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 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 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.