Elysium for Provisional Psychologists

18/08/2026

Grounding techniques 🌿

A great reminder for provisional psychologists: grounding strategies can be useful for our clients - and for us, too.

When emotions feel overwhelming, try:

👀 5–4–3–2–1 - notice what you can see, hear and feel.
🪑 Connect with the chair - notice where your body is supported.
💧 Cold water - slow down and focus on the sensation.
🔎 Notice your surroundings - describe objects, sounds or sensations in detail.
🧠 Re-orient - remind yourself where you are, the date, season and year.

Practise these when you're feeling calm, so they’re easier to access when stress hits.

Thanks to Brianna for sharing this resource! 💛

Source: University of Sydney, Counselling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

28/07/2026

Looking for a helpful resource on attachment theory? 🧠💬

The Attachment Project is an accessible online platform offering articles, guides, and self-reflection tools exploring attachment styles, relationship patterns, and emotional connections.

For Provisional Psychologists, it can be a useful starting point for refreshing attachment concepts, supporting psychoeducation with clients, and finding accessible explanations of how attachment patterns may influence relationships, communication, and self-understanding.

A great resource to explore alongside your learning and supervision journey. 🌱

🔗 https://www.attachmentproject.com

Thank you Pia for sharing 😁

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14/07/2026

🌱 For provisional psychologists looking to strengthen their knowledge and skills in perinatal mental health, this resource is well worth exploring.

https://learning.panda.org.au/external/catalogue?tenancyId=2

The PANDA Learning Hub offers accessible learning opportunities to support clinicians in developing confidence and capability when working with individuals and families during the perinatal period.

Thank you to Pia for sharing this resource with us 💛

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07/07/2026

🧠 Resource for clinicians & clients

“Act Opposite” is a simple psychoeducation tool that helps clients understand the two-way relationship between emotions and behaviours.

It can support conversations around:
✨ recognising emotional urges
✨ challenging unhelpful behavioural patterns
✨ building emotional regulation skills
✨ practising intentional responses

Thank you Brianna for sharing this resource 💜

A great visual tool for provisional psychologists and clinicians to use in sessions.

18/06/2026

Thank you to Pia for sharing this website: https://www.earlypsychosis.ca . This may be a useful resource for identifying and supporting clients with Psychosis.

Early Psychosis Intervention (EPI) Online is a Canadian resource that provides clear, practical information about early psychosis, including symptoms, stages (especially first-episode psychosis), assessment processes, and recovery-oriented treatment models.

Why it’s useful for provisional psychologists
Helps identify early signs of psychosis (including subtle functional decline and prodromal symptoms)
Explains how early psychosis services operate (assessment, referral, multidisciplinary care)
Supports psychoeducation for clients and families in an accessible, non-stigmatising way
Reinforces recovery-focused, early intervention practice, especially reducing duration of untreated psychosis
Useful for building clinical formulation skills in youth mental health settings

In short, it bridges textbook knowledge and real-world early psychosis care.

Information on psychosis, early psychosis intervention programs in British Columbia, how to get help, and the experience of others

12/06/2026

Thank you to Mouhamad for sharing NovoPsych - a platform filled with webinars, as well as useful tools and supports for Provisional Psychologists.

If you’re on placement or starting out in practice, NovoPsych is a practical tool to support evidence-based assessment and outcome tracking.

🧠 It gives you access to validated psychometric measures with:

Instant scoring and reporting
Clear visual progress tracking
Streamlined, client-ready feedback
Less admin, more clinical focus

🎓 Plus, don’t miss their free webinars - regularly hosted by experienced clinicians and researchers. These sessions are a great way to deepen your understanding of psychometric tools, outcome measurement, and best-practice assessment in real-world settings.

Perfect for provisional psychologists wanting to build confidence and stay connected to current clinical practice.

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04/06/2026

Please check out the Play Attune website for some activities that are useful for working with children with ASD to develop their perspective taking, cognitive flexibility, and theory of mind skills.

Thank you to Taren for sharing this resource; there are many activities on this site that are worth looking at, this one in particular was great!

Recommended age: 6-14Includes: 3 PDF pagesDownload here or at the end of the postUse: As an educational tool and activity to teach the different types of angerWill enhance social and emotional skills: Self Awareness - Identify own feelings and emotionsSocial Awareness - Empathy for othersRelationshi...

29/05/2026

Thank you to Pia for sharing this article published by Frontiers in Psychology, regarding the Double Empathy Problem; research suggesting that communication difficulties between autistic and non-autistic people are mutual, not one-sided.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.586171/full

The key take being: Social difficulty in autism is better understood as a mismatch in communication styles between neurotypes, rather than a deficit within autistic individuals.

This reframes autism as a difference in interaction style, and highlights that rapport depends on mutual understanding, not one-sided skill.

The Double Empathy Theory suggests that communicative difficulties between autistic and non-autistic people are due to bi-directional differences in communic...

28/05/2026

With thanks to Pia for recommending Orygen; a site providing free resources, toolkits, clinical practice points as well as access to webinars.

Our Skills & Knowledge Division concentrates on growing the capacity of Australia’s youth mental health workforce with an emphasis on accessible expertise and innovation.

18/05/2026

Thank you Margie for sharing details on this webinar focusing on Culturally Responsive CBT in Practice.
Event information and ticketing:
https://www.aacbt.org.au/module-pages/events-calendar/

🌏 Webinar Promotion | Culturally Responsive CBT in Practice | Saturday 23 May

Australia is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations, yet evidence-based psychological treatments are not always adapted to meet the needs of CALD clients—particularly those with limited English proficiency and older migrants, who are at increased risk of anxiety, depression, and loneliness.

Join Dr Jessamine Chen (Macquarie University) for a practical, practice-focused webinar exploring how to effectively adapt Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for culturally and linguistically diverse clients—while maintaining treatment fidelity.

This session will cover:
• Current evidence for culturally adapted CBT
• Key principles for culturally and linguistically responsive practice
• Common clinician “traps” when working with CALD clients
• Practical strategies for improving engagement and outcomes
• Case examples across assessment, formulation, and treatment planning

Participants will also take part in interactive learning, including breakout room role plays to practise real-world application of culturally adapted CBT techniques.

Ideal for clinicians and therapists working with multicultural communities or seeking to strengthen culturally responsive practice.