COUNSELLING PSYCHOTHERAPIST & PSYCHOTHERAPY MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA Hi, my name is Alison Ball. I am a Psychotherapist originally trained in Melbourne Australia in the mid-80's. I have a continuing com...
History I am a Somatic Psychotherapist in Melbourne, Australia. I have been in Private Practice since 1986 and specialised in this field of psychotherapy through a three year initial training from...
CONFERENCES What does ICE stand for? Really two answers to that: One is that 'International Corporate Excellence' IS a bit of a mouthful, so it was actually our Clients' people who started using th...
MY WORK What is Somatic Psychotherapy, why might you think of coming to see me and what might you expect from working with me? Soma is a Greek word meaning the body-mind and the term Somatic Psycho...
MY BOOK The thesis for my Masters of Psychoanalytic Studies at Monash University was on the subject of physical touch as it has been written about in the psychoanalytic literature. TITLE: Physical...
PAPERS List Here of papers by BALL, Alison. C. Full text of papers can be downloaded. A Look Through The Keyholes The place for Object Relations and the unfashionable, unmentionable and sometimes d...
This paper below is an unpublished talk that I gave in Sydney in July 2005 to a Professional Development Meeting of the Australian Somatic Integration Association (ASIA) which is a sister organizat...
This unpublished paper was given in Sydney in November 2004 at the annual conference of the Australian Association of Somatic Psychotherapists (AASP). “I Want My Mummy.” By Alison Ball...
Personally Professional Reflections of a Somatic Psychotherapist Published in PSYCHOTHERAPY IN AUSTRALIA . VOL 8 NO2 FEBRUARY 2002 Somatic Psychotherapy has evolved from one of its early incarnatio...
Tactile Therapy from a Residential Perspective by Alison Ball Chapter 13 of "Caring for Huntington's Disease: A Handbook For Healthcare Professionals", Second Edition Edited by Dr. Edmond...
MORE FULLY ALIVE - A BODY ORIENTED APPROACH TO GRIEF AND LOSS Published in1989 in the Proceedings of the Sixth National Conference of the National Association of Loss and Grief (NALAG "From th...
Alison Ball Guest Speaker – Royal Women’s Hospital Annual Luncheon for Volunteers June 1986 I have been asked to talk to you today about Social & Cultural Barriers. Social & Cul...
THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORK IN CARING by Alison Ball was written in 1985 as Chapter 18 of the Handbook for Caring in Huntington's Disease Edited by Edmond Chiu and Betty Teltscher. 2003 Introduction At...
A CARE CENTRE FOR HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE: CONFRONTING ATTITUDES TO CHRONIC TERMINAL ILLNESS. Published in the Australian Journal on Ageing, Vol.1 No.3, August 1982. This paper was written by me, Alis...
Australian Association of Somatic Psychotherapists http://www.somaticpsych.org.au Australian Association of Social Workers http://www.aasw.asn.au Huntington's Disease Society of America http://www....
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