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Surviving Trauma and Loss

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 27, 2019January 2, 2021

“Family violence happens to everybody, no matter how nice your house is or how intelligent…

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Tethered To Hope

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 14, 2018November 11, 2019

Have you ever asked yourself what it is you are tethered to? If so, you…

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Paradise Lost: What We Need To Know To Survive A Traumatic Experience

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 3, 2018April 28, 2020

The Camp Fire in Northern California is finally contained more than two weeks after it…

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Suicide in a Family Changes Everything

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on October 12, 2018August 6, 2019

Journalist Martin Scarsden, the central character in Chris Hammer’s bestselling novel ‘Scrublands’ is on assignment…

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Choosing to Forgive

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on December 16, 2017August 14, 2019

In her recent novel for young adults, Goodbye, Mr Hitler, Jackie French explores the theme…

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Trauma And Its Aftermath

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 24, 2017August 16, 2019

I was fortunate to hear clinical psychologist, Dr Rob Gordon speak recently. Dr Gordon has…

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When Caring Isn’t Enough

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on April 1, 2017August 6, 2019

A recent article in the BBC News discussed the complex subject of murder-suicide and the…

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Top Ten Reads in 2016

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on January 7, 2017August 19, 2019

Why read? Anne Lamott suggests, “Books help us understand who we are and how we…

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Hope Reclaimed: Living with trauma

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 8, 2016August 29, 2019

Five years ago the city of Christchurch in New Zealand was struck by a devastating…

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Trauma

  • by Bruce Rickard
  • Posted on June 19, 2015September 24, 2019

Clinical Psychologist, Dr Rob Gordon, has worked in the area of trauma for many years.…

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Bruce Rickard

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Reflections on Suicide and Staying Alive: My son's suicide changed everything. I felt an obligation to understand why anyone would want to end their life. My regular blog posts explore the causes and prevalence of suicide and what is needed to sustain a healthy mind and a hope-filled future.

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