Discover how mindfulness helps interrupt overthinking, reduce anxiety, and restore clarity - backed by neuroscience and real-world therapeutic insight.

Explore the defensive cascade, commonly known as the fight-or-flight response, with insights from Peter Walker, Clinical Psychologist at Aperture Psychology in Sydney. Learn about the physiological stages—focus, freeze, flight, fight, and flop—and how they function to promote survival in the face of threats.

Explore the causes and effective treatments of social anxiety with Dr. Nisha Sethi at Aperture Psychology in Sydney. Learn how cognitive-behavioral therapy can help manage fears of social situations and improve quality of life.

Explore the causes and impacts of perfectionism with Peter Walker, Clinical Psychologist at Aperture Psychology in Sydney. Learn how high and unrelenting standards can lead to chronic dissatisfaction, worthlessness, depression, and anxiety, and discover strategies to manage these tendencies.

Explore the defence cascade—a series of innate, automatic defence behaviours—and their clinical implications. Learn how understanding these responses can inform effective treatment interventions for trauma and anxiety. Our experienced clinical psychologists in Sydney offer personalised treatment plans and telehealth services Australia-wide.

Explore the principles and evolution of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with Peter Walker, Clinical Psychologist at Aperture Psychology in Sydney. Learn how CBT combines behavioural and cognitive approaches to effectively manage distressing thoughts and behaviours.

Explore the cognitive model of panic attacks, including their causes, symptoms, and effective management strategies. Learn how pre-attentive vigilance to body sensations can trigger panic and discover evidence-based treatments to break the cycle. Our experienced clinical psychologists in Sydney offer personalised treatment plans and telehealth services Australia-wide.