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Free 8-Week Real Time, Online and Phone Mental Health Counselling @ Mindspot

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Free 8-Week Real Time, Online and Phone Mental Health Counselling @ Mindspot
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Ulya on 29/05/2021 - 11:39 mindspot.org.au (5153 clicks)
Last edited 30/05/2021 - 03:25 by 1 other user

It's been a while when this deal was last time posted and that deal has expired. It is good to remind everyone that this free mental health help is available.

<< Hang in there Victoria. It'll be OK. >>

Mindspot provides free real time, online and phone Cognitive Behaviour Therapy counselling with a trained counsellor for common mental disorders. Treatment is for those 18 years and above and there is no need for a referral.

Treatment 8-week courses include

  • Wellbeing (26–65 years): Help adults learn to manage stress, anxiety, worry, low mood and depression

  • Wellbeing Plus (60+ years): Help older adults learn to manage stress, anxiety, worry, low mood and depression

  • Mood Mechanic (18–25 years): Help young adults learn to manage stress, anxiety, worry, low mood and depression

  • OCD (18+ years): Help adults experiencing distressing obsessions and compulsions to learn to manage their symptoms

  • PTSD (18+ years): Help adults who have experienced a trauma to learn to manage their symptoms

  • Pain (18+ years): Help people with chronic pain manage the impact of pain on their day-to-day life and their emotional wellbeing

  • Indigenous Wellbeing (18+ years Indigenous Australians): Help Indigenous Australian adults learn to manage stress, anxiety, worry, low mood and depression

The first thing you have to do is complete an Online Assessment, which you can do at any time.
We would then need to have a phone discussion with you to ensure the course is suitable to your needs. This will help you learn more about your symptoms and will help us to advise you about your treatment options, including a MindSpot treatment course.

If you choose to do a MindSpot treatment course you can access the course via the internet, or we can post the materials out to you.

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Comments

  • Faro on 29/05/2021 - 12:54
    +25

    I don't know if it's going to be universally helpful or not, but the best thing I did last year was start looking into Stoicism as a way to live a good life.

    I learnt that it's actually the precursor behind Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) which is the most researched mental health therapy and one of the most widely prescribed methods of dealing with anxiety, stress, etc.

    If anyone maybe has some Audible credits they're unsure if how to use, or is looking for something to read, I can highly recommend some of the following:

    Modern Practical Uses For Stoic Thinking/CBT:
    How To Think Like a Roman Emperor - Donald Robertson
    Happy - Derren Brown
    The Coddling of the American Mind - Greg Lukianhoff & Jonathan Haidt

    Ancient Stoic Texts for Reference and Practicality:
    Meditations - Marcus Aurelius (Modern Library/Hays Translation)
    Discourses and Selected Writings - Epictetus (Penguin)
    Letters From a Stoic - Seneca

    • Ulya on 29/05/2021 - 12:59
      +6

      Thank you for sharing!

    • Faro on 25/11/2023 - 12:49
      +6

      An update on this over two years later, Stoicism is a great band-aid for every day struggles, but ultimately manages issues on the surface in its modern methodology. This can be seen in the vast amounts of people who dislike or detest CBT-like methods as a method for long-term results.

      I now highly recommend (might change in another couple years) people look into psychotherapy and look at the issues, traumas and circumstances of their childhood that still have a hold over our present moments of suffering.

      Stoicism helped me get to that point for sure, but it can only 'fix' so much.

      • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2023 - 13:11

        Hey, thanks for sharing, how can you get the psychotherapy? Do we need referral? Anyone you recommend?

        • Faro on 25/11/2023 - 13:14
          +1

          Unfortunately I'm not the best person to ask. I spent a fair amount of money to find someone in my local region that I knew through my local TAFE who taught counselling.

          Counselling is still a fantastic option to clear things up for yourself while speaking to a professional and I'd highly recommend it before diving into psychotherapy if you're a bit unsure where to go first.

          Sorry I can't be of any help

          • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2023 - 13:18
            +1

            @Faro: Thanks for your advice.

      • blam6 on 25/11/2023 - 13:53

        Surprised you got downvoted - I'm pretty anti-CBT but found your comment pretty fair and honest.

        • Faro on 25/11/2023 - 14:00
          +1

          Yeah, but I think it's to be expected. Stoicism is popular and I was definitely on that wave when I originally made that comment. I understand the knee-jerk backlash (which is actually somewhat ironic considering Stoicisms dichotomy of control…), but I also understand people's hesitancy with things like psychotherapy. I think people misinterpret it as nonsense and are socially acclimatised to suppress emotions. I was. That's part of the reason Stoicism was appealing in the first place to me

          Anyway, I won't overshare any further. Thanks for the comment.

          • Blargman2001 on 25/05/2024 - 12:57

            @Faro: While I agree with many of the teachings of stoicism, I think if you're not in a good place to begin with stoicism has the possibility of making your condition worse.

        • Enterz on 25/11/2023 - 14:29

          Why would you be anti CBT?

  • Coffee is Cocaine4Me on 29/05/2021 - 14:30
    +5

    Shopping for bargains help with my stress and anxiety.

    • Lanushi on 29/05/2021 - 16:13
      +2

      The stress of buying expensive goods just washes away

    • Champ888 on 29/05/2021 - 17:14
      -7

      Correct.

    • WhyAmICommenting on 25/11/2023 - 13:37
      +2

      Turns out you were closer to the truth than expected.

      My reasoning: I’m super pissed people were basically forced to get a vaccine for others that didn’t really reduce the spread anyway.

      Although I personally would still have been vaccinated, I feel for those who lost jobs etc who chose not to.

  • hymio on 29/05/2021 - 17:30
    +8

    Did the Wellbeing course last year when this was posted, and in conjunction with seeing a good psychologist (Medicare Mental Health Plan), learnt a lot. Finished the course but I still refer to it (you can access it for 3 months after you finish the course content) when I need to and I use the skills in daily life. Thank you OP for reminding others that this resources is available. Happy to reply to any PMs if anyone is curious but unsure about the process.

    • Ulya on 29/05/2021 - 18:19
      +3

      Thank you very much for sharing. Hope your experience will help others to consider seeking help.

    • AndrewMTG on 25/11/2023 - 12:51

      is the wellbeing course free

      • hymio on 25/11/2023 - 18:16

        Yep it was! From memory, you complete an assessment and it links you to a suitable course.

    • Mokr on 25/11/2023 - 14:42

      So is it more a reading course or therapy with someone online

      • hymio on 25/11/2023 - 18:20

        A little bit of both? Not sure if it's changed since, but I think there was 8 weeks worth of modules that you do online plus a weekly call with a therapist to support the resources as well.

  • phrostyboi on 29/05/2021 - 21:25
    +7

    I can also vouch for this course being very useful, it's conducted in the CBT style of psychology so a lot of the topics cover changing thought patterns, behaviours and how to turn your thinking and actions into positive things
    I've just finished the course this week and found it to be quite helpful, was advised by the psychologist that the materials are available for 6 months after the end of the 8 week course

    • Ulya on 29/05/2021 - 21:45
      +3

      Thank you for sharing. Great that the course is working for you.

  • shabaka on 30/05/2021 - 22:44
    +1

    will they help me get off ozbargain

  • mattsnowface on 24/06/2021 - 14:18
    +1

    Wow, this is a straight-up nice post OP. Just literally a shout-out to help people. Well done.

  • Brisbane1 on 25/11/2023 - 12:50
    +2

    Ohh man i need this 😍

  • MrGareth on 25/11/2023 - 13:54
    +1

    I've never heard of this, so thank you for posting.

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2023 - 23:51
    -3

    Counselling, life coaching, mentoring etc are usually not helpful methods. For example, OCD is, let alone by counseling etc, not a medically treatable psychiatric illness.

  • RefusdClassification on 26/11/2023 - 09:46
    +1

    No need for psychotherapy. All you need is Zyprexa / Olanzapine. Guaranteed by psychiatrists to solved all of psychic problems /sarc. On drugs.com, 40% of reviewers give it 1 out of 10 for depression: https://www.drugs.com/comments/olanzapine/for-depression.htm…. So much for a magic pill.

    • 1st-Amendment on 23/11/2024 - 21:06

      Guaranteed by psychiatrists to solved all of psychic problems

      The hardest part about psychic is knowing which one of your friends to tell the winning lotto numbers to…

  • Drakesy on 25/05/2024 - 13:08
    -1

    Treat the symptoms not the cause ;)

  • Daniel Plainview on 23/11/2024 - 16:17

    Mindspot?

    Not to be confused with the mob from 90's gem pic 'Bowfinger', Mindhead I assume? ;-)
    https://youtu.be/jYQZ-RmBHpk?si=s2x5JLpQYK6_tCw-

    Just levity folks….seriously terrific service - credit to them for providing it and hope folks take it up, a teen me could have benefitted from this a lot.

  • TheCunningLinguist on 23/11/2024 - 18:37

    A lot of people on this site need this

  • markathome on 23/11/2024 - 22:29

    << Hang in there Victoria. It'll be OK. >>

    Narrator: It did not turn out okay.

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