Recovery Resources
What is recovery?
This page provides a good description of the important differences between clinical and personal recovery, as well as a number of short clips detailing a number of peoples own recovery stories.
General Recovery Resources
Black Dog Institute has a detailed section providing guidance about many aspects of wellbeing for recovery.
Beyond Blue provides some straight forward guides to a number of areas of general wellness including stress reduction, exercise, sleep and eating well.
Reachout specialises in providing support and guidance for young adults and their parents and supports. It takes a broad approach to many of the challenges that young people can face in life.
Headspace also has a detailed section on wellbeing for younger people.
An online program supporting the development of high levels of resilience specifically for first responders.
This is information on what a MHCP is and how it can subsidise your treatment with a psychologist. You should be ware it is for a limited number of sessions (10-20) and there will usually still be a gap fee charged by the psychologist.
What is Positive Psychology?
This is a quick read about what positive psychology is and how important it can be in achieving a full and meaningful recovery.
This page provides a much more in depth understanding of what positive psychology is.
This page, curated by one of America’s best Universities, has a number of very helpful articles about positive psychology topics.
Another University Centre for Positive Psychology with a number of links to excellent resources.
This is a foundational course in positive psychology for both professionals and those who want to really understand it and better apply the principles to themselves. It is free to enrol but after 7 days you will be charged a monthly subscription of approximately A$100. You can cancel your subscription at any time. The course can apparently be completed in 5 months with 4 hrs study per week, so the more time you can devote to it the cheaper it will be.
Flourishing in Positive Psychology
Thriving is referred to as flourishing in positive psychology. This is a really great article about what it is and how you can incorporate the many aspects of it in your life.
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Finding Meaning & Purpose
This page provides a basic overview of what meaning and purpose are and why they are so important.
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15 Ways to Find Your Purpose of Life & Realize Your Meaning
This a more in-depth page about purpose and meaning and provides many suggestions about how you can start to find or enhance it in your life.
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What is Patient Empowerment
This is an American charitable organisation that focuses on empowering people who have cancer, however, this is a great general page on how to be empowered in a doctor patient relationship and is applicable to every setting within mental and physical health.
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Being able to be forgiving of the wrongs done to you can be an important part of recovery for many people. Everett Worthington is a professor who studies forgiveness and has created some workbooks to help you develop or enhance this ability within yourself.
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What Is Gratitude?
A great basic overview of what gratitude is, how it can benefit your mental wellbeing and how you can enhance this aspect of yourself.
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What is Gratitude and Why Is It So Important?
A more in depth review of what gratitude is and how to practice it.
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What is Resiliency?
This page provides a good overview of what resilience is.
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Resilience
This is the American Psychologists Association resource page on resilience.
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How to Practice Self-Compassion
A single page on what self-compassion is and how you can start to practice it more successfully.
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Self-Compassion Self-Help Resources
Detailed self help resources to improve your understanding of self compassion and how to practice it.
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Definition of Self Compassion | Kristin Neff
Kirsten Neff is one of the leading psychologists in the field of self-compassion. Her website provides a great deal of information on what self-compassion is and how you can practice it.
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Mindful - healthy mind, healthy life
This is a great website with a great deal of content on everything to do with mindfulness and meditation. It does have paid courses but you can get a huge amount of basic info for free.
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Smiling Mind
This is a free Australian developed website and App for all ages. It includes specific practices for children and families.
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A Safe Space To Learn About Cannabis In Australia | honahlee
This is a really user friendly Australian website with lots of great information as well as an associated community.
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Explore The Healing Power of Cannabis - Education, Dosage Guides & Products | Healer
This is a website set up by an American Doctor who specialises in the use of Medicinal Cannabis. Because recreational cannabis is legal in so many US states it has some excellent resources on transitioning from recreational to medical use. It also has a great deal of more general resources on medicinal cannabis.
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Canna Reviews Australia
This website lists the majority of medical cannabis products available in Australia along with the prices you should expect to pay for them. It also lists the contact details for the majority of medicinal cannabis clinics in Australia. You need to create a free account.
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