Deborah Jackson Psychology in Gold Coast, Queensland | Therapist

Deborah Jackson Psychology

Locality: Gold Coast, Queensland

Phone: +61 423 167 376

Address: Simpsons Rd, Elanora 4221 Gold Coast, QLD, Australia

Website: http://www.djpsych.com.au/

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25.01.2022 .... my WWW.HEAL-TRAUMA.COM website launch ... T H E R A P Y R E S O U R C E S C O U R S E S ... for healing Complex and Relational Trauma. My lifes work as it turns out ... bringing together over 30 years of personal and professional experience in integrative approaches to healing trauma and freeing our authentic selves to connect and create in the world. Goodness knows, how much is that needed! Individually and collectively ... My plan is to build a real community space where we share, learn and keep finding ways that work together. Theres a lot of free resource already in the site - please browse through for yourself or someone you may know. Id love to hear about what resonates ...

25.01.2022 Embodiment isnt about sitting in the head and paying attention to the part of you we call the bodyits about fully inhabiting the intelligence of the body an...d attuning to the world through it. Its about listening to the world through the body. Its about feeling the world through the breath - Philip Shepard - See more

25.01.2022 So .. like most people, I can get hectic with the admin side of my job and tired and stressed about this or that .. then in the midst of all that, my client consulting days begin. I am still in AWE of what happens in the room, of the various ways the authentic self makes itself known in the space, when there is enough safety to support that. Through a movement, a gesture, a constricted breath, a light in the face when a happy moment is touched on, even for a second o...r two .. How much that life within us wants to be seen and met and nurtured and supported in all the ways it missed when we were younger. How it delights in having clear, open, held space to explore and move and breathe and be curious, take in something new and better In session, we will always relate this deep, inner and somatic work to the people, events, challenges and opportunities in your life now and how they are creations and sometimes adaptations that began way back then. We will usually also bring in a bit of developmental brain science. But such heart expanding, deep grounded, rooted JOY for me to work with each person or couple or little piece of family unit in these ways, at the level of soul-self and life force, expressing this way and that through a human body and energy field. Brimming with the LOVE today and wanted to share. Currently the diary is booked until 11 Dec, however I am taking a small number of new clients for bookings after that and in early January. Call or text 0423 167 376.

25.01.2022 Somehow theres peace in this .. this even though most of us will have to get up and act through our lives in some way, theres peace in the concept ..

25.01.2022 Healing trauma is a lot about working with the bodys natural rhythms, creating an environment of warm attunement, where safety is felt and a kind of natural alchemy can happen between body based trauma memory and more resourceful states. It can be helpful to use tools and processes that directly access non-verbal brain domains and felt sense present moment experiencing. Coloured crayons on a blank page can help ground and strengthen an internal shift. ... A drum beat or the movement of banging it can regulate heart rhythm and bring a sense of safety and containment. Therapy can be a very beautiful multi-layered experience of freeing, grounding and expressing your true self.

24.01.2022 Do you agree #WOARRIORS? What didnt happen to or for you that was traumatic? What outcome would you have wanted to have happened?

23.01.2022 Some of us are biologically wired to suppress our needs and feelings in order to prioritise those of people we seek attachment with, often people who mirror early family dynamics .. https://letsqueerthingsup.com//01/fawning-trauma-response/

23.01.2022 Somehow there’s peace in this .. this even though most of us will have to get up and ‘act through’ our lives in some way, there’s peace in the concept ..

23.01.2022 I am still in AWE and DEEP JOY for what happens in the room when Im working, for the various ways the authentic self makes itself known in the space, when there is enough safety to support that. Through a movement, a gesture, a constricted breath, a light in the face when a happy moment is touched on, even for a second or two .. How much that life within us wants to be seen and met and nurtured and supported in all the ways it missed when we were younger. How it deli...ghts in having clear, open, held space to explore and move and breathe and be curious, take in something new and better In session, we will always relate this deep, inner and somatic work to the people, events, challenges and opportunities in your life now and how they are creations and sometimes adaptations that began way back then. We will usually also bring in a bit of developmental brain science. But such heart expanding, deep grounded, rooted JOY for me to work with each person or couple or little piece of family unit in these ways, at the level of soul-self and life force, expressing this way and that through a human body and energy field. Brimming with the LOVE today and wanted to share. Currently the diary is booked until 11 Dec, however I am taking a small number of new clients for bookings after that and in early January. Call or text 0423 167 376.

22.01.2022 An excerpt from this book by Dr Diane Poole Heller on attachment and trauma. Complex Trauma is created from an unrepaired rupture to secure attuned attachment. If this has happened to you, you might find yourself SUPER-ATTUNED to whether the people you are relating with get you and accept you. If you dont FEEL FELT by at least some one you trust, its going to be difficult to heal, function and integrate into community. ... Attunement is a powerful skill to cultivate and gift to offer others and frequently the best medicine for helping people cope with triggers and trauma adaptations. Maybe youve been told in the past that youre too sensitive. Perhaps in fact you are super attuned to detecting genuine sources of attunement that are resourced and resonating at a frequency that can help you. I cant recommend this book enough as a synthesis of somatic and attachment theory approaches to understanding and healing Complex PTSD. Here she is quoting Dan Siegel .. Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, says that were natural born contingency detectors. 5 We instinctively know when someone gets us and when they dont. Our brain is finely attuned to this; its hypersensitive to inconsistencies and authenticity. For example, youve undoubtedly experienced times when you tell someone a vulnerable personal story and they respond with something like, Uh-huh, I get it. I know where youre coming from, but you can tell that they dont. They might believe that they understand you, but you can tell they dont quite get you.

21.01.2022 What does mental and emotional abuse look like in practice? I think personally it can be a lot more subtle than whats described here. But this could be a handy list if you have a friend going through stuff in a relationship that you just know is not right. Or it could be resonating with you. It can literally cause brain damage and needs treating and support by someone who understands about the kind of Complex PTSD that can get formed in these bonds. ... https://www.healthline.com/health/signs-of-mental-abuse

20.01.2022 PRACTICE UPDATE - ALL COUNSELLING SESSIONS GOING ONLINE through Skype or Zoom. ** Sending care to all of you who are impacted by COVID-19 and its many flow on effects.... From this week forward all counselling sessions will be conducted online, through Skype or Zoom technology for video-conferencing. This generally works well and I have utilised it for many years with clients interstate or overseas, or those who just prefer the convenience of it. Unfortunately, currently Medicare does not support rebates for sessions delivered this way, only for face-to-face sessions. There are some exceptions to this. BULK BILLED TELEHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY SESSIONS People who qualify for a bulk-billed Telehealth Psychology session at the moment are: - People isolating themselves at home on the advice of a medical practitioner or in accordance with home isolation guidance issued by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC); - People who meet the testing guidelines for COVID-19; - People aged over 70; - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 50; - People with chronic health conditions or who are immunocompromised; and - Parents with new babies and people who are pregnant. More into here: http://www.mbsonline.gov.au//COVID-19bb%20mental%20health1 FINANCIAL HARDSHIP My standard session fee continues to be $180. If changes in relation to COVID-19 have brought you into financial hardship, please talk with me and we'll see if there is a way I can continue to support you. Stay well in all the ways you can. I'm still processing how all this affects me, my business, what I can offer and what people need. It's a rapidly changing situation and government response and I'll share any updates as I become aware. Deborah

20.01.2022 #Climatestrikes What a big and important expression from young people around the country today. For me its a very important demonstration that as individuals, we can only be as emotionally and physically healthy as the broader environments we find ourselves in. ... This is nature, community, nutrition, water supply, music, art and rich environments. Mental health and wellbeing is not an individual gig. Below some photos from a beautiful community art project I participated in at Fingal Beach yesterday, led by local artist Linda Angledal Creative. #soulsneednourishment

18.01.2022 Yes. The safety of feeling understood allows our soul to rise.

18.01.2022 I love this happy little mantra to sing. Music Therapist, Allison is suggesting its a great one to sing with your kids at this time. Ive also heard lots of adults have fun with it! Go to 1:20 in the video to hear the song! ... * Melody activates the limbic system which allows us to feel, experience and move our emotions through us. An essential process for anyone experience uncertainly, anxiety, grief or fear. * Melodic mantras have a greater impact on neuro plasticity than spoken or written affirmations as the music leads to dopamine release - which is essential in the motivation to repeat the mantra. This means singing this mantra will be the most effective way of us believing the words. * The repetition of this song creates a sense of predictability within the environment which the brain perceives as safety. A brain that can predict whats coming next feels more in control and a brain in control is not a Brain in survival mode. * Singing out loud is a fab controlled breathing exercise - every phrase we sing is a nice long out-breath! * Singing activates the parasympathetic nervous system which reduces the heart rate, reduces our respiratory rate and brings out of anxiety experiences. * Children still believe in their musicality (unlike us adults who think only musicians are musical) so expressing in this way brings them joy, and creative fulfilment * Music stimulates the pre frontal cortex which will help them to think more clearly, focus, make sense of and cognitively process their current state of events. Basically, children need music but they dont need to be at school to be making it. Music For One (music we make by ourselves, for ourselves) is just what the doctor ordered! Enjoy! Xxxx Allison Davies Registered Music Therapist

18.01.2022 An excerpt from this book by Dr Diane Poole Heller on attachment and trauma. Complex Trauma is created from an unrepaired rupture to secure attuned attachment. If this has happened to you, you might find yourself SUPER-ATTUNED to whether the people you are relating with ‘get you’ and accept you. If you don’t FEEL FELT by at least some one you trust, it’s going to be difficult to heal, function and integrate into community. ... Attunement is a powerful skill to cultivate and gift to offer others and frequently the best medicine for helping people cope with triggers and trauma adaptations. Maybe you’ve been told in the past that you’re ‘too sensitive’. Perhaps in fact you are super attuned to detecting genuine sources of attunement that are resourced and resonating at a frequency that can help you. I can’t recommend this book enough as a synthesis of somatic and attachment theory approaches to understanding and healing Complex PTSD. Here she is quoting Dan Siegel .. ’Dan Siegel, clinical professor of psychiatry and founding co-director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at UCLA, says that we’re natural born contingency detectors. 5 We instinctively know when someone gets us and when they don’t. Our brain is finely attuned to this; it’s hypersensitive to inconsistencies and authenticity. For example, you’ve undoubtedly experienced times when you tell someone a vulnerable personal story and they respond with something like, Uh-huh, I get it. I know where you’re coming from, but you can tell that they don’t. They might believe that they understand you, but you can tell they don’t quite get you.’

17.01.2022 There are usually identifiable reasons people engage a narcissistic defence. However, to avoid relationship harm, its important to be able to recognise when this is going on. Heres a quick reckoner ...

17.01.2022 Is COVID 19 triggering old trauma for people? Hell yes!! I have been aware of this from the start. Im taking a little time out to nurture myself and complete development of some online trauma healing materials. ... For those with complex trauma impacts and less life resource, regrouping and finding or recovering a sense of safety and trust and personal agency may be more a medium term journey, something we build on each week, rather than a quick snap back. In fact as a global society there are many ways it needs to be a new create forward rather than a snap back and well need access to personal safety, flow, creativity, inspiration, wisdom and confidence to make that happen. So I am preparing for this longer game. Meantime this article has some helpful suggestions. https://blog.imagorelationshipswork.com/coronavirus-pandemi

15.01.2022 Do you agree #WOARRIORS? What didn’t happen to or for you that was traumatic? What outcome would you have wanted to have happened?

15.01.2022 Oh my goodness .. the best summary of all things trauma I think I have read. If you are trauma impacted, share this with important people in your life and see what kind of conversations might develop that bring greater awareness and understanding.

14.01.2022 Dancing weekly slows down brain aging, even more than strength and endurance training, halting the decline of the hippocampus and improving balance. I cant help wondering if the group of seniors who me weekly for 18months for such things as Latin American style and Square Dancing benefited from some nice interpersonal stuff as well, eye contact, touch, intimacy and movement together ... https://medicalxpress.com//2017-08-reverse-aging-brain.html

13.01.2022 A little positive fun .. why not!

13.01.2022 I love this happy little mantra to sing. Music Therapist, Allison is suggesting it’s a great one to sing with your kids at this time. I’ve also heard lots of adults have fun with it! Go to 1:20 in the video to hear the song! ... * Melody activates the limbic system which allows us to feel, experience and move our emotions through us. An essential process for anyone experience uncertainly, anxiety, grief or fear. * Melodic mantras have a greater impact on neuro plasticity than spoken or written affirmations as the music leads to dopamine release - which is essential in the motivation to repeat the mantra. This means singing this mantra will be the most effective way of us believing the words. * The repetition of this song creates a sense of predictability within the environment which the brain perceives as safety. A brain that can predict what’s coming next feels more in control and a brain in control is not a Brain in survival mode. * Singing out loud is a fab controlled breathing exercise - every phrase we sing is a nice long out-breath! * Singing activates the parasympathetic nervous system which reduces the heart rate, reduces our respiratory rate and brings out of anxiety experiences. * Children still believe in their musicality (unlike us adults who think only ‘musicians’ are musical) so expressing in this way brings them joy, and creative fulfilment * Music stimulates the pre frontal cortex which will help them to think more clearly, focus, make sense of and cognitively process their current state of events. Basically, children need music but they don’t need to be at school to be making it. Music For One (music we make by ourselves, for ourselves) is just what the doctor ordered! Enjoy! Xxxx Allison Davies Registered Music Therapist

12.01.2022 I have many clients come to me feeling shamed, hopeless and even more despairing, from this practice of spiritual gaslighting. Using spiritual concepts to drop a person right back in their trauma symptoms as a reality they created for themselves and are learning from, rather than providing the simple human meeting, empathy and compassion that could help heal and complete a triggered implicit (body based) trauma memory. Many people do this unconsciously, unaware what ...they are doing and the impact its having on another. Some do it because in some way these spiritual concepts are helping them and they misread what is most needed by the other in that moment. Many people do it because its less demanding on them personally than having to slow down and truly be with anothers pain and suffering. (Its OK not to be resourced to help if thats the case, just be clear about that to avoid shaming the person whos suffering or reached out). Some do it because they like to be right, perhaps because in their own early life there was chaos or shaming or blaming or judging and so being right became important. I always feel that any spiritual insights I might have about whats happening for a person could help to create a very gentle window for lovelingly exploring whats contracted or emerging with the other person collaborating .. not for providing lessons. I feel strongly about this. So much damage and retraumatisation can happen this way. Lets use our awareness gently and powerfully in communion with the other. More on how to do this to follow. https://www.elephantjournal.com//spiritual-gaslighting-t/

11.01.2022 TRUST IN THE BEAUTY OF YOUR OWN SOUL These were words given to me during a psychic reading recently, following the death of my mother, earlier this year. Trust in the beauty of your own soul. It was an answer to a question from a place of deep despair inside me, at a time when resources were low and triggers were everywhere and my need for support but great, but minimally available....Continue reading

11.01.2022 Who knew what beauty lay in the sand in front of me until I lay right down on the ground to look.

09.01.2022 PRACTICE UPDATE - ALL COUNSELLING SESSIONS GOING ONLINE through Skype or Zoom. ** Sending care to all of you who are impacted by COVID-19 and its many flow on effects.... From this week forward all counselling sessions will be conducted online, through Skype or Zoom technology for video-conferencing. This generally works well and I have utilised it for many years with clients interstate or overseas, or those who just prefer the convenience of it. Unfortunately, currently Medicare does not support rebates for sessions delivered this way, only for face-to-face sessions. There are some exceptions to this. BULK BILLED TELEHEALTH PSYCHOLOGY SESSIONS People who qualify for a bulk-billed Telehealth Psychology session at the moment are: - People isolating themselves at home on the advice of a medical practitioner or in accordance with home isolation guidance issued by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC); - People who meet the testing guidelines for COVID-19; - People aged over 70; - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged over 50; - People with chronic health conditions or who are immunocompromised; and - Parents with new babies and people who are pregnant. More into here: http://www.mbsonline.gov.au//COVID-19bb%20mental%20health1 FINANCIAL HARDSHIP My standard session fee continues to be $180. If changes in relation to COVID-19 have brought you into financial hardship, please talk with me and well see if there is a way I can continue to support you. Stay well in all the ways you can. Im still processing how all this affects me, my business, what I can offer and what people need. Its a rapidly changing situation and government response and Ill share any updates as I become aware. Deborah

09.01.2022 Whether we are dealing with intrapsychic confusion, interpersonal conflict, or climate catastrophe, we are all interconnected. Nothing is healed, resolved or re-imagined through systems in isolation.

09.01.2022 Sad tears, frightened tears, happy tears .. all have different chemical compositions and look different under a microscope. What a fascinating thing ... Often, not always, its a needed release to re-establish balance in the bodys neurochemistry. https://www.facebook.com/926804640706634/posts/2342398409147243?s=1267879282&substory_index=0&sfns=mo

09.01.2022 Do you agree #WOARRIORS? What didn’t happen to or for you that was traumatic? What outcome would you have wanted to have happened?

08.01.2022 Blurry daisies shining their love.

08.01.2022 Anyone else relate?

07.01.2022 There are usually identifiable reasons people engage a narcissistic defence. However, to avoid relationship harm, it’s important to be able to recognise when this is going on. Here’s a quick reckoner ...

07.01.2022 This link is an absolute treat. Two minutes for an exquisitely beautiful meditative song about letting go as the tower crumbles. For anyone whose life has ever been turned upside down ... Take the two minutes, it will change the rest of your day https://soundcloud.com/tjintagrace/falling-tower-surrender

06.01.2022 Adrenal fatigue anyone? A trauma history or too much stress over a long period .... too much adrenaline and stress hormones circulating through the body ... eventually can impact all major body functions. Here is a great summary of stage 1 and 2 of adrenaline fatigue and what helps from a body and nervous system perspective. ... https://irenelyon.com/2015/12/10/adrenal-fatigue/

05.01.2022 Who needs some time out for deep rest today? Here's a 7 min breath and body scan I recorded years ago to relax into .. https://soundcloud.com/user704/quick-breath-and-body-scan-7

05.01.2022 Wonderful post about how to support a partner who goes into shut down when triggered.

05.01.2022 I was sitting on the sand watching the ocean .. it was mesmerising, slow waves rolling in, flat surface, hazy sun. I ran home and got my camera, but by the time I got back, the ocean had changed, as oceans do ... I took some photos anyway, just to run around inside the beauty of it and take it home with me. Time in nature, where it can act on us, is a needed thing.

04.01.2022 Just like that.

02.01.2022 TRUST IN THE BEAUTY OF YOUR OWN SOUL These were words given to me during a psychic reading recently, following the death of my mother, earlier this year. Trust in the beauty of your own soul. It was an answer to a question from a place of deep despair inside me, at a time when resources were low and triggers were everywhere and my need for support but great, but minimally available....Continue reading

02.01.2022 Should I go with Picture 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6? ~~ I have been learning something over the last 10 years or so. Ive been learning that most people with Complex PTSD dont know they have it.... When you dont know what youre dealing with, it can be hard to get the right help, know how to best support yourself and to communicate with others about what you need. It can lead to shame, despair and hopelessness, giving up, feeling unable to be helped. And sometimes spending a lot of time and money on therapies of all types that miss the mark, re-traumatise or dont sustain. As a start point to help people know if the challenges in their life now could relate to autonomic nervous system adaptations made in early life .. and then how to support rewiring from that .. Ive prepared a checklist. The Complex Trauma Impacts Checklist. 67 pages and 4 videos of good information to help you see if you recognise the pattern in yourself or someone you care about. It will be launched next week and I want it shared as widely as possible. The task today is a simple one .. which picture should I use on the cover of the Checklist .. my own little piece of market research ... which one would make you want to open the document and read and trust whats written .. and ideally feel some warmth from the person writing it ... ?

02.01.2022 Who needs some time out for deep rest today? Heres a 7 min breath and body scan I recorded years ago to relax into .. https://soundcloud.com/user704/quick-breath-and-body-scan-7

01.01.2022 A quick intro to my work - integrative approaches for healing trauma and freeing up your capacity to connect, express and create from your authentic self. Call 0424167376 for a quick chat about working together.