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Tag: mental health
Our Peace In Pieces: A Trauma Therapist on Power, Healing and Living Together.
“A tiny minority somehow keeps the huge peaceful majority split into pieces scattered across the globe… I don’t know how to fix this, but I refuse to be told it has to be like this.”
Deep Brain Time Machine: Artifical Intelligence, Real Healing.
“Recently I saw a nice photo in my social media feed…It’s lovely, but unremarkable really, until you know who the little girl is.”
The Invisible Wardrobe: Transference in Ordinary Relationships
“In human group life, we’ve evolved a lightning-fast ability to use what we know about people from our past to make split-second guesses about the person in front of us now.
The technical term for this is transference.
This is not a sexy term. It sounds like something your accountant has to explain to you again each financial year.”
So, Growing Men and Boys Better Reduces Family Violence – Now What?
“Yes, men need to be held accountable. But what if they could hold themselves accountable because from boyhood onwards they have felt held?”
The Household On The Hill Goes To Therapy: Rebuilding Our Trust In Politics
“I’m a psychotherapist. Trust problems are my thing. People in my practice get better as they rebuild trust: in their minds and bodies, in their relationships, in their households.
The household I most wish would get it together sits on a hill in Canberra.”
Bum Note: Why Harmful NDIS Music Therapy Cuts Won’t Save Money
“Music Therapy saves the government a bucketload of money. It’s a quiet achiever for a discipline founded on the making of sound; it needs us to shout loud now, for its future.”
A Plea from a Victorian Dad and Psychiatrist: Change the Name On The Health Centre For Mums, Babies and All Who Love Them.
“Babies have the toughest job on the planet, because they have to change the most in the shortest time. We that must keep up with them have the second toughest job. Compared with that gruelling 24/7 learning curve, organisational change is pretty straightforward. And this change could change things for so many new families.”
We Are Not Like A Broken Leg: A Psychiatrist On The Problematic Illness Model.
“We can grow our language so it does a better job of preserving dignity and hope for people in unimaginable pain and difficulty.”
If Parliament Went To Therapy…
“Witnessing modern two-party politics, I can’t help but think of two parents fighting bitterly while their kids are forgotten in the heat of battle.”
My Doctor's Handwriting 