Nonie Carr, Counselling and Clinical Psychologist, seated in her Albert Park practice

Counselling vs Clinical Psychology: What’s the Difference?

Wellbeing / June 1, 2026

If you’re looking for a psychologist, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. You might have noticed that not all psychologists describe themselves the same way. Many use the general title ‘psychologist’, others use the title ‘clinical psychologist’. You might have also come across other titles, such as counselling psychologist, forensic psychologist, or organisational psychologist. Understanding what […]

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A quiet beach walk with soft light, symbolising calm during a hectic December.

Dec 13 2025

Understanding End of Year Stress — And How to Move Through It With Care

Anxiety, From the Blog, Mindset, Wellbeing / December 13, 2025

End of year stress is more common than many people realise. For many people, December carries a particular emotional weight. It’s a month filled with endings, expectations, competing demands, and a cultural pressure to feel a certain way. Even when there are moments of joy, it’s common to notice fatigue, irritability, sadness, or emotional flatness

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Oct 1 2023

Mental Health Awareness Month

Wellbeing / October 1, 2023

October is Mental Health Awareness month. We need to take care of our mental health and wellbeing. For some this might mean taking appropriate measures to manage a mental illness. But for many of us this means engaging in activities that help us to maintain our mental health and wellness. This is what self-care is

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Jan 24 2020

Meditation, Equanimity & Anxiety

From the Blog, Mindfulness, Mindset, Wellbeing / January 24, 2020

Cultivate equanimity to help with anxiety – Notice, Accept, Float Using meditation to cultivate equanimity can enable one to manage unpleasant or unwanted emotions in a way that reduces their impact. Podcast… Yesterday I recorded an episode of the podcast, Enhance Your Life with Nonie Carr, on this topic. Listen to the podcast on this

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Jan 20 2020

Bushfire Recovery

From the Blog, Psychology, Wellbeing / January 20, 2020

The bushfire recovery process will take time. And the government has recently announced a number of measures to support this recovery process. Areas of Australia have been battling bushfires since November 2019. And over the period of December to January the fires ramped up and have covered significant areas of native bushland, directly impacted a

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Sep 9 2019

VCE Music Performance Anxiety

Anxiety, From the Blog, Performance, Wellbeing / September 9, 2019

Performance Anxiety Anxiety before a performance assessment can be hard to manage. Here are some tips that might help. Performance anxiety is not uncommon… and when you have to prepare for and perform as part of a VCE assessment it’s even harder! I’m sure there are music and drama teachers who assist their students to

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Jul 31 2019

Burnout, self-care and wellbeing

From the Blog, Mindset, Psychology, Wellbeing / July 31, 2019

Burnout? What self-care & wellbeing? Exhausted… burnout… Have to go to work, can’t leave the desk for lunch, maybe skip eating altogether, need to work late, forget to eat dinner, fall into bed exhausted, wake up exhausted feeling like you’ve been hit by a bus, first coffee at home, walk… no, run out the door,

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May 29 2019

Best Psychology Podcasts to Listen to…

From the Blog, Psychology, Wellbeing / May 29, 2019

Best Psychology Podcasts Do you know which psychology podcasts are good to listen to? This blog post contains a list of psychology podcasts that give a some helpful or interesting information. I listen to them or they have been recommended to me. If you have any you’d like to add, please don’t hesitate to send

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Jan 30 2019

EASIER? OR BETTER, FASTER, STRONGER…?

From the Blog, Mindset, Wellbeing / January 30, 2019

‘It never gets easier, you just get better’, I’ve heard variations on this theme many times… As a cyclist the most common variation is a quote that is attributed to Greg LeMond: “It doesn’t get easier, you just get faster.” For those who don’t follow professional cycling, LeMond is considered one of the greatest American

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Jan 17 2019

I wish I could sleep better, or more…

Sleep, Wellbeing / January 17, 2019

I wish I slept better or more… It’s not uncommon to want more sleep than we actually get. We might go to bed too late, we might struggle to get to sleep, we might wake up in the night and then we might notice our mind going around in circles. I know that sometimes I

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