Angela Mitten, Counsellor - Articles and Information

Moving on From Overwhelm

“In ACT, our main interest in a thought is not whether it’s true or false, but whether it’s helpful; that is, if we pay attention to this...

Are You Feeling Confident?

I want to suggest today that you start noticing what your mind is telling you. Become still for a moment, notice what your mind is doing.

Using ACT to Face Covid

There's a fair bit of challenge going on at the moment in Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, and other states.

We’re All Climbing Our Own Mountain

None of us get out of this life without experiencing the full range of human emotion.

3 Ways to Come Back to Your Senses

There’s a reason that it's difficult to make decisions when we are triggered. You see, during these times we're often in our survival mode.

Five Tips to Assist With Accepting Your Emotions

As a human being we can experience a huge range of emotions. In this blog we share five tips to start accepting our emotions.

Mapping the Nervous System

You have probably heard of the fight, flight and freeze responses - our nervous system’s response to danger. You see our brains are wired to

Why is my child so Angry?

One of the most common things parents talk with me about is how to manage their children’s anger. Picture this! Something doesn’t go...

What is emotion coaching?

We are not born with the language to explain how we are feeling. We are hardwired to express our distress or our needs through ....

Keeping Communication Open With Your Teenager

If you're the parent of a teenager, you've probably noticed some major behavioural changes over the past few years. Although these...