Conjola Counselling SEQ

31/08/2026

26/08/2026

We have re-opened and taking bookings now!

14/08/2026

12/08/2026

Many trauma survivors aren’t struggling because they’re “resistant” to therapy—they’re struggling because their nervous system is organized around survival.

When trauma creates structural dissociation, different parts of the self carry different roles: one part manages daily functioning, while other parts remain trapped in defensive states like fight, flight, freeze, submit, or attachment-based survival responses.

This infographic captures an important shift in trauma treatment: healing happens not through force or confrontation, but through compassionate integration.

Key clinical insights:
• Trauma can lead to prefrontal cortex shutdown, limiting access to logic, reflection, and traditional cognitive processing during activation
• Survival responses like hypervigilance, dissociation, people-pleasing, or emotional numbing are often adaptive protective strategies, not pathology
• Using “parts language” (“A part of me feels worthless”) creates distance from shame and increases curiosity, self-awareness, and regulation
• Secure internal attachment develops when the adult self learns to relate compassionately to wounded parts, rather than rejecting or fighting them

From a TIST and neuroscience-informed lens, symptoms become meaningful communications from protective systems—not evidence of brokenness. This reframing can profoundly shift the therapeutic relationship and deepen client safety.

At Academy of Therapy Wisdom, we support clinicians in learning trauma-informed, parts-oriented approaches that integrate neurobiology, attachment, and somatic understanding into effective clinical practice.

If this topic resonates with your clinical work, comment "Training" below and we’ll send you a link to Dr. Janina Fisher's free webinar: Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors.

06/08/2026

Nervous system reset.

29/07/2026

Many parents recognise the arguments about screens.

What we often don’t see is how they begin.

Screen dependence rarely develops overnight. It usually starts with a child discovering that a screen helps them feel calmer, less anxious, less bored or more in control. Over time, the brain learns to rely on that feeling.

When we understand why screens have become so important, we can support children in ways that build connection and regulation, rather than simply taking the device away.

I’d love to hear your thoughts. Has this been your experience?

24/07/2026

Meet our Counsellor, Beau. She specialises in helping clients navigate personal growth, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships dynamics, identity formation, neuro-diversities, post separation, psychoeducation, goal-setting embodied wellness and somatic awareness.

Beau can also provide services such as Adaptive Behaviour Assessments, FBAs, dog-assisted therapy, sand/art therapy, mindfulness immersion and more!

09/05/2026

The Defiance Iceberg

Beneath the behaviour lies the vulnerable child – coping with emotions and needs that aren’t easy to express.

When we only respond to the tip of the iceberg, we miss the whole story.
Look beneath defiance… and you’ll see a child asking for help.

In our Misunderstood Defiance: the Vulnerable Child Toolkit for Parents & Educators is a range of checklists and information sheets for you to explore what is going on for the defiant child.

Electronic download available at link in comments.

22/04/2026

A little something that might help the children and youth in your lives. We can run sessions regarding conflict resolution skills and bullying, make an appointment today!