dana_corden

24/03/2022

Thank you to all the lovely people of the Burdekin for putting up with me for 3+ years 😛. Seriously though it really has been wonderful but it's time for me to return to Hobart and shut up shop so to speak 👍😁

26/11/2021

25/11/2021

Emergency Box/bag handout is attached. A colleague (thanks again Jeni Nichols) gave this to me years ago and I'm still using it regularly with clients. Thank you good www.getselfhelp.co.uk!

25/11/2021

Emergency box/bag part 5: Touch

Collect soft or other tactile items to engage touch. You can use a cushion, a pair of fuzzy socks, a teddy bear or a puzzle or fidget spinner. If you're lucky enough to have a pet like I do, place a photo of them in your box/bag to remind you to pat them (sometimes overwhelming emotion impacts our thinking and memory). If our soothing items are all together in 1 place we won't have to go looking for them.

25/11/2021

Emergency box/bag-part 4: Smell & Taste

Did someone say chocolate? Or a couple of lollies, a healthy snack or just a stick of gum. Just a small tasty treat will do. To engage the sense of smell include potpourri, lavender, perfume, scented candles....

25/11/2021

Emergency box/bag- part 3: Sight

Photo albums, scrapbooks, magazines, a favourite book, colouring-in pages or going for a walk in the park are all good ways to engage our sense of sight 👀

25/11/2021

Emergency box/bag tip- part 2: Sound

Hearing: relaxing music playlist, audiobooks or old-fashioned CDs. Whatever sounds you enjoy.

25/11/2021

Emergency/Soothe box or bag. Here's 1 we've prepared earlier 😁 You want to find items for your box/bag that engage all 5 senses. It doesn't have to be fancy but kids, especially girls, will actually engage in this exercise if craft supplies are available (good for school-holiday boredom). Once complete, you merely store it under your bed or some other handy place. Here's 1 we've prepared earlier 😁 You want to find items for your box/bag that engage all 5 senses. It doesn't have to be fancy but kids, especially girls, will actually engage in this exercise if craft supplies are available (good for school-holiday boredom). Once complete, you merely store it under your bed or some other handy place.

25/11/2021

What do you do when you're feeling anxious or blue? Surprisingly, a lot of people don't know how to self-soothe when they're distressed. Young people (and adults) who lack coping skills can lash out at others, over-eat or use drugs or alcohol to alleviate negative moods. Long-term however, these self-defeating coping strategies tend to create more problems and then, ironically more negative moods. That's where an 'Emergency Box' or bag can help.

25/06/2020

Proud to announce that I'm working with the amazing doctors and staff at Sahara Medical Centre

25/06/2020

Taken from psych_today