Appreciated talking to The Project NZ about how to manage anger and the urge to become a “curtain-twitcher.” Also appreciated the excuse to put a nice shirt on… Read more
This column was published in the NZ Herald on 30th September, 2021 This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and as a result you’ll probably be inundated with well-meaning – and largely helpful – ideas about all the feel good things you can do to increase your mental wellbeing. But Mental Health Awareness Week should Read more
Happy New Year, and welcome to 2021. I wanted to take the time to thank all the readers of my blog “Off the Couch over the years – I really appreciate it. This year I’m writing a new “Ask the Therapist” column for the NZ Herald called “Mind Matters”. I’ll be answering YOUR questions, and Read more
On the 20th of December Hamish Coleman-Ross and I hosted the NewstalkZB show “The Nutters Club.” We talked about how 2020 has been tough for many, and took calls on the things we were grateful for in a generally tumultuous year. It was our last show of the year, but we’ll be back again in Read more
On the 13th of December Hamish Coleman-Ross and I hosted the NewstalkZB show “The Nutters Club.” We asked what does Christmas mean to you? Does it have any meaning to you? Has COVID changed Christmas for you, with loved ones spread around the globe less able to be together this year? How can you approach Read more
On the 6th of December Hamish Coleman-Ross and I hosted the NewstalkZB show “The Nutters Club.” Our guest was Anna Petchell who spent just over 7 years working on Super Yachts in the Mediterranean and Caribbean. In her last couple of years on board, she was confronted by significant struggles with her own mental health Read more
