My favourite resources: July – September 2023
It’s most definitely spring here in Melbourne and the season-change is a great external reminder to take a moment to reflect on the previous three months (hurray, we made it through winter!) and wrap up some of the resources that I’ve been utilising and consuming.
Doing the work, or being healed?
I’m revisiting the idea of what it is to experience therapy, how we might frame it, and how we might create reasonable expectations of the process / experience.
Imposter phenomenon
When I sit down to write a blog every Sunday morning, I often draw on things I’ve listened to (podcasts, workshops and the themes of things that have come up in session with clients during the preceding week) and sometimes I write from a very personal place.
Intrusive thoughts
Never one to shy away from the difficult conversations, this week we’re looking a topic that people often struggle to talk about – which for me is just another great reason for opening the discussion up.
Perfectionism
Whilst not a stand-alone mental health condition perfectionism is a symptom that forms one of the diagnostic criteria of a range of different conditions such as: depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Doing scary things
Working as a therapist who has a special interest in trauma, I talk about fear pretty much every day. Fear has a super important evolutionary purpose.
Making difficult decisions
I’m writing my first blog back after two week’s holiday in the UK and I’m peak jet-lag with zero awareness of whereabouts in the world my body feels like it is right now, so I will be sure to do an extra spell-check before uploading it!
The holiday edition – taking a break
Starting a PhD in the same year as your eldest child is starting Year 12, in addition to running a private practice and co-running a household full of children and two high-maintenance Dachshunds has been quite the challenge!
Revisiting: what is EMDR therapy (and how does it work)?
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that come from difficult or traumatic life experiences or events.
Wellbeing or well-becoming?
I’ve been doing some research this last little while for a presentation I gave last week about ‘well-becoming’, which is a kind of evolved version of wellbeing.