Blog Articles

God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. John 4:16 All you need is love. The Beatles...

Researchers from Texas A&M University School of Public Health surveyed over 1,000 Texans about their recent exposure to disasters (natural and man-made) and their overall mental...

This is the third in my series on the late Dr Jaak Panksepp’s model of the neurological origins of human and animal emotions. Follow these links...

Here we are again, another year over, a new one just about to begun (to mangle John Lennon). I usually use my end-of-year-post to rate my...

I often half joke that the most beneficial life changes that I made as an adult are drinking coffee and using a planner. Most people are...

Can a dog be angry? This is a question that Neuropsychologist Jaak Panksepp explores in his chapter on the RAGE system. Panksepp proposes the RAGE system...

“Let he who is without sin cast the first stone”. Jesus, John8:7  “Hypocrisy has its place in the ages of strong belief: in which even when one...

This is the first in my series on the neuro-evolutionary origins of emotions. A theory proposed by the late Jaak Panksepp in his book The Archaeology...

How much free time is good for you? Overwork, and the stress associated with it, can be detrimental to your sense of wellbeing. Ergo, more free...

Fear, anxiety, stress, sadness and anger. An excess of these emotions impels people to seek psychological treatment. Clients often voice their wish for less intense emotions....

When I was a wide-eyed undergraduate student, I was repeatedly warned by lecturers not to anthropomorphise. Anthropomorphising means ascribing human qualities to animals. Lecturers in as...

Why do people come to see a psychologist? I ask every new client on the first session: What would you like to get out of therapy?...

“Ollie* was so good in primary school, such a good student”. Ollie’s mum described his history at his first session. Ollie was a natural learner in...

It’s 2 months late, but it’s here. With all the disruption and disturbance this year, I totally forgot about continuing that most splendid of traditions: The...

This lockdown is different. This is the Angry Lockdown. I can’t speak for other parts of the world, or other parts of Australia, but here in...

How long have we now been in lockdown? Without checking the calendar it’s hard to tell. Time moves in weird ways when you are all out...

Lucian* was struggling. He was close to dropping out of university and was having difficulty with his job. Fatigue was the main reason. “I watch YouTube...

Sacha* was in first term of Year 7. No one from her old school came with her. She didn’t know who to hang out with but...