Compassion Focused Therapy

Professor Paul Gilbert explores the science of compassion and how we can put this into practice to create happier lives - for ourselves and others around us. This talk was filmed at an Action for Happiness event in London on 18 April 2017.

Mindfulness Apps

Subscription based apps: Calm (Android) (Apple), Headspace (Android) (Apple)

Free apps: Smiling Mind (Android) (Apple) (Web)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

What can we do to prosper when facing pain and suffering in our lives? More than a thousand studies suggest that a major part of the answer is learning psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes is one of the researchers who first identified that process and put it into action in the form of a popular acceptance and mindfulness method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

This entertaining animation illustrates the internal struggles we have with our thoughts and feelings, and how to step out of them. Written and narrated by Dr Russ Harris, an acclaimed ACT trainer and author of The Happiness Trap, this animation takes you through the classic 'chessboard metaphor', first described in the textbook 'Acceptance & Commitment Therapy', by Hayes, Strosahl, Wilson, 1999.

Crisis Services - Emergency Contacts

Police: 000

Ambulance: 000

North Western Mental Health Area Psychiatric Triage: 1300 874 243

(click here if outside of Brunswick to see the relevant Psychiatric Triage service for your local area)

24 Hour Crisis Support Lines

Lifeline (Online chat available 7pm-midnight AEST) - 13 11 14

Kids Helpline (5-25 years old; Online chat available 24/7) - 1800 55 1800

Suicide Call Back Service (Online chat available 24/7) - 1300 659 467

Counselling, Referral and Information Services

eheadspace (12-25 years old; Online chat and phone available 9am-1am AEST) - 1800 650 890

DirectLine (Drug and alcohol support) - 1800 888 236

Beyondblue (Depression support & referral; Online chat 3pm-midnight) - 1300 22 4636

Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria (ARCVic; Phone support and support groups available) - 1300 269 438

The Compassionate Friends Victoria (24 hour grief support and support groups available) - 1300 064 068