Webhealth have been collaborating with The Phobic Trust. They identified that a gap of information on Webhealth relating to Anxiety, and Phobias and The Phobic Trust, kindly gave them permission to reproduce several of their factsheets.
The Phobic Trust was established in New Zealand to provide specialist treatment, education and support specifically to anxiety disorder sufferers.
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The Ministry of Justice is proposing to withdraw funding for direct specialist legal services for the disability community from June 2013.
This will mean that there will no longer be a community law centre specialising in the complex legal needs of disabled people. There will be no Auckland Disability Law.
Auckland Disability Law is calling for the Ministry of Justice to rethink this proposal.
At Engage Aotearoa, we think there should be specialist disability law services available to disabled people throughout New Zealand, including Auckland Disability Law. We frequently refer people to this service.
Your Help is Needed!
Sign the Open Letter to Judith Collins, the Minister of Justice as an individual or on behalf of your organisation (attached (right click the link to save the document) and available on Auckland Disability Law’s Facebook page or by email from info@adl.org.nz). Email to sign the letter and send your organisation’s logo.
Come to the “Save Disability Law” Community Hui
Send a message to the government that we are serious about saving disability law through the continued funding of Auckland Disability Law and extending specialist legal services nationally for disabled people.
Write your own letter to Justice Minister Judith Collins
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/minister/judith-collins
Write to the newspapers, or put out your own press release
Contact Auckland Disability Law for further information
Follow Auckland Disability Law on Facebook
Search and click the ‘like’ button on the Auckland Disability Law Facebook page
Further Information
If you require any further information or you are able to help the campaign in any way, please contact, Auckland Disability Law:
Nicola Owen, Development Manager, Auckland Disability Law
I will practice connecting with my interests and developing my skills by joining some kind of community course. Most community centres offer cheap community classes on topics ranging from cooking and clothing alterations to ballroom dancing, yoga and martial arts. This week I will spend time exploring my options and finding a first class to try. It could take a few tries before I find a class that suits me. I will use my local telephone directory, The Community Resources Directory, web searches and local noticeboards to get a picture of what is available in my community. I might also talk to the people around me about what is out there and whether they recommend anything. As I move through my day I will remember that I am exploring my interests and am well on my way along the path towards a more enjoyable life. Any points of dissatisfaction are simply the areas that are still works in progress. It might be hard for me to get myself along so I might ask a friend, family member or other supporter if they want to come with me. That might also be a nice way to strengthen a relationship I have been wanting to build. Once I have found a hobby-course that I enjoy and I have become familiar with the activity I have been learning, I will add the activity to my Personal Coping Kete as a way of engaging with my skills and interests to shift my mood when I am distressed. * * * Today’ s post marks two full years of The Coping Kete in its online form. The Coping Kete book is coming soon.
This week, to attain, maintain or regain my sense of wellbeing...
I will practice mindfulness of my five senses. I will take moments throughout the day to pause and notice what I can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
I will practice being fully present with each sense, one at a time. For example, I might spend a few minutes just listening to the sounds around me, or really looking at the colors and shapes in my environment.
Whenever my thoughts intrude, I will just notice and describe them to myself without judgement and return my attention to my senses.
By practicing mindfulness of my senses, I will be able to ground myself in the present moment and take a break from distressing thoughts and feelings.
Once I am comfortable with this practice, I will add Mindfulness of My Senses to my Personal Coping Kete for times of stress and distress.
… I will practice reminding myself that automatic thoughts are ideas not facts. This week I will remember that I am not my thoughts. We all have automatic thoughts constantly throughout the day as our minds try to figure out what is happening around us. We can have automatic thoughts about anything that we have ever seen or heard. We can have automatic thoughts that we disagree with and that are the opposite of what we want, so my automatic thoughts do not really say anything about me or who I am. They really are just ideas. This week, as I move through my day, I will practice observing my thoughts and reminding myself that “these are ideas I have had, but they are not me.” Once I am comfortable thinking about my thoughts as ideas not facts about who I am, I will add this to my Personal Coping Kete as a way of soothing distress with my self-talk. When I notice I am distressed, I will observe my thoughts and remind myself these are ideas. I will look at which of these ideas I want to hold onto and which ones I don’ t really agree with. When I have thoughts I do not want to have, I will remember that it is normal to have thoughts I don’ t agree with. It doesn’ t mean anything bad about me.
Here is a link to a short documentary on TRE and its creator (Dr David Berceli) the last time he was in NZ. Just for your information.
by Off the Couch: Kyle MacDonald on June 18, 2012
This post appeared as an article in the Sunday Star Times on Sunday the 17th of June, 2012: click here for the original
A survey around sensitive claims and the treatment of sexual abuse victims has raised more questions about the Accident Compensation Corporation…(Click here for the rest of this blog post)
IDT Foundation Course training in Auckland!
Interactive Drawing Therapy is a page based way of working with words, images and feelings. You may have already heard of IDT. Over the last six years, IDT training has become established throughout Australia with most participants enrolling because of a recommendation by a colleague. That colleague may for example have attended one of the many in-house Agency courses delivered to well known organisations such as, Centacare, Anglicare, Uniting Care and Relationships Australia.
The page becomes a mirror for your client, helping them see themselves more objectively from new perspectives, and facilitating insight, inner resourcefulness, and profound change. A unique map of the stages of the therapeutic journey guides you through the tasks, challenges, risks and interventions of each stage, dramatically increasing your effectiveness and ability to work safely.
The effectiveness of IDT is confirmed by what the practitioners say:
“IDT is a little miracle – a universal therapy which I feel crosses the bridge of age, ability, ethnicity, willingness, and engages with ease and safety. Many thanks”
“….complements other therapies; a very good medium for people who find cognitive methods difficult and unable to express verbally”
“Very informative and great learning. IDT is very effective at helping the client go from the cognitive to deeper layers and feelings. This is something I will definitely use with clients”
“Very useful and relevant. Provides an alternative to many “talking therapies” to engage and work with clients”
The Foundation Course covers:
Unit One
Key concepts; basic method; working with pages; writing; session management; guiding principles; applications; metaphors; drawing interventions; overwhelm; resistant clients and developing IDT competency
By the end of the two-day Unit One, participants will be able to employ the basic IDT method as a powerful tool when working with clients.
Unit Two
Review of Unit One; key concepts; levels of issues; therapeutic process; parts work; predictable difficulties; words; thematic frameworks; farewells; transitions
By the end of the two-day Unit Two, participants will be able to recognise various thematic frameworks that clients commonly present, and be able to shape their interventions accordingly.
Enrolments are open – contact the IDT office, idt@pl.net to enrol at the Early Bird rate
IDT – THEORY AND PRACTICE THAT WORK!
IDT Foundation courses are fully accredited to earn P.D. points
WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE OF PSYCHOSIS/SCHIZOPHRENIA?
HELP NEEDED FOR PAID RESEARCH
Research into Psychosis / Schizophrenia
Family members and caregivers of people who are treated for psychosis or schizophrenia are sought to participate in a friendly research discussion about these conditions – if you live with or have a friend or family member of someone who has psychosis or schizophrenia you may be just the kind of person the researchers would like to talk with.
All enquiries to: Jonathan Dodd Research Director jonathan.dodd@ipsos.com ph 021 538 634 09 538 0509
