Join Dr. Farah Khalid and Fatima Hussain in this week's episode as they explore the narrative of "The Giraffe, And The Pelly And Me", offering their psychological insights through the following themes/questions; What can a Giraffe, a Monkey and Pelican symbolise? What questions can I ask myself if I saw these animals in my dreams? What is the difference between healthy and unhealthy mourning? How can music and song help us cope better with loss and mourning? How do other cultures address the emotions of grief? How can we as a species move forward from losses associated with the pandemic/co-vid?

The time stamps for each segment are as follows:

• SUMMARY: 5m:38s
• THE SYMBOLISM OF A GIRAFFE, MONEY AND PELICAN: 7m:00s
• HEALTHY VS UNHEALTHY MOURNING, AND USING THE CREATIVE ARTS (MUSIC/SONG) TO COPE: 29m:00s
• THE UNIVERSES' SUPPORT FOR MOVING ON FROM A GLOBAL PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE: 1hr:04s

Dr. Farah Khalid is a British-Pakistani Consultant Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Former Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology (NUST University, Islamabad), Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, registered psychological practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council and Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology. She has a private practice based in Islamabad offering humanistic-psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides teaching, training, clinical and research supervision to local clinical psychology trainees, therapists and counsellors. She draws on her insights from almost 20 years of clinical work and her personal experience as a mother and family lineage of the India-East African immigration. She has worked in the UK National Health Service for ten years, with adults, children and families as well as in the Middle East. She works with various mental health issues, and has a special interest in personality/self disturbances. Dr. Farah holds a deep conviction that her therapeutic work is a backstage pass into the nuances of the human dilemma; she feels honoured to bear witness to and share people's struggles, complexities, and hope on their healing journey.

Please see the link below to read her published article on her work with British mothers experiencing post natal depression: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A3pYR911X6Vc_r1rmgz7nzqE2EMa6O_x/view?usp=sharing

Fatima Hussain is a Psychodynamic Therapist based in Islamabad. She works with a diverse population and is curious about the intersection between mental health and institutional power. She feels passionately about making therapy accessible and culturally appropriate to the Pakistani context.

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