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How ‘Brainspotting’ Can Take You From Survivor to Thriver
I’ve increasingly been drawing on a therapeutic modality called Brainspotting – a brain-based therapy discovered by Dr David Grand. Brainspotting is a powerful technique that processes trauma and distress that is stuck in the body. Often talk-based therapies alone can fall short when dealing with trauma and its associated effects. “Brainspotting allows us to harness […]
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You Are Not a Sex Addict
Our culture is obsessed with sex. Sexual images and suggestive messages can be seen everywhere we look. Yet, human sexuality is poorly understood and something we rarely talk about. Instead, we get caught up in pseudo scientific debates about whether sex addiction is a brain disease or not. It can be too easy to pathologise […]
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ANZAC Day and PTSD
I’m struck when watching coverage of various ANZAC day ceremonies each year, how much is made of physical suffering, and how little of the mental scars that accompany war. It’s also not just enlisted personnel who suffer. Civilian support staff, local civilians, and those close to sufferers are also directly affected. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder […]
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