Camille Gray Psychology

15/02/2026

“The long-term survival of democracy and the flourishing of civilisation depends upon our having thick skin, warm hearts and cool heads.” Josh Szeps

14/02/2026

How is your self care going?

12/01/2026

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/perspective-koren-on-free-fun-with-friends/106055938?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

I've kept low-cost, high-fun habits alive for years, even after returning home to a city where socialising often seems to mean shelling out.

29/12/2025

Socks, kiwifruit and jiggly coffe for a healthy 2026

None of these tips are particularly difficult – you’re probably following some of them already – but they are hugely beneficial to your health when implemented together. This is how to do it.

24/12/2025

My office today

23/12/2025

I hope Sunday’s memorial was helpful to those who attended. I hope that the Jewish community feel enveloped in love and support from the thousands of ordinary Australians who attended and the coverage from local and International media

My family attended to pay our respects and I brought the French Flag with me in memory of my fellow countryman Dan Elkayam who died.

In the crowd were also
- young French people who are tramatised by what they saw, and some were injured by the gunmen
- people of all ages, nationalities and faiths
- brave people who assisted Police on scene, and rendered CPR to victims- yet feel guilty that they should have done more
- A drunk old guy who was bleeding from a fall and had caught public transport from Ramsgate, who sobbed throughout the ceremony and was crying “this Is not our country, what have we become”?

Hopefully, we will become a country who continues to fight racism, closely monitors who gets to own a gun, and who can see through propaganda designed to make us hate, or be complacent to hate.

17/12/2025

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17/12/2025

FYI
Most people who experience a traumatic event do not go on to have PTSD.

However, surving traumatic events is very painful, and I would say that many in Australia are currently in grief, though clearly those who were present in Bondi or are Jewish are struggling more.

Grief is made up of several emotions going around and around, typically reducing in Intensity as time passes: Numbness, shock, disbelief, sadness, crying, anger, being ok, not being ok, thinking of alternate scenarios where the outcome could have been different, numbness again, anger again and on and on. This process is very painful. But it’s normal. It Is your healthy mind and body trying to make sense of what’s happened.

With time, love, patience, self-kindness and resumption of routine, most people get better.
They will always be sad when they think about It, and their life may never be the same, but they are mostly ok. Most people DO NOT develop PTSD.

People who survive a disaster typically take 3 years to seek professional help, and that’s ok. It happens when they have exhausted their own resources.

If you are affected, be kind to yourself, and be kind to each other.

17/12/2025

If you have been affected by this attack, please read the information below. You are eligible for
- 22 free counselling sessions through Victims Services (I’m one of their counsellors)
- financial Compensation for anything you lost at the beach during the attack
- a recognition payment of $5k for being a victim of crime

A hub has been set up at the Intercontinental Hotel in Coogee with Police detectives trasy to take the statement of anyone who was there who wishes to make a statement. The Department of Justice and Community has representatives there to help wirh givernment advice and assistance. There are also crisis counsellors and the Red Cross.

People are good.

16/12/2025

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10/12/2025

Jimmy contributes to therapy by relaxing and receiving belly rubs.

22/11/2025

You

You are worth honesty
You are worth the truth
You are worth safety
You are worth respect
You are worth a conversation
You are worth a debate
You are worth time
You are worth money
You are worth generosity
You are worth apologies
You are worth patience
You are worth effort
You are worth everything

I hope that in time, your surroundings will be worthy of you. You don’t have to be perfect, you just have to be you. Thoughtful, honest, hardworking, generous, creative, brave you. You don’t have to be perfect to deserve honesty, truth, safety, respect, conversation, debate, time, money, generosity, apologies, patience or effort.

I wish for you to be safe. It’s a human right.

You are bigger than the myopia of your surroundings.

And the world needs you. We need you to expand and take up space. But only when you are ready.

And only when you are safe.