About the Wisdom-Seeking Series

Welcome to the eighth set of episodes of our Wisdom-Seeking Series, a fortnightly set of 90min workshops for experienced GPs to explore the complicated questions in general practice and mental health care. These fortnightly workshops will run on Monday evenings, beginning at 7:30pm (Sydney time).

Each “episode” will start with 30 minutes of a podcast-style conversation between A/Prof Louise Stone and a guest expert. The remaining 30-60 minutes will involve a group exploration of the topics raised, co-facilitated by the episode hosts. Here, the meat of the discussion will come from you: the participants.

These workshops are not Balint groups, nor case discussions, nor clinical supervision. They are something different altogether. The topics are broad, giving participants a chance to share cases without being focussed on a single case. The format of these episodes is designed to promote mutual curiosity and reflexivity, and to help each other develop more nuanced understandings of our role in managing the mental health of our patients.

About Episode 8: Strong feelings (with Dr John Buckley)

This week’s episode will discuss strong feelings. Each of us may feel more uncomfortable or uneasy in the presence of particular emotions. For some it may be anger, for others it may be shame, guilt, fear, or grief. How do we approach these feelings when they emerge in the therapeutic relationship? What strategies can we utilise when we feel emotionally overwhelmed? What do we do when the therapeutic relationship feels wrong?

Accessing the episode

To participate in this episode, or in our upcoming Monday evening episodes, register your interest here and you will be provided a link to the sessions.

Sustaining the series

In keeping with our philosophy of valuing our own contributions and expertise, we have decided to compensate the facilitators of this series for their time. To learn more about our rates, or to support this endeavour, visit our donations page here.