
Mind Rewind Podcast
Here’s a podcast with Jac covering the mental health journeys of young people who are “out the other side”, sharing their stories & what worked & didn’t work for them as they navigated the bumpy road of depression, anxiety, trauma & anger.

Anxiety & Depression Checklist (K10).
This simple checklist aims to measure whether you may have been affected by depression & anxiety during the past four weeks. The higher your score, the more likely you are to be experiencing depression &/or anxiety.

Right Now | A Work in Progress The Teen Brain.
Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend and rear-ends another vehicle.
How can teens be so clever, accomplished, and responsible—and reckless at the same time?

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Kids & Teens: ‘Anger & How to be the Boss of Your Brain’
This is a really great article from https://www.heysigmund.com/ on explaining anger to your teens and kids. The “Be. with Beanstalk” programme tackles this simple notion head on. Exploring emotion with adolescents, and more importantly, what emotions are signifying, and how to utilise them in healthy ways.

Adolescent & Family Counselling Northern Beaches, Sydney
Jac is a registered psychotherapist and counsellor with a breadth of experience in providing support and psychological services to adolescents, adults, couples and families. She established her private practice ‘Beanstalk’ in 2013 on Sydney’s Northern Beaches.