By David Hennessy, Clinical Psychologist
The Varsity Lakes psychologist, David Hennessy, says “Sometimes life can be difficult to make sense of – Let’s talk!”
David, the Varsity Lakes psychologist says “Mental health struggles are mostly invisible, and the visible parts are rarely consistent with the internal struggle. I am humbled and privileged to accompany clients on a journey through private perceptions, memories, thoughts, beliefs, hopes, dreams, and fears while we work together on building understanding, resilience, and resourcefulness in the private storm of their internal lives”.
The Varsity Lakes psychologist, David Hennessy, also says “Lack of helpful information is rarely really the problem!”
“Problems tend to start with our unwillingness and or inability to seek, notice, understand, accept, and interpret information in a helpful way”.
Specifically, “we attach for security while at the same time being insecure about losing what we attach to”.
The Varsity Lakes psychologist, David Hennessy, says “Practising compassion for others is one the nicest things we can do for ourselves”
“As it reduces our burden of irritation, anger, expectation, disappointment, confusion and hurt”.
Mr Hennessy, the Varsity Lakes psychologist, talks about acceptance of the ongoing series of uncomfortable situations of life.
That is to say, the more practised we are at accepting the ongoing series of uncomfortable situations of life, the more likely we are to be able to make appropriate changes.
He also talks about compassion, acceptance, and forgiveness.
“Compassion, acceptance, and forgiveness are their own reward. When we practice these things who benefits? We don’t just feel better, our autonomic nervous system gets a nice little balancing tune up as well. Be compassionate, accepting and forgiving and everyone wins, but mostly you”.
David has worked in a range of mental health and physical health settings.
Settings include inpatient acute psychiatric and psychiatric residential rehabilitation, acute medical health psychology and physical rehabilitation, community mental health case management, and private practice as a registered clinical psychologist.
David also spent eight years with Lifeline across counselling, supervision, and training roles.
David is experienced in working psychotherapeutically in the areas of complex adult mental health presentations, schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder, adjustment to physical or medical health issues, persistent pain, trauma and complex trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, phobias, obsessions and or compulsions, substance use and addiction, grief and loss, adult au
Therapy can be helpful for people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, worn down, or uncertain about how to make sense of what they are experiencing. Some people arrive with a clear concern, while others come with a general sense that life has become harder to manage or understand.
Many mental health difficulties are experienced privately, even when someone appears to be coping outwardly. Therapy offers a steady space to explore private perceptions, memories, thoughts, beliefs, hopes, fears, and the meaning we make of them.
Often the difficulty is not the absence of information, but challenges around seeking it, noticing it, understanding it, accepting it, or interpreting it in a helpful way. Therapy can support a more workable relationship with the information already present in your life and experience.
Practising compassion can reduce the burden of irritation, anger, expectation, disappointment, confusion, and hurt. It may also support steadier emotional regulation and more considered responses when life becomes demanding.
The more practised we are at accepting the ongoing series of uncomfortable situations that life presents, the more able we often are to make appropriate changes. Acceptance is not resignation. It can be a foundation for clearer and more effective action.
David works psychotherapeutically with complex adult mental health presentations, schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorder, trauma and complex trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, grief and loss, persistent pain, adjustment to physical or medical health issues, phobias, obsessions and compulsions, substance use and addiction, adult autism spectrum presentations, psychological assessment, and report writing.
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