Richard Taylor |

Oct
03
2008

Struggle with depression?
Past trauma and life experiences?
Worry, anxiety and fear?
Intrusive and upsetting thoughts?
Negative preoccupations about yourself?
Too much stress?
Problem anger?
Stuck on medication with no options?
Inaction, impulsivity, and avoidance?
Relationship breakdown?
Lack of direction?
Nothing is working?

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Oct
16
2007

In his book ‘How to Live Without Fear and Worry’ K. Sri Dhammananda stated ‘For the sake of material gain and comfort, modern man does not listen to the voice of nature.  He wants too much out of life, and because of that he ‘cracks up’.  He is made to believe that ‘success’ means being able to do everything and be ‘the best’ in all these activities.  Of course, this is physically impossible.  His mental activities are so preoccupied with his future happiness that he neglects the needs of his physical body and ignores the importance of the present moment for what it is worth.  This inability to get our priorities right is one of the main causes of all our frustration, anxiety, fear and insecurity’. 

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Sep
21
2007

Clinical Psychologists are minimally required to do six years of university training including postgraduate work, plus two years of professional supervision to be able to use the specialist title of Clinical Psychologist (minimally eight years full time).  The post-graduate university training, studied in their Masters/Masters Ph.D. programs develop specialist skills in psychological therapies, assessment and research.  During their training program Clinical Psychologists have comprehensively studied the way adults, adolescents and children feel, think, act and interact, and the impact for example, poor family relationships or trauma can have on healthy psychological functioning.  Some Clinical Psychologists also have other qualifications to enhance multidisciplinary expertise, for example, I have a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Australia.  All Clinical Psychologists are legally required to register with the Psychologists Board of Western Australian in the same way medical practitioners must be registered.  This means that they must be competent and follow a strict Code of Conduct and ethics.  The titles of “Counsellor”, “Psychotherapist” and “Hypnotherapist” are not registered titles in Western Australia, therefore the training and experience of therapists using these titles needs to be clarified by the consumer.  The title “Psychologist” indicates someone who has completed four years of university training in Psychology and two years supervision, but has not done the specialist training in Clinical Psychology.  Seeing someone who is registered as a Clinical Psychologist ensures that the person is highly trained and that you will receive high quality and ethical treatment.

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