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📍 South Australian psychotherapist working with individuals, families & children
📚 Advanced certified schema therapist, healing the origins of your schemas
👁️ EMDR therapist helping you process trauma
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26/07/2026

Boundaries aren't just a skill — they're often shaped by our life experiences. 🌿

Our boundaries are influenced by the experiences that shaped us, which can make healthy boundaries feel uncomfortable, or even unsafe.

In Schema Therapy, we often see longstanding patterns such as:
👉 Feeling responsible for everyone else's needs (Self-Sacrifice)
👉 Struggling to say no for fear of rejection (Approval-Seeking)
👉 Believing your needs don't matter (Subjugation)

EMDR can help process the memories and experiences that contributed to these beliefs, reducing the emotional intensity that keeps old patterns in place.

If this resonates with you, remember that feeling guilty when you prioritise yourself may be a pattern that developed to help you cope or stay connected to others. With support, those patterns can change, making healthy boundaries feel safer and more natural.

12/07/2026

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) are powerful, evidence-informed approaches to trauma therapy. While each can be effective on its own, they can also work together as complementary approaches. 🤝

DBR focuses on the brain's earliest orienting and shock responses, helping to calm and regulate the nervous system. EMDR then supports the reprocessing of distressing memories, allowing the brain to integrate experiences that have remained 'stuck'.

Together, these approaches can provide a more tailored pathway to healing, alongside Schema Therapy, with treatment always guided by your individual needs and goals.

06/07/2026

✨ 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿...

I'm excited to share that I'll be introducing Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) to my practice later this year.

DBR is an emerging, evidence-informed trauma therapy that works with the brain's earliest orienting and shock responses—those automatic nervous system reactions that occur before we're consciously aware of them. By gently working with these deep, physiological responses, DBR offers another pathway for processing trauma and supporting lasting healing.

I'm looking forward to integrating DBR alongside Schema Therapy and EMDR, complementing these approaches to provide even more tailored trauma treatment. 🤝

Watch this space as I complete my training and prepare to bring DBR into the practice. I'm looking forward to sharing more about this exciting addition in the coming months! 🙌

27/06/2026

I recently had the privilege of attending the International Society of Schema Therapy - ISST INSPIRE 2026 Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, where therapists from around the world came together to share research and ideas in clinical practice. 🌏

One of my biggest takeaways was seeing how Schema Therapy continues to evolve through strong research and thoughtful innovation. I was particularly interested in the latest evidence comparing Schema Therapy and DBT, the growing use of body-focused approaches alongside Schema Therapy and EMDR, and the continued development of imagery rescripting as a powerful therapeutic tool. It was also a timely reminder to keep sight of the underlying schemas, not just the modes we work with in therapy.

Returning home, I’m looking forward to integrating these insights into my practice and continuing to provide evidence-based, compassionate care for the people I support.

Learning from experts and colleagues around the world reinforces the importance of staying curious and continually growing as a clinician. 🙌🏼

15/05/2026

Out of office from May – June ✈️

I’ll be taking some time away over the coming weeks for travel and professional development at the International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) Inspire Conference 2026 in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Looking forward to returning refreshed, inspired, and with new learnings to bring back into my work! 🤍

09/05/2026

I'm really looking forward to attending the 𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in Thessaloniki, Greece this month. ✈️🤩

As therapists, ongoing learning and reflective practice are such an important part of the work — not only for professional growth, but to continue providing thoughtful, evidence-based, and compassionate support to the people we work with.

I’m excited to connect with schema therapists, researchers, and mental health professionals from around the world, while learning more about innovative, integrative, and culturally informed approaches to Schema Therapy. 👏

Very grateful for the opportunity to learn, reflect, and be inspired alongside others passionate about this work. Stay tuned as I share a little of what I’m up to along the way!

03/05/2026

Anyone with an emotional constriction schema often carries an inner belief that:
❌ emotions are dangerous, overwhelming, or unacceptable
❌ it’s safer to stay 'in control' than to feel deeply
❌ showing vulnerability will lead to rejection, shame, or loss of control

This can lead to a sense of numbness, disconnection, or feeling 'flat.' 😶 Even in meaningful or joyful moments, there may be a quiet holding back—keeping emotions contained, minimised, or hidden from others.

The roots often lie in environments where emotions weren’t welcomed or were criticised, ignored, or punished—where a child learned that feelings should be suppressed rather than expressed. Over time, the message becomes: 'It’s not safe to feel, so I won’t.'

Recognising this schema is the first step towards change. Through Schema Therapy—and with approaches like EMDR—individuals can gently reconnect with their emotions, learning that it is safe to feel and to be seen. ✨

'Your emotions are not too much—they were just never given enough space.'

~ Adapted from the principles of Schema Therapy developed by Dr Jeffrey Young.

29/04/2026

Trauma isn’t just something we remember — it’s something we carry in our bodies.

When an experience overwhelms us, the body steps in to protect us. If that stress doesn’t get processed, it doesn’t just disappear… it settles.

You might notice it as:
👎 tight shoulders that never fully relax
👎 a clenched jaw you don’t realise you’re holding
👎 a knot in your stomach when something feels 'off'
👎 a racing heart in moments that don’t quite make sense

This isn’t weakness. It’s your nervous system doing its job — just a little too well, for a little too long.

Different parts of the body tend to hold different kinds of stress:
➡️ Jaw & neck — holding back words, control, tension
➡️ Shoulders — pressure, responsibility, 'carrying too much'
➡️ Chest — anxiety, grief, emotional pain
➡️ Stomach — fear, gut instinct, uncertainty
➡️ Hips — stored stress, survival responses, suppressed emotion

The goal isn’t to 'get rid' of it overnight, it’s to gently teach your body that it’s safe to let go.

Awareness is where that starts 🤍

16/04/2026

The Confidence Code: Back yourself 💛

Do you truly feel confident in who you are? The Confidence Wellbeing Code is about trusting your abilities, honouring your needs, and having the courage to show up fully in the world — even when it feels uncomfortable.

When this code isn’t activated, doubt takes over. We might:
❌ Second-guess our decisions
❌ Stay quiet instead of speaking our truth
❌ Shrink ourselves to fit in or avoid conflict
❌ Rely on others to lead or validate us

Without confidence, it’s easy to feel small, dependent, or powerless. When we activate confidence, we gain access to courage and become more willing to face challenges, navigate differences, and express ourselves honestly in our relationships and in the world.

What blocks confidence? 🧠
Early schemas can keep us stuck in patterns of self-doubt. But when we begin to shift these, we create new pathways for confidence to grow.

~ Adapted from the principles of The Wellbeing Codes by Dr Tracey Hunter (Ph.D) and Dr Rachel Wheeler (Psy.D)

12/04/2026

EMDR isn’t about reliving everything all over again. 👇

It’s more like this: a part of you can notice what happened, while another part of you stays in the present, knowing you’re safe.

That 'both at once' feeling — one foot in the past, one in the present — is what helps the memory start to shift.

With guided eye movements (like following two fingers side to side), we engage your working memory, allowing the memory's intensity to soften as your brain integrates it into long-term memory in a new, less distressing way.

That way, you can work through the memory safely, at your own pace.

Learn more about my EMDR Therapy service: https://www.melissahowieconsulting.com.au/services-emdr-therapy/

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Studio 7, 98-100 Goodwood Road, Goodwood
Adelaide, SA
5034

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	7am - 3pm

Website

http://www.melissahowieconsulting.com.au/

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