I begin to work with a twenty-three year old woman who has a history of depression and cutting herself. Maria comes because she is very concerned about her inability to control herself. She has tried for years to stop, succeeds for a while and then eventually starts again. She has tried psychiatrists, counsellors, hypnotherapists and
Read moreRN by Victoria Pengilley for Life Matters, 26 Jun 2018. Cancer is a diagnosis no-one wants to hear. What follows is fear, uncertainty and the upheaval of life as you know it. More than 120,000 Australians are diagnosed with cancer each year, and the number is set to rise. Cancer Council Australia predicts one in
Read moreI am working with a couple who are very concerned about their son’s problematic usage of alcohol and other drugs. They have tried everything they could think of to make their son stop using. Sometimes they have short-term successes, but eventually Charlie starts up again, and too quickly, the problems also start again. They feel
Read moreJohn scratches his head. “Why do all my relationships end in the same way? Why do I always end up unhappy, angry and fighting? Do I keep attracting the wrong sort of partner? Is it my karma? It doesn’t matter how much I give, it’s never enough. They always want more and more. Why do
Read moreJohann HariAuthor of ‘Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’ It is now one hundred years since drugs were first banned — and all through this long century of waging war on drugs, we have been told a story about addiction by our teachers and by our governments. This
Read moreWe’ve all heard that the future menu may involve less meat and dairy. But don’t worry, we could have customised diets, outlandish vegetables, robot chefs and guilt-free gorging to look forward to instead. And we reckon that makes up for missing out on the odd sausage By Dr Stuart Farrimond, 30th August, 2018. Before 1928,
Read moreAn Interview with Gary Chapman Ryan Howes • 5/22/2018 • In our romantic fantasies, the path to true love is smooth, and partners know exactly how to make each other feel loved. But the couples we see in therapy aren’t always so adept. In fact, Gary Chapman, a North Carolina pastor and counselor, realized that
Read moreRN by Anna Kelsey-Sugg for Saturday Extra, 28 Jul 2018. Intensive care specialist Ken Hillman believes it’s become too hard to die. When his grandfather died in 1959, it was in his own room at home, with little medical intervention. “Most people’s grandfathers died at home in those days, because the general practitioner was the
Read moreThe Conversation, by Philip Lovell Pearce and Li Jing, 12 Jul 2018. John Briggs, a 40-year-old on holiday, texted his wife Shirley: “Look at the glacier out there.” He waited for the reply, which came through on his mobile. At the time they were sitting next to one another on board the deck of their
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