Anorexia and other eating disorders have been under discussion in the media lately. Across the USA last week National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (24 Feb-4 March) put this mental health condition in the spotlight. Treatments for eating disorders have come a long way in the last decades and research into eating disorders is helping the […]
Summer can be a great time. The hot, dry weather is great for some many of our favourite activities. Unfortunately, Summer brings the bushfire season and with it the anxiety and trauma that natural disasters bring. The expansion out of Australian cities has meant bigger populations in outer metropolitan and country areas where there is […]
We are now nearly two decades into the 21st century and in that time there have been some major changes to to mental health treatment in Australia. The reduction of stigma surrounding mental health or seeking treatment for a mental condition has decreased. The result is that more people are open about mental health problems […]
We know that a healthy diet has benefits for our physical health. It is not that well known that eating well has benefits for our mental health too. That is slowly changing and the understanding of the links between what we eat and our mental health are becoming better known and research. In fact some new […]
In an earlier post we discussed how physical well-being is as important as our mental well-being. At Retreat South we include yoga, relaxation and meditation as part of our treatment plans. We were inspired by a recent news story about and 86 year-old who teaches yoga at a mental health unit in Queensland, Australia. “I […]
Travelling is a great thing to do and it can be good for wellness as well as adventure. Travel is good for the spirit For many of us now, travel is an activity that brings pleasure, stimulation activity and broadens our horizons. Travelling is also something we do to refresh our minds, bodies and spirits. […]
People who prcatice yoga and meditation have a saying “inhale the future, exhale the past.” At Retreat South we offer specialised programmes for individual treatment. Each programme is put together for your stay witn us. We discuss the possibilities and aims you you want in coming for treatment and offer a range therapies which are delivered […]
Because at Retreat South we create a treatment programme with you we have a range of therapists and therapies. In this day and age treatments go beyond that talk based therapies – which is a great therapy and has a long record of success – to treatment approaches like EAGALA, which has also proven to […]
The American artist Georgia O’Keefe summed up the power of art therapy when she said “I could say things with colors and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.” At Retreat South we offer specialised, tailor-made programmes for individual treatment. We offer a range therapies which are delivered by […]