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Reflections from our May Community of Practice session 🤓 community of practice May 09, 2025

At Shapes and Sounds we acknowledge the important role that  accessing up-to-date scientific evidence plays in the delivery of evidence-based mental h...

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The Silent Hustle: Work and Mental Health. The Asian Mental Health Podcast Episode 17 podcast May 06, 2025

The Asian Mental Health is back! To kick things off, Asami, Marcus and Oscar define the theme they’ve chosen for our third season and talk about the i...

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May community newsletter: Our podcast returns next week! mental health newsletter Apr 30, 2025

May 6th: The Asian Mental Health podcast is back!

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I've just returned from a month-long holiday and in all honestly, I'm desperately trying...

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May organisational newsletter: Considering CALD presentations in emergency care cultural competency training Apr 30, 2025

May: Considering CALD presentations in emergency care.

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Welcome back to our monthly newsletter! Our aim is to support you to feel confident an...

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April Organisational newsletter: Creative arts therapy workshops. cultural competency training Apr 01, 2025

April: Creative arts therapy workshops.

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A recent paper by Luu et al. (2023), found that interventions including creative arts therapies appea...

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Meet Asian Australian Clinical Psychologist, Summer Guo interview mental health Apr 01, 2025

We know that it's not always easy trying to work out which therapist we might like to work with: Because the decision isn't just about where they're l...

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Meet Asian Australian Counsellor, Yonglong (Morty) Ni Apr 01, 2025

We know that it's not always easy trying to work out which therapist we might like to work with: Because the decision isn't just about where they're l...

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April Community newsletter: Staying connected and reducing loneliness mental health newsletter Apr 01, 2025

April: Staying connected and reducing loneliness

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April has always been my least favourite time of year... the sudden drop in temperature, the...

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What is Art Therapy: Insights from Registered Art Therapist Stef Kam creative community care Mar 05, 2025
 
 

1. What can someone expect in an art therapy session?
When engaging in art therapy as a group, it can be about shared experience, about celebrati
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March Organisational Newsletter: How can we actually improve culturally-responsive care? cultural competency training Mar 03, 2025

March: How can we actually improve culturally-responsive care?

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At Shapes and Sounds, we’re a little tired of the mainstream approach to cultu...

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Meet Asian Australian Art Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Therapist, Simone Shu Yin Chan interview mental health Mar 03, 2025

We know that it's not always easy trying to work out which therapist we might like to work with: Because the decision isn't just about where they're l...

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March Community Newsletter: Saying goodbye and other news. newsletter Mar 01, 2025

March: Saying goodbye and other news.

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March is an exciting month for us as we're back offering free creative arts therapy programs for Asian ...

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