Resources
I often enjoy learning and discovering new resources to enhance my support techniques. Below, you can find a curated collection of resources from various media, including websites, quotes, biographies, books, movies, and more. Some are from the vast world of the web, while others are from my personal favourite medium: books!
Biographies
The Happiest Refugee – Anh Do Rob Riley: An Aboriginal Leader’s Quest for Justice by Quentin Beresford Family Outing – by Chastity Bono Mao’s Last Dancer – by Li Cunxin Dear Fatty – by Dawn French Breaking the Surface –
Books and Movies
Anger Taking Charge of Anger – 6 Steps to Asserting yourself without losing control – W. Robert Nay See also the “Refrigerator Quotes”: No. 2 – The Two Wolves – A Cherokee Fable and No. 3 – A Bag of
LGBTI Resources
Articles by me Resilience, Covid-19 and the resurrected “Special Religious Rights” law (17th July 2022) More than half a century after Stonewall the fight continues (28th June 2020) LGBTIQ+ people’s mental health worse now than during postal survey (14th November
Misc Resources
COVID-19 Beyond Blue – https://coronavirus.beyondblue.org.au/ The Black Dog Institute also has a collection of resources on Coronavirus: Anxiety, Stress & Wellbeing Head to Health – https://headtohealth.gov.au/covid-19-support/covid-19 Mindspot – https://mindspot.org.au/coronavirus The VIA Institute on Character (which I often recommend to clients,)
Refrigerator Quotes
In the book Using Biographical and Historical Grief Narratives With the Bereaving (by Harold Ivan Smith, published by Routledge Mental Health) there is reference to the idea of “Refrigerator Quotes” where the author asks “… grievers to put the quotation
Websites
Website Links Alcohol and Drug Information Service Andrology Australia – What every man needs to know ARBOR – Support for People Bereaved by Suicide Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement American Psychological Association (APA) Australian Men’s Shed Association Australian Psychological
