The font I use: dyslexia friendly

Hey there! You might’ve noticed that I use a different kind of font to many other fonts used online. I use a dyslexia-friendly fonts, listed as Open Dyslexic. Why? First off, dyslexia is something that affects how people read and process words. It’s a facet of neurodivergence that makes traditional fonts a bit of aContinue reading “The font I use: dyslexia friendly”

Re-imagining

I’m Mike. A mental health counsellor, and entirely unrepentant nerd. These aren’t exclusive ideas. For ages I thought they were. I thought I’d crossed the line by having a Pokemon as my practice mascot. But for anyone who understands the significance of Sylveon, or has watched my video on the topic, you’ll know exactly whatContinue reading “Re-imagining”

Anxiety, curiosity and new opportunities

I’m departing from my usual posts for clients and prospective clients today. This one is for the early career psychologists, counsellors, and students. Today I had the honour and privilege to attend a skills training session with LifelineWA and their DBTeen program. The program is pretty self-explanatory, it provides dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) to adolescents.Continue reading “Anxiety, curiosity and new opportunities”