In this episode:

• Many children experience the loss of someone significant, yet this is often overlooked
• Grief in children may show up as anger, behavioral issues, or physical symptoms rather than verbally
• Ways to promote language that supports adaptation instead of avoidance
• Approaches for normalising grief experiences, and encouraging re-engagement with social and pleasant activities

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Professor Sarah Egan, Discipline of Psychology, enAble Institute and School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences

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In this episode:

• Mental health assessments may be overlooking key struggles
• Limited internal dialogue can quietly intensify anxiety and emotional dysregulation in young people facing communication challenges
• Transition to high school dramatically amplifies the academic and social pressures
• New intervention approaches are uncovering how teaching the language of emotion can unlock better coping and self-advocacy for vulnerable teens

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Professor Mark Boyes, Educational and Developmental Psychology, Curtin University; Co-Lead, Mental Health Research Domain, Curtin enAble Institute, Academic Editor, PeerJ; Editorial Board Member, Dyslexia and Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

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In this episode:

• Adolescents and young children in a technology dependent world
• Is there a link between mental illness and technology?
• Effects of over-exposure to screen time in young people
• Emerging behaviours and changes in teens and adolescents
• Practical advice for parents, carers and teachers for mobile phone usage

Host: Andrew Fuller, Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist, Speaker and Creator of Learning Strengths

Guest: Dr Rachael Sharman, Senior Lecturer; Psychology, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences

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