Lakeside Rooms

24/06/2026

It's not procrastination to take a quiz, right?

Some people's procrastination style means planning ahead, some leave it to the last minute, and others get stuck in stress mode.

The truth is, procrastination isn't about being lazy.

It's all about our emotional regulation in response to stress – and we all respond to stress differently!

24/06/2026

17/06/2026

Rules tell a child what is needed to stay physically safe, relationally safe, and true to the values we want them to carry forward into the world.

Relationships build a child who can meet those expectations and recover when they don’t.

Rules set the boundary. Relationships are needed to help the boundary feel manageable, and hold on to the child with strength and warmth when the boundary feels like too much.

A child with a strong, warm, loving relationship with an adult is more protected from the hardest things the world can throw at them than any rule, policy, or programme we could build around them.

Rules are the map. Relationships are the way we get them there safely and with their hearts, minds, and spirits intact.

17/06/2026

Online Subcultures and Young Men on the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast wears its culture openly: beaches, gyms, and social media feeds all pulling toward the same vision of the ‘ideal body’ and the ‘ideal life’. For many young people the GC’s energy is motivating; however, we’ve seen a very real and dark shift happening.

Increasingly, teens and young men are arriving at Lakeside Rooms with body image ideals shaped by online subcultures that fly under most parents' radar. Concepts like "looksmaxing" and "mogging" are redefining how a growing number of teenagers and young adults think about their appearance, their self-worth, and even their relationships with women.

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Some teens and young men's self-image ideals are being shaped by online subcultures that fly under most parents' radar. They can redefine how some think about their appearance, their self-worth, and even their relationships with women.

08/06/2026

PSYCHOLOGIST VS PSYCHIATRIST : Understanding the Key Differences

When life feels overwhelming or confusing, or just too much to manage alone, reaching out for mental health support is one of the most courageous moves you can make. But once you start to look around, you might notice that there are different mental health professionals who offer therapy or treatment, and it’s not always clear who does what.

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At Lakeside Rooms, both psychologists and psychiatrists work together under one roof. Therapy and medical expertise combined to support your unique needs.

07/06/2026

The question isn’t why does this child need to control everything. The question is who taught them - without meaning to - that no one else would.

A child who manages every adult in the room isn’t powerful. They’re exhausted. Doing a job that was never theirs to do, with resources that were never built for it.

The most loving thing an adult can do is take that job back. Not harshly. Not as punishment. Just warmly, firmly, and with the quiet certainty of someone who is actually in charge.

That certainty is not control. It’s relief, for everyone - especially the child.

07/06/2026

You are not "an anxious person" or "an avoidant person." You're a person who learned a way of staying safe in relationships, and learned patterns can be unlearned.

06/06/2026

PRACTITIONER SPOTLIGHT: JADE ROSS

Jade is a Clinical Psychologist with experience working with children, adolescents, families, and adults. Jade offers a warm, bubbly, and flexible approach in her therapeutic work. She is passionate about providing a safe and collaborative space that focuses on supporting clients to better understand their mental health, empowering them to move through emotional discomfort in a way that feels manageable, and to navigate life’s challenges with greater confidence and resilience.
Learn More: https://www.lakesiderooms.com.au/meet-the-practitioners/jade-ross

07/05/2026

04/05/2026

Beyond the 5 Stages of Grief: Everyone’s Path Is Different

Luke Foster, Psychologist at Lakeside Rooms offers valuable insight into this universal, deeply felt human emotional process.

There’s no “one way” to grieve, no timeline, and the so-called “stages of grief” don’t tell the whole story. Grief is not a train line and it’s not a checklist to tick off. If you’re feeling lost, scattered, numb, angry – or all of that at once – you aren’t broken. You’re grieving, and that’s human.

Forget the “Stages” of Grief – It usually doesn’t work that way

You’ve heard the list: denial, anger, bargaining, sadness, acceptance. Truth is, they don’t always show up, they don’t follow a neat order, and sometimes they hit all at once. One moment, you’re numb; the next, you’re blindsided by emotion in the middle of the cereal aisle. Some days you’re exhausted, restless, or irritable. Other days you laugh at a memory and feel okay for a moment. All of it is normal.

Grieve in any order, at any speed. You’re still doing it “right.”

Read More: https://www.lakesiderooms.com.au/blog/grief-beyond-the-5-stages