16 May, 2024 By Dr John Ashfield Understanding and Managing Anger In understanding and managing anger it is vitally important to try and deal with anger as soon as it appears, and especially before it builds up to the point where it is explosive, overwhelming, or…
10 Oct, 2023 By Dr John Ashfield Managing Repetitive Thinking (rumination) Managing Repetitive Thinking is a 16 page downloadable resource available here. How and why this way of thinking creates difficulties for us. Repetitive thinking or rumination describes a pattern of thinking that is circular with…
6 Mar, 2023 By Dr John Ashfield Labels are for Jars not for People Labels are for Jars not for People examines choosing language that helps rather than harms people experiencing psychological distress written by Dr. John Ashfield, PhD Mental health, the new buzz words of modern society. Historically,…
30 Jan, 2023 By Dr John Ashfield Saying no to the tyranny of devices One of the most insidious threats to self-care and self-preservation for anyone working in the fields of health or human services is the unchallenged and habit forming use of technology, our everyday devices. Learn how…
15 Dec, 2022 By Dr John Ashfield Why You Must Matter Ever dressed in a hurry and in buttoning up a shirt or blouse you didn’t pay enough attention and started doing up the buttons in the wrong sequence, thus, every subsequent button was done up…
25 Nov, 2022 By Dr John Ashfield Positive patient & family communication Illness can change family communication in unexpected ways A patient’s world can be an ever shrinking one. Being low on energy, short of breath, less mobile, unable to venture far except perhaps for treatment or…