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Group for women overcoming sexual assault
Sexual assault is said to affect one in three women. That is unacceptable! It may have happened when you were a child or adult; it may have been non contact, contact or penetration. No matter what for...
Christmas in July opening and bloggers meet postponed
Happy mid year Christmas. Here in the southern hemisphere we are assaulted by the unkind lower temperatures of winter and use July 25th as an opportunity to have a full, hot, Christmas dinner. On Chri...
Innisfail office partnership with Birdwing Therapies
Imaginif has opened an office in Innisfail with Birdwing Therapies. Both Birdwing and Imaginif are travelling more frequently to complete work in Innisfail so we decided it was time to formalise havin...
Imaginif back online
Welcome back Imaginif online. We have been without internet since our move to 30 James St, North Cairns and our phone line has been intermittent. There is a redirect on the old number (07 4032 5034) u...
Carnival of Australia postponed
The Carnival of Australia has been postponed due to a personal crisis at Imaginif. My aim is to get it posted by Friday. My apologies to those expecting to see their posts today. ...
Imaginif move to 30 James St, North Cairns
Do you lead a life of craziness? I know that I do and I also know that on my death bed I will not be saying, “gee I wish I had worked harder.” What does it take for you to slow down? Is it...
Entre blog roll
Entrecard is a very popular bog indexing and blog marketing site. I like Entrecard and have found some very good blogs via my participation there. Something that has bothered me since I began partic...
Water safety
Kids alive do the five: 1. Fence the pool 2. Shut the gate 3. Teach your kids to swim - [...] ...
Privacy verses secrecy
Secrets are bad. They are banned in the Imaginif house and business. Secrets make people all scrambled up in the head. Why would anybody want to hold knowledge that they are not allowed to tell anybod...
What? Psychological Noise at Imaginif
Counsellors and therapists need to be fully aware of their own noise: their values, their politics, their ideas, their personal issues, their preferences - anything that may alter the way they interac...
Knowledge Solutions. A message to the Social Services
The social and non government sectors have long been known for not readily sharing helpful information with each other. Competitive funding rounds frequently create competition, secrecy and suspicion ...
How to cope with change
Coping with change is an issue that drives many people to therapy. Me too! Lucky I’ve got two other therapists here to therapise me. At Imaginif, we have begun the packing process, cleaning proc...
Play is children’s work
Play is an important, healthy and functional part of development. If children are denied opportunity for play their development becomes constipated. Social Workers and Psychologists assess for age and...
Bloggers meet in Cairns
Cairns Bloggers meet at Imaginif (30 James Street, North Cairns) on Saturday evening, 26 July 2008. Family oriented for a casual BYO nibbles and drinks BBQ. (yes, you can bring the partner and the kid...
The respectable addiction: Workaholism
My name is Megan Bayliss and I am a workaholic. Once I was proud of this because that is what my world expected of me, and I had developed the disease to please. Now I am ashamed of it and I struggle ...
Aussie Carnival Blog On Cairns
Welcome to the June 18, 2008 edition of Carnival of Australia and Blog On Cairns. My Carnival hosting tradition is to always begin with a post from the previous host: it is my way of saying, “T...
Drunk and raped in Cairns
Inebriated women in Cairns run the risk of being raped, according to local police: Booze fuels sex attacks - cops. The Far North Police area has long had high rates of sexual assaults (or reported sex...
Carnival time
Get your posts in now for the Carnival of Australia and Blog On Cairns. Cut off time is tonight, Monday, 11pm (Australian time). Carnival rules are: You must be Australian (no matter where you live i...
Consistent parenting messages
Are you a hypocrite in your parenting messages? The fastest way to lose your child’s respect is to not practice what you preach. Listen to Your Children Domestic violent and sexual perpetr...
Guinea Pig therapy pets
Meet the guinea girls (names to be decided by our child therapy clients), They began their probationary employment as therapy pets for the Imaginif practice this morning. Talk doctor Rebekah Allen w...
Child gang rapists jailed on Childhood Hero Day
Remember the ten-year-old Aboriginal girl, gang raped in Aurukun? Judge Sarah Bradley (Cairns) let the rapists off. QLD allows gang rape of 10 year olds if 10 year olds say yes. Today, Childhood...
Donate today on Childhood Hero Day
It is Childhood Hero Day today. A day for all of us ordinary folk to become super natural and full of super powers. What super power do you choose to buy from the hero shop? I choose bionic listening...