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 […]

Yesterday I was on a webinar with a group of community workers and counsellors who were sharing their experiences around the unique and unexpected challenges Covid-19 was bringing to their work within their communities.  One of the common themes we identified is that, despite the collective “sameness” of our experiences as a nation, we all […]

In recent supervision sessions and conversations with my peers and colleagues, there has been much discussion around the unique challenges that we as community health workers are facing in this time of change and uncertainty. Some of these tricky situations are familiar to those of us who have already worked from home or in multiple […]

Many of us remember the old game of “Telephone,” where the sharing of a statement begets some very funny changes to it. The person at the start of the telephone chain whispers, a statement such as, “I like being outside and playing at the park” into the ear of the person next to him. That […]

At SKATTLE we see lots of families going through life changing experiences, including families affected by loss. Here is a short list of ideas that can be helpful to remember when you or someone you know is trying to support family after loss… Everyone Responds Differently You might feel concerned that someone you care about […]