Hope for healing and recovery for Complex Trauma with Dr Ahona Guha

Get Real: Talking mental health & disability

Dr Ahona Guha is a Melbourne-based forensic and clinical psychologist. She works with survivors of abuse and those who live with trauma.

Ahona also works with perpetrators of harmful behaviours to assess risk, and provides treatment to reduce the risk they pose to others — and she has a deep understanding of the psychological and social factors that cause people to abuse others.
Ahona has written her first book RECLAIM: Understanding complex trauma and those who abuse.
MORE INFO:

• Ahona's website
• Ahona on Twitter @drahonaguha and Instagram @drahonaguha
• A broad definition of trauma is useful; an open-ended one isn’t (Psyche, May 2022)
• What people ask when they find out I’m a forensic psychologist (SBS Voices, March 2023)

If you have been affected by anything discussed in this episode you can contact:

• Lifeline on 13 11 14
• 13 YARN on 13 92 76 (24/7 crisis support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples)
• Blue Knot Foundation - empowering recovery from complex trauma

FREE mental health support is available in Victoria through Mental Health and Wellbeing Local services. All support is free, and you do not need a referral from your doctor to access help. ermha365, in partnership with Barwon Health, Wellways Australia and Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative provide services in the Greater Geelong-Queenscliffe area, 12-14 Thompson Road, North Geelong. Find your local service provider
CREDITS
Produced and hosted by Emily Webb, ermha365 Advocacy and External Communications Advisor with Karenza Louis-Smith, CEO ermha365.
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