Emerald Tree Psychological Services

09/11/2026

Navigating Anxiety and Changing Plans

As we embrace the upcoming season of social gatherings, it's essential to consider how this may affect individuals dealing with anxiety. Those with anxiety may find themselves feeling overwhelmed in social situations, leading them to cancel plans or leave early.

It's crucial to understand that they're not doing this to be impolite. Anxiety often manifests as the fear of not meeting expectations or the "what if" scenarios. If someone you know cancels plans, be supportive, give them space, and reach out to check in on them later.

For someone with Anxiety, please seek help. Anxiety is highly treatable and we have trained therapists to support you.

08/11/2026

Meet Kelly 👋
She is a seasoned therapists who has been working with Emerald Tree for many years.

She has a lot of experience helping people with a variety of issues, from depression and anxiety, trauma, grief and loss, adjustment and life transitions.

Kelly really enjoys working with clients to help them overcome their challenges and overcome their obstacles to living a "Good Life" - no matter what that means for you! of therapeutic modalities, with care taken to find the right mode for you and your circumstances.

She takes a wholistic approach, as often some of the biggest factors that can impact mental well-being are our relationships, sense of connection to community, and our sense of self- worth and purpose in life.

When she's not working Kelly enjoys bushwalking and spending time with her pet parrots Aoife and Percy.

Kelly is available for Telehealth appointments only as she is not in Geelong (thats why you dont see her in the Clinic.

Call us on 5222 4737 or Ubook online via our webpage www.emeraldtree.com.au

08/11/2026

🌳💚 A beautiful thought to end a wonderful weekend…

A little something from Emerald Tree, Suzanne our Director.

Did you know you can actually email a tree in Melbourne? Yes, really! 🌿

The City of Melbourne has more than 70,000 public trees, and through its wonderful Melbourne Urban Forest Visual Map, you can choose a tree, learn a little about it and send it an email.

Simply:
🌱 Open the Melbourne Urban Forest Visual Map.
🌱 Click on any tree across the city's streets or parks.
🌱 Discover its species, age and unique tree ID.
🌱 Follow the link and send it a little message.

The initiative was originally created to help residents report tree maintenance issues, but something quite extraordinary happened. People from all over the world began sending trees love letters, poems and little notes.

And the beautiful part? Council staff have even replied to some messages, writing back from the perspective of the trees themselves. ❤️ I would definitely volunteer for this 🙋‍♀️

One particularly loved tree is a Golden Elm on Punt Road, planted way back in 1938.

Just imagine… a tree standing quietly in the same place for nearly 90 years, receiving little messages of kindness from people around the world.

What a beautiful reminder that connection, love and kindness can reach the most unexpected places.

Perhaps tonight, before you close your eyes, you might like to send a little love to a tree. 🌳

What a beautiful thought to end a wonderful weekend on.

With love,
Suzanne
Emerald Tree 💚

07/11/2026

Book recommendations 📖

A seasoned favorite book recommendation for those struggling with parental relationships (and reflective practice for our own parenting) is "Adult children of emotionally immature parents".
Like all book recommendations in therapy, this isn't needed for everyone. This book recommendation is for those who have struggled to understand their parent(s) and often their own feelings of self-worth and need to people please and attachment challenges.
We like that, whilst this book can be confronting due to the nature of the relationship we are addressing, the content is very accessible and evidence-based.
This book would be a good compliment to a therapy journey as it can enlist a lot of emotions. You will also find reflective journaling helpful at this time.
One journal prompt that Dr Gibson has recommended, for self improvement, is "what is something I wish I hadn't done today". That one can be quite confronting for some.

Definitely food for thought in this little mighty book.

06/11/2026

49 Sleeps until Christmas 🎄

05/11/2026

Work through the baggage so it's history not luggage 🧳

04/11/2026

Recovery needs to be intentional

If your day is work, chores, scrolling, sleep, you may be “resting” without actually recovering.
Recovery can look different for different people.

It might be:

Quiet time
Movement
Time in nature
Connecting with people you trust
Doing something enjoyable
Getting enough sleep
Having time where you’re not responsible for anything

Ask yourself:

“What actually helps me feel restored?”

Then make space for it and book it in

04/11/2026

Good morning everyone 🐸 Happy Thursday.

It's nearly Friday ✅️💚

03/11/2026

🌿 At Emerald Tree Therapy, we understand that failure is a natural part of life. 🌱

We've all faced it before and will likely encounter it again. But, here's the secret – failure is a stepping stone for personal growth and learning. 🌳

🤔 Take a moment to reflect: What have you gained from your past failures? How do you make sense of those experiences? And what changes will you implement in the future?✅️

🌳 Embrace failure as an opportunity to grow, as it's often through challenges that we develop the most. 🌿💚

🌱🌿🌳

03/11/2026

Reposting for our friends at Whittington Neighbourhood House

🌱 Got a little extra growing in your garden? We’d love to share it! 🥕

Are you a home gardener with excess greens, fresh herbs, fruit or vegetables that you’d be happy to donate?

Whittington Neighbourhood House would love to take them off your hands for our Foodbank program tomorrow!

Simply drop your homegrown goodies into the House from 9:15am tomorrow and we’ll happily share and distribute them to members of our local community.

Every little bit helps, and something that might be extra in your garden could make a real difference to someone else.

There’s something pretty special about sharing what we grow. It feels good to give, and even better knowing it’s helping our neighbours. 🌻

Grow a little extra, share a little kindness!

Thank you! 🙏🏽

🌱 Got a little extra growing in your garden? We’d love to share it! 🥕

Are you a home gardener with excess greens, fresh herbs, fruit or vegetables that you’d be happy to donate?

Whittington Neighbourhood House would love to take them off your hands for our Foodbank program tomorrow!

Simply drop your homegrown goodies into the House from 9:15am tomorrow and we’ll happily share and distribute them to members of our local community.

Every little bit helps, and something that might be extra in your garden could make a real difference to someone else.

There’s something pretty special about sharing what we grow. It feels good to give, and even better knowing it’s helping our neighbours. 🌻

Grow a little extra, share a little kindness!

Thank you! 🙏🏽

Department of Families, Fairness and Housing - VIC Neighbourhood Houses Barwon Grinter Garden - 'A Community Garden'