Tennis Metaphor – Learning better ways to Communicate
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Entries by Dr Jonathan Andrews
Trigger Warning – Trigger warnings can be bad for you
Here is an abbreviated list of thoughts that are linked to traumatic stress: 1. I can’t deal with being upset 2. People can’t be trusted. 3. I am a weak person 4. I have to be on guard the whole time 5. You have to be careful because you never know what can happen next. […]
From a Psychological Perspective, it isn’t the pandemic you need to worry about.
The Covid Pandemic has created considerable anxiety and this is no surprise to any of us. We wash our hands repeatedly, we check our distances. Vigilance spills easily over into suspicion: strangers and friends alike become potential carriers. The emphasis that our culture has on protecting our health is pleasing: People matter, and they matter […]
Living in Quarantine: If ever there was a time to ‘guard your heart’, this would be it.
There are many recommendations being made about how to cope with this pandemic. Many well informed people have written about this and I don’t want to add to what other people have said. You can already get good advice here and here by reputable people and institutions. I highly recommend that you use these links […]
After the fire
Australia has always been under threat of bushfires. As the poet said we are “a sunburnt country”. This year feels very different though. The extent of the damage in the 2019/2020 bushfires was serious and harmful in a whole variety of devastating ways. Lives have been put at risk and lost, and livelihoods have been […]
The potency of connection
Love has a long and positive reach. Much time and energy has gone into documenting the impact of negative events in people’s lives. The consequences of neglect and abuse has received considerable attention, and rightly so – the impact of adversity is large and lasting. Less attention has been given to how love might impact […]
The Antidote – What goes right is often more important than what has gone wrong
What would it be like if we could take an antidote that could wipe out almost all the impact of poor treatment we have ever received? I’m sure if a pharmaceutical company could bottle such a pill, it would be a best seller. There may be such an antidote available, but the the down side […]
“Dirty”
Susan* is a lovely lady. She is 55 years of age with two adult children. She is married, a grandma and actively involved in her church. If you met her you’d never guess that she walks around in constant low-level apprehension that others will react poorly to her. She is nearly always concerned that others […]
