by Karina Stell | Jun 18, 2015 | Jonathan's blogs, Uncategorized
Words are powerful. Therefore, it is vital to understand the essence of the word ‘depression’ otherwise we risk becoming even more ‘depressed’ – simply by choice of words. “But I feel depressed!!!!!” As a psychologist, that’s something I hear almost everyday, and I’ve...
by Karina Stell | May 19, 2015 | Karina's Blogs
I grew up with my full complement of ‘shoulds’ as most of us did. Mine had their own theme, etiology and of course purpose for those who taught them to me. As a child they became my indisputable rule book and those whose ‘shoulds’ differed...
by Karina Stell | Mar 3, 2015 | Karina's Blogs, Uncategorized
Where do we go when we are confronted with a different way of being? When we hear a viewpoint that clashes with our own moral compass or our own understanding of what is okay? Do we jump to judgments of ‘rightness’ and ‘wrongness’, feel the need to label others, when...
by Karina Stell | Jan 31, 2015 | Karina's Blogs
– I wake today on the day I usually write my blog, with the heaviness of a therapist taking a moment to have the melancholy musings of just another human being. So I beg your indulgence and the indulgence of those who are tempted to pull out their text books as...
by Karina Stell | Jan 5, 2015 | Karina's Blogs
Being Mummy to my three young children was one of the most loved periods of my life. The experience of such closeness, my children’s dependence, our interdependence and the wonderful place of being my children’s “go to” person for love, food, caring,...
