Karin Mead Art Therapy and EMDR Therapy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Mental health service

Karin Mead Art Therapy and EMDR Therapy

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address: 81 Bayswater Road 3138 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://Www.karinmead.com.au

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24.01.2022 Working with people in pain can be painful work. Stick this 'Trauma Tree' on your wall to remind yourself why you do the work that you do. There is hope beyond ...hurt. Healing is possible. Please share with someone who helps. (click on link for PDF) https://drive.google.com//1dmtHkfxngkwpQ-zb8O4mFVnw6/view

23.01.2022 I am going to Encourage my participants to enter but if there is anyone keen to do this and wants my help please feel free to reach out.

22.01.2022 So important to be trauma informed in your practice

22.01.2022 Still one of my all-time-favourite discoveries and worth sharing again and again is this booklet on Complex Trauma written especially for young people. I am a b...ig believer in being honest with young people, and that information is power - especially when it comes to self-knowledge and self-understanding. "We developed this Resource Guide for youth who have experienced, or know someone who has experienced, Complex Trauma. Older youth, adolescents, and young adults can explore the information in this guide on their own to help make sense of their experiences and understand themselves better. Clinicians, caregivers, and other adults can use this guide to have conversationssometimes hard, but often freeingwith young adults, teens, pre-teens (and even some curious 7-9 year olds). The youth who asked for the written resource on Complex Trauma said he wished he had better understood what he was going through and why he reacted the way he did. Once he knew what Complex Trauma was, he started to make sense of his thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. He felt relieved and though he still had some hurdles to get overhe felt hopeful." https://www.nctsn.org//what-complex-trauma-resource-guide-

21.01.2022 Found this in a National Geographic. The art of farming. The paint is golden corn and emerald alfalfa #arttherapy #artoffarming #goldencorn #emeraldalfalfa #nationalgeograhic #aerial

20.01.2022 Take a time out from social media, phones, anything electronic. Get back to knowing who you are, getting in touch with self. If you struggle with this seek help/guidance. #mentalhealth #lookafteryouself #youonlyhavethismoment #bestrong

19.01.2022 Really nice thing to do to regulate and move into ventral Vagal

19.01.2022 As a Psychiatrist, it makes no sense to me that an illness affecting our thoughts or emotions should be treated any differently from an illness which affects ou...r breathing or our mobility. A mental illness is not a character flaw. It should not be embarrassing or shameful. An illness is an illness whatever bodily system is affected. But sadly, stigma is a reality for many people with mental health issues and prevents many from accessing necessary and available support. Today is R U Okay day - a reminder to reach out, to ask people how they are and to make these simple but potentially life saving conversations the new normal. And given the year we've all had, it's a timely reminder indeed. #ruokayday See more

18.01.2022 Remember spirograph from your childhood. Look at what you can make with the wheels, markers and imagination #arttherapy #spirograph #creative #getyourkit #imagination #innerchild

17.01.2022 This is a fantastic infographic created by Ruth Culver that combines two of the most exciting ways of working with trauma: Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Pol...yvagal Theory. I love this combo because it helps to make sense of trauma wounds and experiences in multiple ways with a depth and richness that includes both the physiological and somatic, as well as the psychological or 'inner-world'. You can download a PDF of the infographic from https://calmheart.co.uk/resources/ and there are videos and trainings offering a deeper explanation of the spiral too.

16.01.2022 Dr Porges is spot on

15.01.2022 A great polyvagal chart https://professionals.childhood.org.au//Tool-Exploring-Pol

13.01.2022 The feeling of sadness, loneliness or numbness is associated with the shutdown state, for example. #sad #lonely #numb #shutdown #depression

13.01.2022 Oh I hope the borders open for Victorians to have a chance at this. Who knows they may do zoom auditions.......

13.01.2022 "How do you let go of attachments to things? Don’t even try. It’s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them." - Eckhart Tolle

13.01.2022 An absolutely true statement in every possible way. In almost every part of the world, the Dragonfly symbolizes change, transformation, adaptability, and self-r...ealization. The change that is often referred to has its source in mental and emotional maturity and understanding the deeper meaning of life. It reinforces we are capable of anything and sometimes we amaze ourselves with hidden strengths.

12.01.2022 Nice to listen to. Really soothing

10.01.2022 I do all of this in my practice. Safety is paramount.

10.01.2022 So much fun with alcohol inks and posca pens. Not my work but someone who I am working with #alcoholinks #poscapens #nocontrol #wheredoesthatlandinyourbody #polyvagaltheory

10.01.2022 Floresta vista e ouvida de cima

09.01.2022 Had the most awesome time with Lauren of Ray of Sunshine Facilitated Learning and her delightful clients horsing around and being crafty.

09.01.2022 Love this organisation and have entered work before so jump on board if it applies to you. Happy to help out if you need assistance

08.01.2022 These ladies are awesome and have the best podcast.....Too peas in a pod

07.01.2022 Great read. Never thought about it like that before

06.01.2022 Same directive 2 different interpretations. Love people’s creativity #arttherapy #asd #mental health

06.01.2022 I urge people - parents, teachers, whoever - to never attempt to make an autistic child feel bad about what they did during a meltdown. Once they calm down, th...ey are wracked with enough guilt and shame about their conduct as it is - making comments like "do you know what you're putting your mother/father/sibling/friend through?" reduntant and cruel. They are already giving themselves an internal chastisement, and do not require another one. Notwithstanding the preexisting guilt, there is also a great deal of fear and confusion after the meltdown subsides and the autistic child's more "human" essence returns: "Could it really have been I who was the source of this chaos in my wake? Is it I who orchestrated the scene of mass destruction before my very eyes? It doesn't feel like it... it feels like someone else - or someTHING else - more barbaric and more sinister and more merciless than I moved through me and acted on my behalf, and I was powerless to stop it. And now, it is I who bears responsibility for the mess made by my vessel but not made by my soul. Still, I will feel guilt and shame on behalf of the malignant meltdown entity within, who is not capable of such feelings". Guilt tripping them will not help anyone in this situation; it'll only make things worse. Believe me, if the conversations they have with themselves post meltdown could take place OUTside of their head instead of inside their head, no one's anger would be greater and more smouldering than theirs. A meltdown is not a moral failing. It is a state of total physiological, emotional and psychological overwhelm.

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05.01.2022 The cutting edge thinking this man has. Blew me away.

05.01.2022 New blog article out today. What I’m saying here is that #trauma is not the event. It’s the impact or the result of the event. It’s a stuck autonomic nervous system, stuck in a defensive state of flight/fight, shutdown or freeze.

04.01.2022 Love how they address the misconceptions. I also consider co-regulation as an important factor

03.01.2022 Children learn what they live. So what do children who live with spanking learn? I know that parents and carers who spank their children do so because they hop...e/believe that their children will learn limits, respect, good behaviour, and right from wrong. But that is a form of "do what I say not what I do". When we spank children we model a toxic way of managing problems/thoughts/feelings. We model that might is right. We model causing others pain to make them do what we want.

03.01.2022 When a client cancels what a good way to explore and be curious. Massaging the vagus nerve. Mindful walking #arttherapy #mentalhealth #curiousity #polyvagal

01.01.2022 How good is this. Apply if you are eligible

01.01.2022 Important to remember with regard to the NDIS. Participants need to push back. Psychologists cannot put claims for psychosocial disability on Medicare. Print this and take to planning.... Edit :This is a clear statement from the psychology body that NDIA are wrong to tell you to use Medicare for ongoing disability. Send a complaint [email protected] and to the ombudsman if you have been told to do this.