Medicinal Cannabis, NDIS, Funded Therapy Assessments, Human Rights, Election 2022
As a centre-left individual, and a senior clinician, I am passionate about access and equity in social, health and educational areas. These are core human…
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Australian Election: Puppy Therapy, Disability Politics, and the Greens
Last year we were very blessed to meet a new furry friend who made last year’s winter eventual. Getting out into the cold of Armidale…
War, Art Therapy, Mindfulness, and Healing
This week as the atrocities in Europe mount with overwhelming evidence of crimes against humanity, the tragic circumstances, including the entrenched attitudes of certain European…
The Path to Peace
My nephew asked me this morning, “Uncle have you been raising the sacred peace-pipe lately?” My reply was, “Nephew when we walk the Good Red…
Transgender, Sexuality, Identity, and NDIS
Over many years we have worked as specialist educators, therapists, and researchers in the areas of culture, identity, sexuality, gender, and spirituality-as-meaning-making. My first major…
Services Update and Covid-19: March 2022
Health and Safety with Behaviour Support and Counselling Australians have an odd, confused, and mixed attitude to health precautions. We see this mostly because the…
Trimming the Bits – Pottery Meditation
A meditation on life’s changes and human development with Dr Joseph R Bowers. I am a counsellor psychotherapist to learn more visit our website http://www.abilitytherapyspecialists.com.au…
Behaviour Support, Therapy, NDIS, Disability, Covid-19, Vaccination and Future Planning
Given all focus right now on Covid-19 lock downs in New South Wales, we offer this update on our services for NDIS participants and others…
Homophobia and Healing: Psychotherapy and the Psychology of Prejudice
New book by Dr Joseph Randolph Bowers We are pleased this title has finally seen the light of day, as it has been delayed during…
Clay, Art Therapy, NDIS, and Covid Isolation
Clay and culture go hand in hand, literally and in every other way. Clay sculptures date back over 10,000 years. In relative terms, even the…
Telehealth Counselling and Behaviour Therapies – A Reflection on Change
2020 is turning out to be a stellar year for change, upheaval, and disruption on many levels. Covid-19, bush fires, economic downturns, massive unemployment, global…
Changes to Services under Covid-19
Due to addressing the health crisis we have moved all clinical services to online and telehealth models. As you might appreciate, the many major changes…
Receiving NDIS clinical services during the coronovirus covid-19 behaviour support and counselling therapies – a new book launch!
Well before the health outbreak of Covid-19 we were taking steps to move our service model into telehealth methods. It just happened that when we…
Free Ebook on Telehealth Clinical Services in Australia: How Telehealth Works and Its Effectiveness in the Context of Specialist Counselling, Psychotherapy, and Behaviour Support
In the context of Coronovirus Covid-19 we launch this book that actively seeks to provide greater access to behaviour support and counselling therapies via online…
Counselling and Behaviour Support via Telehealth Online During The Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Special Public Health Notice: The declared outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) places us all on alert. Please let us know by phone if you have…