I am Woman, directed by Sunjoo Moon and starring Tilda-Cobham-Hervey captures the power and excitement of the women’s liberation movement. Helen Reddy hit New York with a dream and within a few years, she was an icon for the women’s movement throughout the 70s. The Conversation writes, "Too often, diva films feel like a spectacle [...]
The Eating Disorder Self versus The Healthy Self is one of the most valuable tools I use as a Soul-Centred Psychotherapist and Carolyn Costin Eating Disorder Coach. Carolyn and Jeanette discuss this concept in the below video. The Eating Disorder self versus The Healthy Self Deep down inside the soul, we each have a core [...]
After a somewhat hair-raising trip to North Carolina in March 2020 (due to COVID!), and copious amounts of hand sanitizer later, I am thrilled to announce that I am now level 1 qualified in the Embodied Eating Disorder Recovery Model. Embodied Recovery was developed by somatic-based psychotherapist, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, and Somatic Experiencing™ practitioner [...]
Therapy quotes are a great way to let people know the benefits of counselling and psychotherapy. National Psychotherapy Day works tirelessly every year to help therapists fight against therapy's image problem. Help make therapy the new black by flooding the online space with images and quotes via CANVA templates. Once you have created your CANVA [...]
COVID-19 Mental Health - Contract for In-Person Mental Health Sessions As Australia exits the current phase of the COVID-19 lock-down, many mental health professionals are wondering what returning to in-person therapy might look like. After 2 months of online therapy sessions only, I recently made the decision to return to in-person sessions for those who [...]
Since February this year, online therapy and video chat have seen over a 10% growth in therapy requests. Dr Neil Leibowitz from Talkspace says that number is accelerating, likely due to Coronavirus anxiety as well as traditional therapy patients looking for an alternative that allows them to access their therapy remotely throughout this time. As [...]
With the Coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe, a third of the world’s population is currently in lock-down (or shelter in place, depending on one's views and current circumstances). There is great suffering as people lose loved ones, their freedom, their income, their home, and anything else that their ego/self has become identified with (i.e. a [...]
Ditching your New Year diet resolutions might sound like a big ask, especially when your weight loss goals bring with them the idea of a happier and more fulfilling life! You know how it goes, ‘if only I was thin, then I would be able to …..’ The diet industry revolves around and perpetuates the [...]
Photo Credit: SBS On Demand In this body positivity blog, I am going to share with you my top 15 binge-worthy shows that will help you embrace body diversity, body positivity and body love. In Vice, Sophie Cater-Kahn writes, “At its core, body positivity is a feminist political movement, that centres on some of the [...]
September 25 is National Psychotherapy Day. The theme this year is Tell Your Therapy Story. In my blog post Why Your Therapist Should Be In Therapy, I shared how counsellors, social workers, psychologists and psychotherapists should, and often do, spend a significant amount of time in the client’s chair before working within the helping professions. [...]
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