Cameron Dickson
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Cameron Dickson
- Mar 19, 2020
- 1 min
Counselling Support during Covid-19
Counselling video calling on Skype or Zoom if you are needing a counsellor to talk to, but can't come in person, or would prefer not to.
Cameron Dickson
- Mar 15, 2019
- 1 min
A first response to the Mosque shootings in Christchurch yesterday
It was a tragic day for our community in Christchurch yesterday. My mind cannot comprehend the loss people in our community have...
Cameron Dickson
- Feb 27, 2019
- 2 min
GOOD+GOOD+GOOD = BAD?
I found myself looking at this peach tree the other day and it reminded me of an issue that I find is easy to be caught out by. It is ...
Cameron Dickson
- Nov 22, 2018
- 3 min
Anxiety: There is a tiger trying to eat you!
Is anxiety driving you? Worry is a healthy human emotion. Worry is the feeling that is generated by the thought "something could go...
Cameron Dickson
- Oct 23, 2018
- 4 min
Breakup: Notice the break
A breakup is the ending of something. A little or big death of something that existed between two people. Depending on the breakup and...
Cameron Dickson
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
#MHAWNZ 2018
Participating in the Mental Health Foundation New Zealand's Photo Challenge for Mental Health Awareness week last week was a great...
Cameron Dickson
- Oct 4, 2018
- 1 min
Life's like a journey
What kind of journey have you been having lately? A metaphor is a powerful tool for you to use to make sense of life. Find one that works...
Cameron Dickson
- Sep 27, 2018
- 1 min
#MHAWNZ Photo Challenge
This year I am going to participate in the @MentalHealthFoundationNZ Photo Challenge as a way to embrace their Five Ways to Wellbeing....
Cameron Dickson
- Sep 20, 2018
- 3 min
Loss Hurts
You loved, hoped and lost. Grief is the emotion we feel when we lose someone or something important to us. Sometimes that is the death of...
Cameron Dickson
- Aug 4, 2018
- 3 min
Counselling, Confidentiality and Airbag Moments
There is a clear boundary around your right to confidentiality in counselling. This boundary line is very important! Understanding it...
Cameron Dickson
- Jun 8, 2018
- 2 min
Bravery, Perfectionism and Mental Health
As the father of a young girl and as someone who has worked with a huge number of teen girls struggling with anxiety and low self esteem,...
Cameron Dickson
- May 24, 2018
- 5 min
Counselling: Driving and Map Making
...or: How I work with people. I wrote in an earlier blog, "I am very friendly, but I am not your friend..." about what I think the...
Cameron Dickson
- May 7, 2018
- 2 min
A "must have" survival tool for young people: ICON
A practical tool created by teens to help you deal with negativity online. This week I came across ICON (In Case of Online Negativity)....
Cameron Dickson
- Apr 29, 2018
- 2 min
Grief: Why you should punch "closure" and "stages" in the mouth
It's a metaphor ok! I totally agree that nonviolence is the best answer, but the harm that the belief in "closure", "getting over it" and...
Cameron Dickson
- Apr 22, 2018
- 5 min
I am very friendly, but I am not your friend...
What a counselling relationship is and what it offers you that you can’t get somewhere else. The relationship between you and your...
Cameron Dickson
- Apr 13, 2018
- 1 min
Do you even Pin?
I do! I found using Pinterest (a social media tool that replicates a traditional pin board online) as a storage and research library a...