Career Counselling
CAREER COUNSELLING Ivan and his staff use a range of assessment tools to identify, key personality styles, interests, work preferences and career paths, and cognitive profiles in order to help you identify the most satisfying career pathways.
Cars’R'Us Kit
__ The Cars ‘R’ Us kit reflects the optimistic, positive psychology of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy and draws on the Total Behaviour Car model that has been used successfully by Reality Therapists, both individually and corporately, for many years. The Cars ‘R’ Us kit is a mechanism that uses clear and simple metaphors to emphasise that we choose our behaviours. Using it helps individuals move to a more empowering worldview and learn a practical way to understanding themselves and ...
Emotional Concerns
EMOTIONAL CONCERNS Many of us have been conditioned to believe within our culture that 'bad' feelings are frightening and dangerous, and to avoid them at all costs. However, our feelings are our friends and provide the signals to tell us how well our chosen behaviours are working for us. They may represent some underlying issues that we need to confront, including thinking patterns, beliefs, and behaviours that are no longer working for us. Understanding our emotions can assist us to develop ...
Hypnosis
HYPNOSIS Ivan is a member of the International Society of Hypnosis and has been using this approach effectively for many years. He has successfully assisted many people in the areas of self-confidence, smoking, weight management, maximising sporting performance, managing anxiety and stress and in resolving phobic responses. Hypnosis is an approach which can be adapted to any type of difficulty and can help speed up the resolution of many of the problems that exist. Hypnosis is a highly effective tool in ...
Life and Professional Coaching
LIFE AND PROFESSIONAL COACHING Personal and Professional coaching is a speciality within the practice recognising that many of us need some extra support or encouragement to achieve to our highest potential. Life Coaching is a method for helping people improve, develop, achieve, manage life change and work through personal challenges, with a focus on future possibilities. The aim is to help clients become aware of, and remove or reduce any obstacles that may be blocking their performance or achievement. It’s about closing the ...
Behaviour Behind The Wheel
It was just before Christmas and the road toll was already rising alarmingly. The police were making their usual last minute pleas for sanity on the roads during the holiday season. I had been asked to speak on local ABC radio. I was asked "Why do we continue to kill ourselves in ever increasing numbers, in what appears to be a frenzy of madness and stupidity on our roads? Do we have a self-destructive instinct?" Firstly, it is important to acknowledge ...
Look After Yourself
By Ivan Honey Unless we meet our own needs first, we are unable to help others …. I RECENTLY over heard one of my colleagues advising his client on departure to "Look after yourself'. While this may be somewhat clichéd, it seems to me to reflect excellent advice and a very important principle. So many of us are too busy looking after others to make the time to look after ourselves. Now, I'm not advocating selfishness as a lifestyle, but I ...
Psychological Testing
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING At Ivan Honey and Associates a wide range of psychological assessments are conducted and ensure that the use the most up to date versions of all tests. Intellectual Assessments These assessments explore an individual's overall intellectual capacity and specific cognitive profile, identifying areas of intellectual excellence as well as areas that may be problematic for the individual. Intellectual assessments constitute an area of expertise within Ivan Honey and Associates with the most recent adaptations of all scales being used. These include: ~ ...
Celebrate Life
By Ivan Honey 'We don't need to wait for special occasions to celebrate we can find and choose things to celebrate every day' 1977 was my final year of teaching in primary schools. It was during that year that I met Norman, a trainee teacher. I have not seen him since. He graduated that year and moved off to teach in various schools around Victoria. I remember Noonan as someone with a great sense of fun and great connection. He loved being ...
Total Makeovers
By Ivan Honey “Happiness has a lot more to do with how we think than how we look" I HAVE just watched the 60 Minutes program on cosmetic surgery, I also saw a program in the television series of "Total Makeover". People were given face-lifts, their bodies were reshaped through the use of liposuction, and surgery was used to alter the shape of noses, chins and mouths. Some months after going through this gruelling surgery, they were reunited with their families. Looking ...
Training
What participants are saying about Ivan and his training....... "Absolutely Brilliant" “A journey of discovery and clarity” “It was exciting and rewarding. I feel an awareness and development of knowledge through this training. It was very valuable and just the beginning!” "I wish this week could have been longer!" "Brought the best out of each of us" Training Dates 2011 February 5th - 8th Feburary - Townsville contact Jenny Cramer: leafonthewind@mac.com March 7th - 10th March - Newcastle, NSW Contact: Nancy Snow Email: Nancy.Snow@det.nsw.edu.au 28th - 31st March - Bendigo Victoria, Ivan Honey ...
Softly, Softly
By Ivan Honey “What we accomplish by threats must be maintained by force. What we accomplish by kindness is self-propelling. Therefore real power consists in creating a situation where it need not be exercised" (Source Unknown) At our psychological practice we see many children. Therefore it was a surprise to me last year when I was told by a colleague that one of our past referral sources chose not to refer children to our office because of their perception that we were ...
Love that says ‘I cannot control others’
By Ivan Honey The wooden spoon incident has excited much comment about corporal punishment, which was abolished in Victorian schools 25 years ago. I have unhappy memories of seeing sad, disconnected or neglected children who had already been abused, being beaten, strapped and caned. In many quarters it continues to be acceptable to advocate violence against those least able to defend themselves. Unfortunately, physical punishment and threat, along with verbal abuse are common ways of controlling people weaker than ourselves. This primitive, quick ...
Chronic Pain Management
CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT Ivan and his staff have worked extensively with many Work Cover and TAC clients who have had ongoing chronic pain. This is a challenging and multi-faceted area requiring the identification of individual preferences and understanding how this condition impacts upon functioning. Ivan Honey and Associates use a wide range of approaches including Hypnosis, Reality Therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Insight Therapy to assist people to develop the most appropriate management skills for them.
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Training Opportunities
Training For 2010Stay posted for a full list of upcomming training. For enquiries about getting Ivan...
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New Projects
New ProjectsIvan is currently working on a new project! Its more of the car’s that you know and love – stay tuned as will will up date you soon on this exciting opportunity. Read More →
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