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  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Sister People in the Front Row, Melanie.July 4, 2025
    In this video, we go back to 1975 and feature the song, “People in the Front Row,” by America. The song is an interesting exploration of what happens when our lives spin out of control. Stay for the end of… Read more: Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Sister People in the Front Row, Melanie.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Sister Golden Hair, America.May 2, 2025
    In this video, we go back to 1975 and feature the song, “Sister Golden Hair,” by America. The song is an interesting exploration of Depression. Stay for the end of the video for Allan’s Mailbox where I respond to your… Read more: Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Sister Golden Hair, America.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Tomorrow is a Long Time, Bob Dylan.February 28, 2025
    In this video, we go back to 1962 and feature the song, “Tomorrow is a Long Time,” by Bob Dylan. He gives a beautiful description of feeling bereft after a relationship breakdown, and the importance of staying with feelings.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Stairway to Heaven, Led ZepplinDecember 19, 2024
    In this video, we go back to 1971 and feature the song, “Stairway to Heaven,” by Led Zepplin. Led Zepplin challenge us with the existential issues of life while offering a moment of transcendence.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Wipeout, The VenturesNovember 21, 2024
    In this video, we go back to 1963 and feature the song, “Wipeout,” by The Ventures. The Ventures not only give us a song that has stood the test of time, but a structure for creating a successful life.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Giant, The TheNovember 2, 2024
    In this video, we go back to 1982 and feature the song, “Giant,” by The The. The song contains the greatest psychological cop out in Rock history.
  • Psychotherapist Reveals Secrets: Uncertain Smile, The TheSeptember 16, 2024
    In this video, we go back to 1982 and feature the song, “Uncertain Smile,” by The The. The band describes the opportunities and disturbances that arise when we undergo psychological change.
  • PSYCHOTHERAPIST REVEALS SECRETS: Classic Rock | Bella Linda, The Grass RootsAugust 9, 2024
    In this video, we go back to 1960s and feature the song, “Bella Linda,” by The Grass Roots. The band describes a difficult issue that effects all relationships.
  • PSYCHOTHERAPIST REVEALS SECRETS: Classic Rock | Dance This Mess Around, B-52’sJuly 10, 2024
    The latest video in my HEAD BANGERS series, where I explore the secret meanings of classic rock songs. In this video, we go back to 1982 and feature the song, “Dance This Mess Around,” by the B-52’s. The band walks… Read more: PSYCHOTHERAPIST REVEALS SECRETS: Classic Rock | Dance This Mess Around, B-52’s
  • PSYCHOTHERAPIST REVEALS SECRETS: Classic Rock | Almost Cut My Hair‘ by Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungJune 22, 2024
    The latest video in my HEAD BANGERS series, where I explore the secret meanings of classic rock songs. In this video, we go back to 1970 and feature the song, “Almost Cut My Hair,” by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.… Read more: PSYCHOTHERAPIST REVEALS SECRETS: Classic Rock | Almost Cut My Hair‘ by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • J-Wire Recommends The Interpretation Of CakesMarch 22, 2024
    Really pleased to have my novel featured in reviewed in J-Wire
  • My Paper Has been Accepted for The International Psychoanalytical Association’s ConferenceFebruary 7, 2024
    ”A Different Mind” – a paper focusses on my four years living and working on the Warmun Community.
  • Four Star Review From ANZlitlovers for The Interpretation Of CakesJanuary 30, 2024
    Really pleased to have my novel, The Interpretation Of Cakes, reviewed by the ANZlitlovers blog.
  • Join me in Conversation about my novel, “The Interpretation of Cakes.”January 30, 2024
    In discussion with Deborah Boerne about my new novel, “The Interpretation of Cakes.”
  • SMH Recommends The Interpretation Of CakesNovember 25, 2023
    Really pleased to have my novel featured in Sydney Morning Herald recommended books.
  • Sorry Polly, Woman’s Law Still Touches Me.September 27, 2023
    An exploration of the relationship between psychoanalysis and Australian Indigenous Culture.
  • The Saddest Rock Song EverFebruary 22, 2021
    Welcome to my first video blog where I analyse Waiting for the Sun by The Doors.
  • You’ll Never Reach the SkyNovember 20, 2020
    A therapy is ultimately about being able to bear overwhelming feelings, without knowing what to do and how it will end.
  • The Man in BlackSeptember 19, 2020
    When we create from who we really are, we express something authentic that touches people.
  • Sorry Polly, Women’s Law Still Touches MeSeptember 7, 2020
    I will be presenting this paper as part of the Two Way Learning Webinar Series offered by Australian Institute for Psychoanalysis.
  • David Bowie’s Gift To PsychotherapyAugust 9, 2020
    Psychotherapy usually begins with a difficult working through past traumas. In time, the patient begins to feel psychologically freer and starts to experiment. 
  • No Escape for the DrummerJune 28, 2020
    Psychotherapy cannot change the world.  It can only help us to understand how our responses are affected by our history.  
  • The Trombonist Dances FlamencoMay 27, 2020
    The environment the therapist creates will be an expression of how the therapist views the world and mental health.
  • Jeff Beck Breaks the MouldMay 1, 2020
    Some people seek therapy because success is not enough. They want more from life.
  • Maurice Ravel Shows How it’s DoneApril 16, 2020
    The creation of a good psychotherapeutic foundation begins with the assessment of the patient’s ability to engage in a therapy. 
  • What’s More To KnowMarch 7, 2020
    Look beyond the immediacy of the patient’s presentation, to pick up the subtle clues and follow where they might lead.
  • Sorry Polly, Women’s Law Still Touches Me.February 18, 2020
    A paper for the International Psychoanalytic Association’s Asia-Pacific Conference 2020.
  • You Must Know!February 4, 2020
    Many patient’s come to psychotherapy believing that a feeling is a feeling which everybody experiences and expresses in the same way.
  • When the World ArrivesDecember 12, 2019
    One way to think about a psychotherapy is as an exploration of how a person reacts to disturbing events in their lives.
  • Tough BeginningsOctober 17, 2019
    Patients who did not feel loved by their parents, and rarely felt safe as children, often tried therapies with a cognitive or behavioural focus.
  • Nobody Told Me It’d Be Like ThisSeptember 15, 2019
    People came to therapy because, despite having a fairly good start to life, something was missing.
  • You’ll never walk aloneJuly 26, 2019
    The character of the practitioner is fundamental to how a therapy proceeds.
  • Grandma, SuperstarJuly 5, 2019
    Taking a look at the moments that personality is formed. They effect how we believe the world will respond to us.
  • It’s Just a Shot AwayJune 21, 2019
    As human beings, we tend to normalise dramatic psychological disturbances.
  • You Really Got A Hold On MeJune 4, 2019
    Every baby lives with sudden changes in their mother’s disposition. Each has to develop ways to deal with their mother’s sudden changes from soft to hard, present to absent.
  • A Man Like My Mumma LovedMay 31, 2019
    Bertha Pappenheim was the child of two loving parents. However, it seems her father was too enchanted by the imaginative aspect of her personality.
  • The Way Back to KansasMay 14, 2019
    Like Dorothy suddenly finding herself in Munchkinland in The Wizard of Oz, Bertha doesn’t seem daunted by the strange land of psychotherapy.
  • Sweet Child o’ MineApril 24, 2019
    Amalia Nathansohn was born in Brody, then part of Galicia, now a town of 24,000 people in Ukraine, in 1835.
  • What Lies BeneathApril 13, 2019
    Patients are shocked when these aspects of the self are revealed in the therapy.
  • A Love That Changed the WorldMarch 26, 2019
    Peter Gay notes that although Freud undertook systematic self-analysis of his own psyche, he never explored his attachment with his mother.
  • With Both HandsMarch 14, 2019
    Like Bertha, psychotherapy patients are often surprised to discover how much a psychotherapy offers, and respond to this possibility.
  • Daydream BelieverFebruary 28, 2019
    When patients realise the internal compromises they made in order to emotionally survive painful events or circumstances, they often get angry with themselves.
  • Dorothy Pappenheim?February 15, 2019
    Sitting with a psychotherapy patient, a therapist can suddenly feel pain, empathy, fear, rage, envy and even boredom. 
  • It began with a nasty cough, it usually doesJanuary 31, 2019
    In my experience, most therapies begin with a nasty cough. That is not to say that the issues that lead people to seek help are minor.
  • The Heart is AbloomJanuary 20, 2019
    In my time as a psychotherapist, no one has ever asked for a heart that’s abloom.
  • Into Our BodiesDecember 6, 2018
    Did the anger register in their bodies, or was it just in their heads? Did they want to lash out, or pull back into a defensive shell?
  • Out of Our HeadsDecember 5, 2018
    Many people, who come to therapy, spend a great deal of time reflecting on themselves and why they are the way they are.
  • More Than We Believe We Can BeDecember 4, 2018
    As they were dancing, the Northcote School for Crippled children were suddenly more than they thought they could be.
  • A Sort of Minor MiracleDecember 3, 2018
    A group of disabled children, many who have barely moved for years, spontaneously dancing, could be seen as a minor miracle.
  • Mick Jagger – Psychoanalytic SeerDecember 2, 2018
    Many people come to psychotherapy believing they know what they want.

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