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My Colleague Leonie Hibbert found this interesting article on https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/09/psychological-injuries-physical-illness/ While I might personally have some reservations about the self- administration of his test and

First Posted on April 5th, 2013 by alisonball Various theories grapple with and try to come to an understanding of the notion of Self. The

First Posted on April 29th, 2012 by alisonball In the last year or so I find that I am gradually moving toward retirement. Maybe it

First Posted on March 31st, 2012 by alisonball Many years ago I asked a friend of mine who was wanting to practice her new found

First Posted on February 29th, 2012 by alisonball Today I was talking with a couple of colleagues about a particular dynamic frequently observed in our

First Posted on October 9th, 2011 by alisonball Psychotherapists of my ilk are frequently talking about “boundaries”- In the first place what are they? Does

First Posted on August 18th, 2011 by alisonball I am not looking at the current market situation from an economical point of view as I

First Posted on May 11, 2011 by alisonball Further to my last piece regarding the amalgamation of my own professional association- the Australian Association of

First Posted on July 27, 2010 by alisonball Suddenly as the neurological effects of trauma can be validated and it is becoming “mainstream” to think

First Posted on July 31, 2010 by alisonball My initial psychotherapy training was in a neo- Reichian approach. This encouraged trainees in the work as

First Posted on July 23, 2010 by alisonball Why does psychotherapy matter? It matters because people matter. We hear a lot of silly talk about psychotherapy being

First Posted on August 5, 2010 by alisonball As a psychotherapist who is not a psychologist, I get rather fed up with the implications these

Saturday 2nd May: Venue. Cairnmillar Institute, 993 Burke Rd, Camberwell, VIC 3122 Encounters Through Generations is a film in which eminent psychoanalysts in conversation with a younger generation of

This Exhibition and Panel discussion of “Afterburn” is a wonderful offering very relevant to our work as psychotherapists. From The Fire 27 May – 30

Alison will present at the A.S.P.A Professional Development Seminar on 30 May 2015 Whether you love or detest the concept, language or the experience of psychoanalysis,

Recently I attended a wonderful seminar on the subject of what it is that draws people toward terrorism and even taking off from our country

While I was writing the previous paper I also gave some thought as to what else, other than psychoanalysis, had influenced me over the years

First Posted on July 21, 2011 by alisonball As is evident from my name and if you talk to me, from my accent, I am one of these

First Posted on June 22, 2011 by alisonball Many people have expressed their views regarding similarities and differences between individual counselling and individual psychotherapy. So I would like

First Posted on August 14, 2010 by alisonball There are no simple solutions in psychotherapy. Strategies that can help the person in any moment of

First Posted on September 3, 2010 by alisonball Having just spent last Monday listening to Dr. Norman Doidge give a series of lectures on the

Posted on July 20, 2010 by alisonball I am realizing that there are various themes that I will want to follow, come back to and/or

First Posted on October 12, 2010 by alisonball Lately- perhaps because I had been on holiday myself- I have been thinking quite a lot about

First Posted on November 21, 2010 by alisonball I have now been working as a psychotherapist for many years- since 1986. In all that time

First Posted on August 18, 2010 by alisonball I want to bring to your attention some of the pertinent presenters in the neuropsychotherapy field that

First Posted on July 25, 2010 by alisonball In the late 70′s and early 80′s when I knew nothing about psychotherapy, I was simply looking for a

First Posted on July 22, 2010 by alisonball Another theme that comes to mind is that I give quite a lot of thought to the values,

First Posted on September 15, 2010 by alisonball I was asked the other day what was PACFA and why was our association a member of

One of my colleagues- Leonie Hibbert- thought that this 1990′s article on shame was still very relevant for our work today. Leonie writes:”Shame is such

First Posted on August 20, 2013 by alisonball An Event of Interest at The Melbourne Brain Centre, Kenneth Myer Building. Thank you for registering for the above Public

First Posted on May 25, 2013 by alisonball with thanks to Ronit Bichler Last weekend I participated in the annual Freud Conference organized by three psychotherapeutic bodies, the Australian

First Posted on July 24, 2010 by alisonball As a social worker in the 70′s I knew nothing about psychotherapy. The days when Freud might

First Posted 2011 2011 is well and truly begun and what a beginning- with floods in my home state of Victoria that followed the Queensland

Life continually throws up change and challenge. We can think of and feel it as disruption and upheaval and it certainly can be “an upset

Most years I go to The Freud Conference that is held in May of each year. I have mostly found it to be one of

Last year I attended as I often do, the Open Day of the Australian Psychoanalytical Society. The speakers I hear at their meetings are often

First Posted on December 18th, 2011 by alisonball On December 12th, some of the former students of the Australian College of Contemporary Somatic Psychotherapy (ACCSP)

First Posted on January 17, 2011 by alisonball I have been in holiday mode for some time though the holiday period has been a mixed one this year-

First Posted on August 18, 2010 by alisonball I want to bring to your attention some of the pertinent presenters in the neuropsychotherapy field that