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The Language of Suicide

The Language of Suicide This years world suicide prevention day theme is “Change the narrative”, aiming to tackle the stigma still attached to suicide and encouraging open conversations that can truly save lives. This is the first of three articles exploring suicide, this one looking at how we can approach

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What is trauma-informed practice?

What is trauma-informed practice? In my profile and bio’s I refer to myself as a trauma-informed practitioner, but what does this really mean? When we speak of trauma we are often talking about “Big T traumas”. These are the explicit traumatic events that are undisputedly upsetting; acts of violence, threat

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Tackling burnout from the “Inside Out”

This week I went to see the movie Inside Out 2, the Disney Pixar sequel that tackles some big psychotherapeutic topics with the charm and humour only Disney can. The movie catches up with the lead character as she hurtles headlong into puberty and the emotions we saw finding equanimity

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