Inner Strength Trauma Therapy and Counselling

13/07/2026

Here is a link to the latest information newsletter. I hope you enjoy and get something useful out of it!

03/10/2025

Listening to this talk by Parker Palmer today and was reminded all over again how wonderful this talk, idea, and practice is. Staying faithful to what we know to be true amidst what we long for (and is not) and what we fear or despair to be always or only true.
And this is the point of therapy, too, to stay together in what is painful and ridden with grief, to hear longings and hopes until we find what is and can be together, the paths you can take, the values and love you want to stand by, the pains you have to bear as part of your life and living and the good that can come from staying with and listening deeper than the pain.

Here is the short version, there are longer on YouTube if you want more.

Parker Palmer on "the tragic gap," by which he means the distance between what is and what we know to be possible.

27/06/2024

A conversation that offers ways of thinking about our feelings of emptiness and grief that widens the context beyond our personal life history and certainly beyond our personhood.
While Weller is a therapist he also has a go at therapy. I think what deeply relational pyschotherapy offers is a way of being met, feeling a sense of belonging, and our own humanness that can be understood both in the context of our own histories, current circumstances and our cultural experience.
I hope you enjoy!

Sounds of SAND is a podcast from Science and Nonduality.Episodes tap into SAND’s rich history and collaborative future by presenting talks, dialogs, intervie...

04/10/2022

These might be useful webinars for anyone learning to care for themself while working with traumatic distress: one on empathy and compassion, the other on body awareness.

Blue Knot Day is 1 month away, and the theme for 2022 is "Nurturing Mind, Body and Soul: Exploring what you Need". Join us online on 27 October as we unite to build awareness around complex trauma. On the day we will host a range of activities and resources to choose from to help you support your own mind, body and soul. For the most up-to-date information go to our website and subscribe to receive our updates. https://blueknot.org.au/get-involved/blue-knot-day/

20/09/2022

This is a lovely interview with Gabor Mate by Rick and Forrest Hanson. Some lovely and compassionate descriptions of trauma, addiction, and the ways in which we are all woven into webs of trauma, hurt, and, where we so choose to engage, healing.

Renowned physician Dr. Gabor Maté joins Rick and Forrest on this episode of Being Well to explore the many problems for our body and mind that arise out of our modern culture, and what we can do to meet our needs, heal ourselves, and become more whole.

02/06/2022

Because sometimes laughter really is the best medicine.

Best job ever!! 😂😂😂

01/02/2022

For those who would like to explore an approach to meditation that is gentle and supports a sense of building trust in your own mind, I highly recommend Jason Siff. Here is an introduction to his work from a recorded retreat.

Dharma Talks from the 2016 Recollective Awareness Online Course

24/01/2022

A resource for supporting you with stress. Free webinar/class with a Focusing teacher..
https://focusingresources.com/support-for-stressful-times-webinar-signup/?inf_contact_key=826197e39088451012d814c1280712fa7e470d92b8b75168d98a0b8cac0e9c09

20/01/2022

If you would like to improve your relationship with yourself - that inner conversation that could be more kind, understanding and supportive, this might be a helpful course...

https://focusingresources.com/learning/your-path-to-lasting-change/?inf_contact_key=3df6c72cbe478a7c2b20e8aa8d8da87df651f238aa2edbb9c8b7cff03e0b16a0

13/01/2022

Interesting research and a good reminder of all the ways we can address issues like chronic pain or autoimmune disorders. Sometimes approaches like Somatic Experiencing can support the body to come out of these stuck pathways.

There’s a growing realisation that pain can be a disease in and of itself – and the pandemic could be making it worse