Something we continue to encounter with the families we work with is kids experiencing different anxieties related to school and learning. Some of these anxieties are about the social aspects of school like friendship problems and bullying behaviours, however increasingly we are hearing about anxieties related to the learning and work load aspects of school. […]
Recently I finished a six week therapeutic group at a primary school with six kids aged between 7 and 11. Sometimes it can feel like there might not be much that is therapeutic happening when you have a room full of very busy kids each with big stories and unique needs. Towards the end of […]
I recently listened to a podcast by Dr Kate Owen, a clinical psychologist on the Gold Coast. She offered some interesting ideas around the ‘contagious nature’ of anxiety and other negative emotions. (Have you ever noticed how flat you feel after looking forward to a meet up with a friend who then ‘dumps’ all […]
Recently, I was listening to one of Glennon Doyle’s morning meetings where she was talking about how as a family they have learnt to listen to each other’s worries without offering fixes or solutions. Glennon Doyle is a well known author of memoirs, Love Warrior and most recently Untamed where she shares her learnings of […]
Like many of us, Covid-19 has certainly challenged me to dive deep into the daunting and largely unfamiliar territory of online therapeutic work within my community. I had always convinced myself – and anybody else who was curious enough to enquire – that I preferred to work face to face with people, because I appreciated […]
As I’ve been grappling with all the changes Covid-19 has brought to my work and home life over the past couple of weeks, I have noticed myself having times of feeling a bit lost and not as purposeful or effective. I think this is due to the combination of trying to work with my (almost) […]
Yesterday I was listening to a podcast where Elizabeth Gilbert, well-known speaker and best-selling author of Eat Pray Love, City of Girls and Big Magic shared some thoughts around her own experience of living in Covid-19 isolation in the USA. She spoke to so many facets of this unexpected journey we are all negotiating together, […]
