loving.

01/03/2024

Dear Friends,
I am no longer providing family therapy and counselling services due to health reasons. Thank you for your support and understanding.
I have decided to retire from the profession and spend more time with family and friends.
Warm regards and keep living well regardless.

17/01/2024

The medical model of diagnosing disorders and recommending treatments has mental health services across the Western world in a strangle hold. But it isn't without its challengers. Steven C. Hayes and Stefan G. Hoffman have been working for decades to try to find a way to shift the focus of therapies away from diagnostic criteria and manualised treatments to a transdiagnostic process-based approach to therapy. This new focus is on change processes that can be applied across diagnostic criteria because they are in fact by nature transdiagnostic. The focus is also on what is called ideographic information that essentially means based on the individual as a unique being not applying some vague and misleading notion of what is 'normal'.

I am attracted to the idea of finding ways to help clients focus on change and how that happens after they have left the room and are out living their lives in all the contexts in which they live them.

I subscribe to a therapy platform that links me with clients 24/7 through an app called PsychFlex. Whatever we have discussed in the therapy space I can send resources for clients to receive on their phones and remind them of the strategies we have decided to use to effect change. It is free to the client. It is like having a therapist in their pocket. Their phone is populated with individualised strategies, resources, and learning materials selected by me to support the changes they have identified are needed in their lives.

This an exciting new way to support clients no matter what their diagnosis is.