Getting Over Your Anxiety Disorder With Pauline Mckinnon

Presenter: Katherine Lodge
Guest: Pauline McKinnon
Guest Bio: Pauline McKinnon is a family therapist and a Clinical Member of AAFT (Australian Association of Family Therapists), and a member of the PACFA register. She is a leader in the field of therapeutic meditation and the Founding Director of the Stillness Meditation Therapy Centre in Melbourne. Over 30 years’ personal and professional experience in the treatment of anxiety, enables her the privilege of assisting many to positively transform their lives.

Pauline’s early life journey was interrupted by acute anxiety resulting in agoraphobia, the pathological fear of leaving the safety of home. Usual interventions made no significant or lasting difference to her symptoms. She finally found effective recovery through the therapeutic Stillness Meditation originated by the eminent Melbourne psychiatrist, Dr Ainslie Meares.

Segment Overview:
Pauline discusses her book and tells us about her personal experience with anxiety disorder and how she could help people with the same disorder.

Transcription

Health Professional Radio

Katherine Lodge: Thank you for listening to Health Professional Radio. I’m Katherine, and today we have Pauline McKinnon. She’s a family therapist and a clinical member of the Australian Association of Family Therapists. She’s also a member of the PACFA Register. She is a leader in the field of therapeutic meditation and is the founding director of the Stillness Meditation Therapy Centre in Melbourne.

Over the last 30 years, through personal and professional experience in the treatment of anxiety, she is able to have the privilege of assisting many people to positively transform their lives, and today she joins us. Thank you for joining us today, Pauline.

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