Therapy is a space of...

Gentle and enduring open-hands that hold and open the mind to new life.

This open heart-ness feeds the mind, and our concepts of ourselves change. These forms of sacred medicine arise between therapist and client. Within this process the client becomes aware of new emerging meanings. Even past trauma can take on fresh and powerful meanings that change the very ways we feel about our lives.

Conversely, in the depth of solitude, the feminine moment of being is pregnant with possibility. Our body-heart-mind is itself a therapeutic presence. We may at first look outside ourselves for therapy. Over the years, we begin to realise that therapy comes from within. And our therapist is more like a companion on the journey.

This is like being a part of a beautiful sunset. We know we have a oneness in all of creation. Yet we also know we are one, even though our experiences of life are many.

Even in NDIS behaviour support and counselling in particular, there is a depth of therapeutic work that captivates clients, families, and support people. These methods when evidenced based and tested by time and wisdom of experience make a great deal of difference in the lives of people with profound disability and mental health issues.

During 2016, we published these comments:

“During the transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Australian people have an opportunity to imagine and co-create a better world for people with disabilities. The "don't DIS my ABILITY" movement has a chance to take on a cultural-wide significance. We focus on ability. That means our lives and the ways we work are strength-based, positive, empowering, and realistic with a tinge of optimism. Yes, we are all skeptical. Indeed, life is full of challenges! Ability is not pie in the sky. Ability is real. Ability grows with personal and social capacity. This makes ability behaviour support very much person centred in the best meaning of the phrase.”

Seems the vision inspiring the NDIS is not by any means dead after all these years. Let’s reflect on the themes of the vision for a moment.