State Redress hearing: 25 September witness list and evidence summaries
https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/news/state-redress-hearing-25-september-witness-list-and-evidence-summaries/ 10:00am: Tanya and Georgina Sammons and Hope Curtin Tanya and Georgina Sammons will give evidence of their experiences of the Ministry of Social Development’s historic claims process in their attempts to address the abuse they suffered while in foster care. They will give evidence of the different approaches taken to each of their claims,…
People do indeed continually progress as they get older
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/boomers-30/202009/how-aging-is-reshaping-success Decades of research into life’s rich pageant, most notably George Vaillant’s work documented in his book Triumphs of Experience, have shown that people do indeed continually progress as they get older, and frequently realize greater fulfillment than when they were younger. When viewed from such a perspective, being successful is not a matter of what…
Poor Science Education and The Dualist Fallacy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-beast/202009/the-rise-junk-science-in-modern-life Much superstitious thinking begins with the premise that there is a mental/spiritual realm that is separate from the physical world accessed by our senses. In natural sciences, there is only a material world. The dualist fallacy emerges in virtually every religion and many branches of pseudoscience from astrology to reflexology. It is present in…
SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/sis-left-girl-to-be-sexually-abused-former-spy/ar-BB19maEd?ocid=msedgntp The SIS knew a young woman was being sexually abused by her father but failed to lodge a complaint with the police, effectively allowing the abuse to continue for years, a former spy says. The ex-SIS agent said he was involved in a covert operation in the late 1980s and early 1990s that involved…
Peer support workforce employs people with “lived experience”
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/mental-health-peer-support-model-promoted The Otago Mental Health Support Trust is described by its manager, Grant Cooper, as one “small pocket” of peer support. It had six part-time staff in Dunedin and two in the Waitaki district and, he said, there were groups in some other places “often done on the smell of an oily rag and done…
When Depression is a Symptom of Buried Anger
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/emotion-information/202009/when-depression-is-symptom-buried-anger One very effective way to ease and even heal depression is by releasing the enormous burden of our visceral rage. How is this done? Anger portrayals, a technique common in accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP), are extremely therapeutic. In a nutshell, anger portrayals guide a person in identifying anger in their body. Anger typically is felt as heat, energy,…
I’m concerned if his behaviour goes unchecked … He may reoffend
In the heart of the Covid-19 lockdown, at 10.45pm, the defendant was in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery when the 60-year-old victim entered the grounds with his dog. As they passed each other, the defendant doubled back to follow and grabbed the man. “The defendant held on to the victim by the buttocks for about two…
Dilworth School: More than 50 people contact police
Police are praising the courage of more than 50 people who have contacted them since news broke about sexual abuse of boys at Dilworth School. Police yesterday charged a 60-year-old man with sexual violation, attempted sexual violation, indecency and indecent assault. He was the seventh person charged following an investigation into the private Auckland boarding school where…
The Centre for Social Impact
https://www.centreforsocialimpact.org.nz/about The Centre for Social Impact helps grant-makers and funders invest for impact, and enables their community partners to turn that investment into inspiring and sustainable social change. We draw on a range of expertise from our team, and our network of specialist associates and partner organisations, to respond to the needs of our clients…