Helpful library
Resources
Guides, mindfulness resources, recommended books and crisis links — organised so you can find a gentle starting point without everything feeling equally urgent.
Guides & Explainers
Learn more about the therapy approaches Louise uses and the topics she works with.
Guide
Understanding Gottman Method
Learn about the research-based approach to couples therapy.
Guide
What is Imago Therapy?
Explore how Imago Relationship Therapy transforms conflict into connection.
Guide
First Session Guide
What to expect in your first therapy session — whether online or in person.
Guide
What is ACT Therapy?
Learn how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help you live a richer, more meaningful life.
Guide
What is CBT?
Understand how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy works and whether it's the right approach for you.
Guide
What is Nature Therapy?
How Nature Therapy can work face-to-face or online, with comfort, consent and safety guiding the setting.
Guide
Couples Therapy: What to Expect
A guide to your first couples therapy session and how to prepare.
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Teen Therapy: A Parent's Guide
How to tell if your teenager might benefit from therapy and how to support them.
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Understanding Anxiety
Practical information about anxiety and the therapeutic approaches that can help.
Guide
The Gentle Start-Up: A Skill for Difficult Conversations
Learn how to start a hard conversation without blame or defensiveness.
Guide
Navigating Grief and Loss
Support and understanding for anyone going through grief — in all its forms.
Guide
What Is Trauma-Informed Care?
An introduction to trauma-informed therapy and what it means for you as a client.
Guide
Coping with School Stress and Exam Pressure
Practical strategies for teenagers and parents navigating academic pressure.
Guide
Setting Boundaries in Relationships
Learn what healthy boundaries look like and how to communicate them.
Guide
Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity
A compassionate guide to navigating the path toward healing and trust repair.
Guide
NDIS Counselling: What You Need to Know
Information for NDIS participants about accessing counselling support at Little Big Journeys.
Mindfulness
Guided resources for pausing, noticing and responding with greater awareness.
Mindfulness resource
20-minute body scan
A guided 20-minute body scan for slowing down, noticing the body and taking a pause from overthinking.
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Mindfulness resource
Anxiety course: Finding your why
The first lesson in a free online course Louise recommends for learning practical ways to understand and respond to anxiety.
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Recommended Reading
Books and resources Louise recommends to clients.
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Recommended Reading from Louise
Books and authors Louise often recommends to clients — covering relationships, communication, and personal growth.
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
John Gottman's classic guide to building a lasting relationship — based on over 40 years of research with thousands of couples.
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Getting the Love You Want
Harville Hendrix's foundational book on Imago Relationship Therapy — understanding the unconscious patterns that shape who we choose and how we relate.
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The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris's practical guide to ACT — how to stop struggling with difficult thoughts and start living a richer, more meaningful life.
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
David Burns's classic CBT guide — practical tools for understanding and changing the thought patterns that drive anxiety and depression.
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The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk's landmark book on how trauma reshapes the brain and body — essential reading for understanding trauma-informed care.
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Attached
Amir Levine and Rachel Heller's accessible guide to attachment theory — understand your attachment style and how it shapes your relationships.
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Nonviolent Communication
Marshall Rosenberg's transformative framework for honest, empathic communication — widely used in couples and family therapy.
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Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
John and Julie Gottman's practical guide to the 8 conversations every couple needs to build a lasting, connected relationship.
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And Baby Makes Three
John Gottman's guide for couples navigating the transition to parenthood — preserving intimacy while building a family.
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Making Marriage Simple
Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt distil Imago Relationship Therapy into ten accessible truths for transforming your relationship.
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Keeping the Love You Find
Harville Hendrix's guide for singles — understanding your relationship patterns and preparing for a healthy, conscious partnership.
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The Confidence Gap
Russ Harris's ACT-based guide to overcoming fear and self-doubt — stop waiting for confidence and start living fully.
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The Reality Slap
Russ Harris's compassionate guide to finding meaning and resilience when life hits hard — using ACT to navigate pain and uncertainty.
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Mind Over Mood
Dennis Greenberger and Christine Padesky's bestselling CBT workbook — practical, evidence-based tools for changing how you think and feel.
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When Panic Attacks
David Burns's practical CBT guide to overcoming anxiety, panic, and phobias — without medication.
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Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain
Daniel J. Siegel's eye-opening look at adolescent brain development — helping teens and parents understand and embrace this transformative period.
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How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's classic guide to respectful, effective parent-child communication — used by families worldwide for over 40 years.
Crisis Support
Free, confidential support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Immediate support
Lifeline — 13 11 14
24-hour crisis support for anyone experiencing emotional distress.
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Immediate support
Beyond Blue — 1300 22 4636
Mental health support for anxiety, depression, and suicide prevention.
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Immediate support
Kids Helpline — 1800 55 1800
Free, private counselling for young people aged 5–25.
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Immediate support
1800RESPECT — 1800 737 732
National sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service.
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Immediate support
MensLine Australia — 1300 78 99 78
Telephone and online support for men with relationship and mental health concerns.
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Not sure where to start? Louise offers a free 5-minute consultation to help you find the right support.
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