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Trauma and Face Masks: Literary Debut with A Wine in Hand!
On reflection I wondered about the distress this woman showed. What did that mask mean to her? Was the mask she held a trigger, throwing her backwards in time to some earlier trauma? Had her nervous system been triggered in the fight, flight, freeze or fawn response. Had she once experienced medical or…
Parenting in the time of TikTok
There’s been a lot said over the past 24 hours about a live streamed suicide which ended up on multiple social media platforms and disturbingly was intentionally embedded into ‘innocent’ clips of dancing or kittens on TikTok. The result of this being that a large number of people including young teenagers have been exposed to…
Becoming a Dad
Ok guys, not to rain on the parade of motherhood, but DADS ARE IMPORTANT TOO. And the reality is that somewhere along the way in the Baby-Journey, Dads tend to get overlooked. So much of the attention, focus, concern, and support is directed towards Mum and bub (and rightly so – they need it!)…but Dads…
Business and Motherhood
Part One // Managing a business, relationships and family. John Thornett from Peak Strategies interviews Kirstin Bouse from Perth Psychology Collective, on his Speaking Pharmacy Podcast. In this two part interview John and Kirstin discuss relationships and owning a business. Part One kicks off with them chatting about managing expectations with your family in relation to…
When Baby Makes Three
Not many life events have the potential to create as much joy than the birth of a child. However, jumping from a twosome where you had the space and luxury of meeting your own and partner’s needs, to having an infant who is completely dependent on you, is challenging. Maintaining a healthy relationship requires time…
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Trauma Focused Therapies Trauma Focused Therapies refer to a range of psychological models of treatment to help those who are experiencing trauma symptoms in response to a traumatic event. Trauma experienced by military or emergency services personnel, sexual and/or physical assault victims, those in motor vehicle accidents and mothers and fathers who are traumatised by…
Birth Trauma
Most of us approach giving birth with a degree of trepidation but ultimately a belief that all will be fine. And for the large portion of us, childbirth IS fine. Sometimes we’re disappointed because we didn’t have the birth experience we’d hoped for. Sometimes we experience childbirth as more difficult than we’d expected, even when…