Articles
Heal Yourself Through Self-hypnosis
26th Oct, 2024 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
Everyone has one ... A deep, dark fear; a bad habit that can't be broken; a failure of nerve or health or willpower that can't be overcome. They are products of the most powerful force known to nature. Your mind. Specifically, your mind working against you. If you're like most people, you've depended in the past on the brute force of WILLPOWER or sheer DETERMINATION to achieve your goals… whether that goal was losing weight, ...
Hypnotherapy - Will I have to act like a chicken?
15th Oct, 2024 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
The Hypnotherapy Experience Most people know very little about hypnosis beyond what they’ve seen on TV, but it’s a powerful and effective tool for changing habits and overcoming fears. Unfortunately, one of the first things that springs to mind when the subject of hypnosis comes up is the image of people doing silly things, like acting like a chicken or eating an onion thinking it’s an apple. Hypnosis in a therapeutic ...
What is EMDR? (Eye Movement De-sensitisation Reprocessing)
14th Sep, 2023 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing has emerged in the last 20 years as an alternative psychological treatment for helping people deal with upsetting events. It was developed by Dr Francine Shapiro in 1987. The initial findings were quite remarkable. The treatment led to rapid reductions in a person’s level of distress. In addition, the people treated found that they developed more positive beliefs about themselves a ...
Self-help tips for depression: seven ways to rout the blues
24th May, 2023 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
Depression hits many of us at one time or another. Here’s how to feel up when you’re down. Depression severely affects millions around the world. But there is good news. You can fight the mild to moderate depression that many of us experience now and again. Here are seven self-help prescriptions that have worked for many people. 1. Get exercise. Exercise elevates beta-endorphins (the ‘feel good’ hormones) ...
Brazilian Toe Massage – to help someone relax or get back to sleep after a nightmare
16th Aug, 2022 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
The Brazilian Toe Massage What is it? Why is it? When do you use it? Rex Myers, reflexologist The Brazilian Toe Massage was discovered being used in Brazilian hospitals to sedate patients. It could sometimes put people to sleep deep enough to perform surgery on them when no anaesthetics were available! As to why it is called “toe massage”? This is not really known, as there is no massage involved. The ...
You can do 'No Talk Therapy'
4th Jul, 2021 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
NO TALK THERAPY Have you ever had the experience of trying to talk with a troubled child or teen and all you get is a shrug, a grunt or nothing at all? No Talk Therapy was developed for parents, foster carers, grandparents, aunts, uncles or teachers faced with just this problem. You see, the thing is that having sustained, in-depth conversations with adults is simply not natural for kids. They think that focusing on problems (espe ...
Therapeutic drama groups for school-aged children
30th Apr, 2021 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
Monthly drama groups are now running on Saturday afternoons at Star St Uniting Church, Carlisle at 2 p.m. sharp. Groups involve a theatre-skills workshop and rehearsal for a Bibically-based play. Children report that the groups are interesting and very enjoyable. During the 90 minute theatre-skills workshop, children learn how to communicate both verbally and non-verbally. Through practising a range of communication skills such as ...
Researchers Successfully Treat Autism in Infants by Playing Games
19th Nov, 2020 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
Science News Researchers Successfully Treat Autism in Infants: Playing Games That Infants Prefer Can Lessen Severity of Symptoms www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130430092511.htm Apr. 30, 2013 — Most infants respond to a game of peek-a-boo with smiles at the very least, and, for those who find the activity particularly entertaining, gales of laughter. For infants with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), however, the game can ...
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Theraplay – a great combination
13th Feb, 2019 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? CBT is an umbrella term for a range of therapies that share the same underlying idea – that our emotional reactions to a situation are not caused by the situation itself but by what we think about it. This idea is not new. As Epictetus famously said long ago: “People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them”. Or Shakespeare: “There is nothing either good or bad but th ...
SkillUp Day Camp
14th Sep, 2015 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
SKILLUP DAY CAMP for children aged 8-11 in the Victoria Park, Belmont, Rivervale, Lathlain, Carlisle, Kenwick and St James areas. October 5 – 8, 9.30 – 3 p.m. Does your child need to make friends or has difficulty keeping them? Some children lack self-confidence, are too shy to make the initial approach, have difficulty sharing or have trouble reading social cues. Or is your child a born leader? Popular, with plenty of friends v ...
Working With Tribal Aboriginal People In Australia
5th Nov, 2000 by Dr Juanita K Miller-Berry
I have worked with six different Aboriginal communities in Australia and find that Theraplay, either in its traditional form or with adaptations to fit local cultural patterns, a very helpful approach. There is considerable political and social concern at present in Australia around the issue of the "stolen generation," the many thousands of Aboriginal children taken from their families and placed in foster or institutional care in ...