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About Julian McNally

Julian McNally has practised counselling psychology since 1995. He trained in client-centered and solution-oriented approaches before discovering Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in 2003. The mindfulness components of ACT harmonized with his longstanding interest in Zen Buddhism and Taoism (Julian was a Tai Chi instructor for six years).Shortly after reading Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Hayes, Strosahl and Wilson, Julian started developing the world’s first online audio ACT training resource, 6 ACT Conversations through RMIT University (online at http://emedia.rmit.edu.au/communication/).This resource has been utilized and cited by many ACT trainers, practitioners and their clients, and is featured in a chapter Julian co-authored in the recent New Harbinger book, Mindfulness and Acceptance for Counseling College Students. As well seeing individuals for counselling, Julian also supervises other ACT practitioners in Melbourne,  and throughout Australia and internationally (Skype, zoom or phone) and is principal psychologist at Melbourne’s first ACT centre, The ACT of Living.

Leaves On A Stream

This is my version of the classic Acceptance and Commitment Therapy exercise Leaves On A Stream. It will help you defuse from your thoughts, so instead of getting bogged down [...]

By |2024-02-27T09:32:41+11:00February 26th, 2024|

Go out in the sunlight

Prescribe sunlight ☀️ Tell patients to spend time outdoors. Bright sunlight helps boost the production of serotonin. It also improves the release of melatonin, which helps you get a better [...]

By |2023-05-02T13:17:44+10:00April 12th, 2023|

Why no waiting list

Melbourne’s psychologists, and the Victorian mental health system generally, are currently overwhelmed. So why do we have no waiting lists? So that we can take better care of our clients.

By |2023-03-25T16:03:10+11:00March 3rd, 2022|

Why we have no waiting list

Why we have no waiting list Melbourne’s psychologists, and the Victorian mental health system generally, are currently overwhelmed. That's not something that just happened because of the pandemic. Psychologists' waiting [...]

By |2023-03-25T16:03:10+11:00February 15th, 2022|
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