Dr Louise Hayes

One of my favourite moments… seeing DNA-V come to life in the therapy room 💛

This beautiful snapshot (shared with permission) shows a young person learning Noticer skills — with a little help from a very good therapy dog 🐾

These are the moments where learning becomes real. Where skills become lived.

If you’d like to bring DNA-V into your own sessions, I’m sharing these 6 posters for free — designed to make the model visual, practical, and engaging for young people.

With thanks to for sharing this special moment.

✨ Head to the link in the comments to download them

I recently joined Poh Gan on The Practitioner’s Heart Podcast to explore how Buddhist wisdom intersects with psychological practice. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, we reflect on presence, letting go, and sustaining ethical, compassionate clinical work over time.🎧

Another workshop certificate won't make you a master therapist. Here's what will 👇

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What if you could work with complex trauma in a way that honours the full depth of your clients' experiences—beyond symptom checklists and rigid protocols?
Join Dr. Robyn Walser and Dr. Louise Hayes, two of the world's leading ACT experts, for a transformative training series that will fundamentally shift how you conceptualize and treat complex trauma.
This isn't about adding more techniques. It's about understanding ACT as a process-based, whole-person psychotherapy grounded in developmental science, therapeutic presence, and compassion.
🗓️ Two workshops in February 2026 (attend one or bundle both)
💰 $160 USD per workshop | $256 bundle (save 20%)
📚 4 CE credits available
🎥 6 months recording access
Ideal for psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and counsellors who want to deepen and expand their clinical work toward more holistic transformation.
Swipe through to learn more about what makes this training different—and how it can deepen your clinical work with trauma.
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So often, young people try to push away painful thoughts or feelings. But these inner experiences aren’t enemies—they’re signals. When we can help them pause and listen, rather than fight or flee, we open the door to understanding and growth.

Let’s teach them that feelings are not flaws—they’re part of the message of being human.

✨ For more insights that honour the emotional world of youth, sign up to Life Made Flexible.

What if you could work with complex trauma in a way that honors the full depth of your clients' experiences—beyond symptom checklists and rigid protocols?

Join Dr. Robyn Walser and Dr. Louise Hayes, two of the world's leading ACT experts, for a transformative training series that will fundamentally shift how you conceptualize and treat complex trauma.
This isn't about adding more techniques. It's about understanding ACT as a process-based, whole-person psychotherapy

grounded in developmental science, therapeutic presence, and compassion.
🗓️ Two workshops in April 2026 (attend one or bundle both)
💰 $160 per workshop | $256 bundle (save 20%)
📚 4 CE credits available
🎥 6 months recording access

Ideal for psychotherapists, psychologists, social workers, and counsellors who want to deepen and expand their clinical work toward more holistic transformation.

Swipe through to learn more about what makes this training different—and how it can deepen your clinical work with trauma.
Space is limited. Secure your spot today!

Fear isn’t a sign of weakness—it’s a sign that something matters. It’s a part of being human.

Let’s help teens stop seeing fear as failure, and start seeing it as a guide—one that invites courage, not shame.

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Pain doesn’t need to be justified. It just needs space to exist. When young people learn to feel, without needing to fix or explain, they begin to move through.

Let’s teach them that it's okay to feel—and be with them in the feeling.

For practices and reflections like this, sign up to Life Made Flexible, my free resource for therapists.