By: Clare Bruce
While emergency services and charities are responding to Australia’s relentless bushfire crisis in practical ways, there’s another army working quietly to meet peoples’ emotional and spiritual needs: the chaplains.
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Bushfire Trauma – 12 Expert Tips for Helping Someone Who’s Struggling to Cope
By: Clare Bruce
If you’re an Aussie, and you haven’t been been traumatised yet by the current bushfire season, you probably someone you know has.
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African Enterprise Brings Trauma Healing to Schools
By: Laura Bennett
Across the Western world, mental health and the impact of traumatic events on our wellbeing, is increasingly a field of study that’s prioritised and valued.
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A Rite Of Passage Helps Boys Become Men
By: Justin Rouillon
What is a rite of passage? Does it have any relevance in our society today?
Why I’m Telling You I Saw a Counsellor
By: Jennie Scott
I couldn’t find my way out. Eight years ago, after my marriage fell apart and my labels became “divorced” and “single mum,” my world lost its colour. All around me, I saw only black and white. Mostly black. Mostly darkness.
Helping a Family Member or Friend Who Cuts
By: Shana Schutte
Since age ten Lori has cried for hours while resisting the urge to cut herself. Some days, long sleeves and pants covered the shame of her bleeding scars. Other days, when the temptation didn’t attack her, hope swelled.
Faith, Mental Illness and Counselling
If someone you know has been acting a bit “off”, and you’re starting to get concerned, at what point do you recommend a counsellor or a psychiatrist? And how do you go about finding one?