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A Life Script
In linking back to my blog, ‘What is Different about Psychotherapy’ I will begin this blog with the final sentence of that blog and take those thoughts and musings further into a fascinating and clever piece of theory that I believe is enlightening in terms of us...
The Real Location of our – Thoughts Feeling and Behaviours
Locating our thoughts feeling and behaviour also incorporates the meaning of the word trans-generational … and why it is relevant to our psychological state. Simply put transgenerational means those things that happen in families that are handed down, and down, and...
Where Post Trauma Resides
It was the morning of new year’s eve 2019, work was quiet, so we decided to meet for a coffee. On reflection, I will admit to noting her eyes occasionally darting about randomly, though not thinking too much of it at the time. While I observed it happening three...
The Key
The unconscious is the Key to all-important knowledge …. It is very easy to get caught up with the client’s avoidance … I do it all the time. I try to console myself with the fact that if I was to burrow into every opening a client presents, every opening that we...
Sharing Your Psychotherapist A Caution
From people who have been in psychotherapy for some time, there is a frequent request for a referral. If the experience has been good, the client may often ask if you will see their intended referee. As a psychotherapist we do not, see friends and family of clients …...
A 50 Minute Hour
Seinfeld, the sitcom, was just ending as I walked into a friend’s house, many years ago. While I never actually watched the series, it often played in the background while I was at various friend’s homes over the years. So much so that I generally got the plot. On...
Dreaming: A Personal Account
When did dreams become something we all talked about? I’m sure long before Freud and Jung made it popular. I could engage in deep research and find that answer. However, I’m not so sure it’s important in the scheme of things, we know we dream and that the dreams are...
Smoke Triggers Disguised Trauma
In light of the recent horrific and devastating bushfires in NSW and Qld, Australia I was personally haunted by my own past. I thought it an opportunity to share how nebulous archaic trauma is and how fiercely it might emanate from that unconscious position in our...
To Publish or not to Publish – Pt 1
Getting a book published is no mean feat. Regardless of whether that process is with a traditional publishing house or via a self-published process. I should know. I have done both. Both are scary, fraught, incongruent, inconsistent, stubborn, uncompromising … shall I...
