Simon d'Orsogna, Psychotherapy & Coaching

Simon d'Orsogna, Psychotherapy & Coaching For adults of all ages in their professional and personal journey - those in transitions, seeking he Many different parts of you seek wholeness.

I work with clients in person and by phone-skype all over the world. Together we work from where there is stuckness, finding resources and fresh perspectives. Disruption and upset are sure signs of development, growth and creativity. Messiness is a welcome sign of new sensemaking afoot.

Please donate to support medical support for those in the devastated territories. International law (ICC & ICJ) and UN h...
23/10/2025

Please donate to support medical support for those in the devastated territories. International law (ICC & ICJ) and UN human rights conventions decry and prohibit collective punishment, and using extreme food and medical rationing as a collective punishment - https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CzkaUkbTk/

***IMPORTANT*** USA journalist gives Edward Sa-id lecture in Adelaide, SA - 'Requiem for G_z_' https://youtu.be/MGqtPIR8...
21/10/2025

***IMPORTANT*** USA journalist gives Edward Sa-id lecture in Adelaide, SA - 'Requiem for G_z_' https://youtu.be/MGqtPIR8rFU?si=nGENCk9HSAIGVDIN&t=1303 Lecture starts at 21min.
NOTE this lecture was given here only after this Pulitzer prize winner was removed from the Australian Press Club program at short notice, allegedly due to the pressure from those who replaced him on the program. This lecture was given 19 Oct 2025.

Chris Hedges gives the first talk of his 2025 Australian tour, the Edward Said Memorial Lecture, at the University of South Australia in Adelaide, with an in...

“Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations ...
19/10/2025

“Be silent and listen: have you recognized your madness and do you admit it? Have you noticed that all your foundations are completely mired in madness? Do you not want to recognize your madness and welcome it in a friendly manner? You wanted to accept everything. So accept madness too. Let the light of your madness shine, and it will suddenly dawn on you. Madness is not to be despised and not to be feared, but instead you should give it life... If you want to find paths, you should also not spurn madness, since it makes up such a great part of your nature... Be glad that you can recognize it, for you will thus avoid becoming its victim. Madness is a special form of the spirit and clings to all teachings and philosophies, but even more to daily life, since life itself is full of craziness and at bottom utterly illogical. Man strives toward reason only so that he can make rules for himself. Life itself has no rules. That is its mystery and its unknown law. What you call knowledge is an attempt to impose something comprehensible on life.”
― C.G. Jung, The Red Book: A Reader's Edition

18/10/2025

"Just because you started thinking about this situation on October 7, 2023, doesn’t mean that that’s when it started. And just because you stop thinking about this situation in October 2025 doesn’t mean that’s when it ended.
October 7 was a catastrophe. It tore open wounds, stole lives, and left forever scars in Israeli families. The trauma is real, indelible, and must be acknowledged without equivocation.
But the story did not start there. It began long before—in the dispossession of homes, in the checkpoints and concrete walls, in the normalization of suffering and humiliation, in a world that has tolerated statelessness and displacement for generations.
And yes—even within that pain—Hamas has made things worse. Much worse. It has ruled with violence, silenced dissent, used its own people as leverage in a game where everyone loses. It has hijacked the cause of liberation and turned it into a death cult masquerading as resistance.
And on the other side, Israel’s right-wing government—fueled by religious zealotry and nationalism—continues to provoke, punish, and expand. It arms settlers, protects land theft, and dismisses international law with impunity. It treats vengeance as diplomacy, and dominance as destiny....
If what you seek is justice—for all people—then this moment is just a breath, not a breakthrough. A necessary pause, yes. But not a resolution."

Mo Husseini (slightly editted)

15/10/2025

Happy Birthday, Hannah Arendt!

IMPORTANT this weeks recording from the National Press Club - Australian Human Rights lawyers Ben Saul and Chris Sidoti ...
07/10/2025

IMPORTANT this weeks recording from the National Press Club - Australian Human Rights lawyers Ben Saul and Chris Sidoti on recognition https://www.youtube.com/live/MoUMmkQ5sAg?si=qoGVR7088KeSw42g&t=1515 listening here from 26min for approx 11min for recommendations to signatories of the UN Convention.

Professor Ben Saul & Chris Sidoti, will address the National Press Club of Australia on “Palestine recognition: necessary but insufficient”.Subscribe: http:/...

06/10/2025

Cathy Wilcox

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16/09/2025

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العربية بعد العبرية English follows

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אני יעקב אל-ראבי, מהכפר בידיא שבאזור סלפית. אני אב לתשעה ילדים: שבע בנות ושני בנים.

בשנת 2018 איבדתי את אשתי היקרה לאחר שנרצחה בידי מתנחל פושע. היא נהרגה מאבן גדולה שנזרקה על הרכב שלנו בעוד בתי רמא, שהייתה אז בת שמונה וחצי בלבד, הייתה בתוך האוטו והיתה עדה לאסון. אשתי היתה בת 45 בלבד שנרצחה. עד לרגע זה, אני לא יכול להשלים עם אובדנה.

לאחר האירוע, אילנה קמינקא, ישראלית, פעילת שלום, המתנגדת לכיבוש, ביקרה אותי יחד עם משלחה מטעם ארגון "תג מאיר". הם חלקו עימי את כאבי וחיבקו את ילדיי בחום כאות לסולידריות. הביקור הזה היה תחילת ההיכרות בינינו, וביחד הם נטעו עימנו עץ זית בגינת ביתי, כסמל לשלום.

במתקפת 7 באוקטובר, בנה הבכור של אילנה נהרג، והוא בן 20 בלבד. מתקפה שאחריה פרצה מלחמה. אילנה מיד הצטרפה לפורום המשפחות השכולות הישראלי-פלסטיני, שבו הפכנו שנינו לחברים. הפעם אני נאלצתי לנחם אותה בעת אובדנה הקשה מנשוא.

כאשר הצטרפתי לפורום, כמה חודשים לאחר שאשתי נהרגה, נגע בי עמוקות החזון של הפורום: השאיפה לשים קץ למעגל האלימות ושלא עוד משפחות יצטרכו להצטרף למעגל השכול.

אז קיוויתי שאהיה האדם האחרון שמצטרף אליו, ושאף משפחה אחרת לא תיאלץ לחוות את הכאב שעברנו. לצערנו זה לא קרה ומאז שהצטרפתי אלפים רבים כל כך נהרגו. אבל אני עדיין נושא עימי את התקווה שיום אחד יבוא השלום.

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أنا يعقوب الرابي، من قرية بديا قضاء سلفيت. أنا أبٌ لتسعة أبناء: سبع بنات وولدان.

في عام 2018، فقدتُ زوجتي الغالية بعد أن قتلت على يد مستوطن مجرم، إذ قُتلت بحجر وهي في الخامسة والأربعين من عمرها، بينما كانت ابنتي راما، التي لم تتجاوز الثامنة والنصف من عمرها آنذاك، شاهدة على هذه الفاجعة. حتى هذه اللحظة، لا يزال رحيلها يفوق قدرتي على التصديق.

بعد الحادثة، زارتني إيلانا، وهي يهودية مناهضة للإحتلال، برفقة مجموعة من منظمة “تاغ مئير”، حيث شاركوني حزني وعانقت أطفالي بحرارة تعبيراً عن تضامنهم معنا. كانت تلك الزيارة بداية تعارفنا، حيث قمنا معاً بزراعة أشجار الزيتون في حديقة المنزل، رمزاً للسلام.

في هجوم 7 أكتوبر، قُتل ابن إيلانا البكر وكان عمره 20 عامًا فقط. هجوم أدى إلى اندلاع حرب. إنضمت إيلانا على الفور إلى منتدى العائلات الثكلى الإسرائيلي الفلسطيني، حيث أصبحنا أصدقاء. هذه المرة كان عليّ أن أواسيها في فقدانها الذي لا يوصف.

عندما إنضممت إلى المنتدى، بعد عدة أشهر من مقتل زوجتي، تأثرت بشدة برؤية المنتدى: الذي يسعى لإنهاء دائرة العنف حتى لا تضطر عائلات أخرى للانضمام إلى دائرة الفقدان.

حينها كنت آمل أن أكون الشخص الأخير الذي ينضم إليه، وأن لا تضطر أي عائلة أخرى إلى تجربة الألم الذي مررنا به. لكن للأسف لم يحدث ذلك، ومنذ انضمامي، لقي الآلاف حتفهم. ولكنني لا زلت أحتفظ بالأمل أن يأتي يوم ما السلام."

تمنّيت حينها أن أكون آخر فرد ينضم إليه، وألّا تضطر أي عائلة أخرى لخوض الألم الذي مررنا به. لكن للأسف لم يحدث هذا، منذ إنضمامي فقد الآلاف أرواحهم.
ولكنني لا زلت أحتفظ بالأمل بأن يأتي يوم يتحقق فيه السلام.

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My name is Yaacoub El-Rabi, from the village of Bidya in the Salfit area. I am the father of nine children: seven daughters and two sons.

In 2018, I lost my beloved wife after she was murdered by a criminal settler. She was killed by a large stone thrown at our car while our daughter Rama, who was only eight and a half at the time, was sitting inside and witnessed the tragedy. My wife was only 45 years old when she was killed. To this day, I cannot come to terms with her loss.

After the incident, Ilana Kaminka, an Israeli peace activist who opposes the occupation, came to visit me with a delegation from the “Tag Meir” organization. They shared in my pain and embraced my children warmly as a gesture of solidarity. That visit was the beginning of our acquaintance, and together we planted an olive tree in my garden — a symbol of peace.

On October 7th, Ilana’s eldest son was killed in the attack. He was only 20 years old. The attack was followed by war. Ilana soon joined PCFF, where we both became members. This time, I was the one who had to comfort her in her unbearable grief.

When I joined the Forum, a few months after my wife was killed, I was deeply moved by its vision: the commitment to end the cycle of violence so that no more families would have to join the circle of bereavement.

At the time, I hoped I would be the last person to join. That no other family would have to endure the pain we experienced. Sadly, that hope was not fulfilled, and since I joined, so many thousands have lost their lives. Yet I still carry the hope that one day, peace will come.

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I work with clients in person and by phone-zoom-skype all over the world. Together we work from where there is stuckness, finding resources and fresh perspectives. Many different parts of you seek wholeness. Disruption and upset are sure signs of development, growth and creativity. Messiness is a welcome sign of new sensemaking afoot.