Archive for June, 2007
My Story#1
For those who want to know more about me and my approach to health.
My life has been an unusual one in some ways. I’ve rarely had a ‘normal’ job.
My life up to my twenties was unusual for an Australian. I grew up in a fairly devout religious family (protestant Christian). Our church […]Letting Clients Speak
A good friend of mine has a diagnosis of depression. I have no quarrel with this diagnosis or its validity.
This diagnosis has meant that over the years my friend has been to many kinds of psychotherapy from somewhat radical community based groups to your standard shrink (psychiatrist). This post has been prompted by […]IMHO#1 Gestalt is Best
IMHO means “in my humble opinion” - it is an abbreviation used in emails. This is a series where I unashamedly express my opinions in a forthright manner. If you are easily offended it may be best not to read these posts.
In my humble opinion gestalt psychotherapy is the best.
First, a […]Prevention is Better than Cure (and cheaper)
Prevention is better than cure.
This is common sense. It is also cheaper, and this makes it important because our medical systems are becoming unaffordable. Especially as our populations age we will have more chronic health problems to deal with - and this can be expensive.
A new think tank in Australia has taken on […]Acupuncture and Osteoarthritis
In a US study it was reported that acupuncture worked better than placebo for osteoarthritis. The group that received acupuncture had 40% less pain and more function than those who received sham acupuncture. This is quite an impressive result.
I found out about this study from a blog edshealthtips.com. It is one of […]Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Can Be Some Use
What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? Roughly speaking the idea is that our thoughts affect our feelings and actions. So if we change our thinking we can change our feelings and behaviour.
What Cognitive Behaviour Therapy seems (in my experience) to be most use with is those things where we realise our thoughts aren’t sensible […]What I Have Learned About How We Change
1. Sometimes our life circumstances mean we can’t get what we want.In this situation it is no use kidding ourselves. We need to feel our feelings and do what we can.
2. When we feel stuck it is usually because we have two competing desires.
We need to listen to both desires (it is usually feels […]
