April 18, 2016
In case you missed it, the April edition of NACCHO Aboriginal Health Newspaper featured a story about how CASSE's Men's Tjilirra Movement is changing minds and lives for healthy futures.
April 5, 2016
By Pamela Nathan. Politics and healing are words that seldom share the same sentence, but in the past week there have been two discussions that had the potential to do just that...
March 11, 2016
we can say a few simple things about suicide in order to change minds and save lives. Suicide concerns us all.
- Suicide is about intense emotional pain.
- Suicidal acts are a cry for help.
- Feeling suicidal is not permanent.
March 3, 2016
By Pamela Nathan Director, CASSE Aboriginal Australian Relations Program Too many men remain dangerously quiet in the national conversation about domestic violence. In the Northern Territory […]
February 29, 2016
By Pamela Nathan An 11 year old has been charged with murder. He is Aboriginal. He is said to be the youngest boy in Australia to […]
February 25, 2016
By Pamela Nathan Re ‘Domestic violence perpetrators learn they are not the victim in unique Perth rehabilitation program‘, broadcast on ABC’s 7.30, 24/2/2016 Breaking the cycle of domestic […]
February 18, 2016
Suicide is the FIFTH leading cause of death of Aboriginal people. In particular 15-24 year olds are over five times more likely to suicide than non-indigenous peers.
Building on cultural strengths and supporting self-determination is likely to be the core component of any suicide program. This is what CASSE's Tjilirra Men's Movement attempts to do!
Aboriginal people describe their physical and mental health as having a basis of ‘social and emotional well-being’ originating in a network of relationships (or connections) that includes between the individual and their community, traditional lands, family and kin, ancestors and the spiritual dimension of existence. Life is understood in holistic terms… linked to their ‘control over their physical environment, of dignity, of community self-esteem, and of justice’.
February 10, 2016
By Pamela Nathan Re: ‘Northern Territory intervention ‘fails on human rights’ and closing the gap’, published in The Guardian, 8 February, 2016. In November, the Australian […]
February 3, 2016
MEDIA RELEASE
A new approach to recognising Aboriginal Australia’s colonial nightmare was discussed in the House of Lords this week as leading Australian psychoanalytic psychotherapist, CASSE's Pamela Nathan, joined Lord John Alderdice to present work being done in Central Australia that is embracing ancient practices in order to find a way forward.
January 27, 2016
The CASSE Team was thrilled to learn Anne Kantor, our Deputy Chair, was awarded an Officer (AO) of the Order of Australia on the 26th of January, for distinguished service to the community through philanthropic support for a range of environmental, social welfare, arts and educational organisations, and to psychotherapy.
January 25, 2016
On Australia Day we need to recognise the First Nation. How can we forget that Australia was declared Terra Nullius? Recognition cuts to the heart of what an individual needs to have a sound mind. It is essential for the well-being of our national psyche. To treat the mind we need to address issues of recognition at a personal and individual level. Then Healing can come. To treat our national psyche we need cultural and constitutional recognition for Aboriginal peoples.
December 21, 2015
NEW BOOKLET AVAILABLE NOW!
THE MILKY WAY. Psychoanalytic Dreamtime: Life-Saving Tools.
Join Pamela Nathan on a psychoanalytic journey of the Milky Way. She tells a simple story of the psychoanalytic dreamtime that can be understood by many using metaphors and language associated with dreaming. When you have finished reading The Milky Way you will have some understanding of the key beliefs and practice of psychoanalysis.
COST: $35 each