‘Real solutions for real people’

Phillip Milligan is retired from having been a psychologist in private practice in Mornington, Victoria. For over 35 years he has been involved in a successful private practice having developed a wide range of skills and experience in assessment, seminar presentations, behaviour management and counselling. From 1st December, due to a cutoff in registration status in ther final process of retirement, he is only online for mentoring and coaching consultations.


In Greek mythology Zeus, king of gods, lived on Mount Olympus and men roamed freely there on the Mount and elsewhere amongst the gods. Living at that time was a man called Epimetheus and he was the wisest amongst the men for he knew the secrets of life. Epimetheus took the beautiful Pandora as his wife (Pandora was fashioned from water and clay by the gods and sent down among mortal man to punish them for Prometheus’s act of stealing fire.) Pandora moved into the home of her new husband, and took up her wifely duties…”

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Crisis Response & Recovery Cycle

People often go through a number of stages of adaptation as they come to grips with a life changing incident:

1/ Crisis response: Shock / Disbelief / Realisation / Non-emotional survival state.

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Phillip’s Take On Things

It seems to me that change in a person is facilitated mainly in the context of a safe emotional environment, where there is as much affirmation and acceptance as possible.

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