Ahona Guha
Dr Ahona Guha is a clinical and forensic psychologist, trauma expert and author based in Melbourne.
- Opinion
- Family
Splitting like the Beckhams is often a result of dismissal and control
In my clinical experience, adult children will have tried to repair relationships with family members but have been met with blame or further abuse.
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- Psychology
As a trauma expert, here’s how to look after yourself and others after a tragedy like Bondi
Over the next few weeks, months and even years, many Australians will be struggling to process their experiences of Sunday night. Trauma is normal and shouldn’t be dealt with alone.
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- Opinion
- Domestic violence
Body-cam footage shows police coaching a father who murdered his family. As a psychologist, I’m enraged
Weeks before Rowan Baxter murdered his former partner Hannah Clarke and their three children, he was visited by police who appeared to offer advice on how he could get out of a domestic violence intervention order.
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- Opinion
- Trump's America
Pregnancy is already a stressful, fraught time. Trump just made it worse
It’s tempting to scoff at the US government’s advice on paracetamol. But for pregnant women, it adds anxiety to one of the most psychologically vulnerable times in their lives.
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- Opinion
- Mushroom trial
Patterson’s sentence answers one question. But the two most important remain unanswered
As a forensic psychologist, I was particularly surprised when I tuned into Justice Christopher Beale’s verdict on Monday morning.
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- Opinion
- Porepunkah shooting
I’ve worked with so-called sovereign citizens. They all believe they’re special
As tempting as it might be to brush off far-right and extremist beliefs as silly or inconsequential, the threat they pose is becoming more real every day in Australia.
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- Opinion
- Psychology
I escaped a cult – for years I didn’t even realise I was in one
I have long hidden the shame that I was gullible enough to be lured into such a group. The perception that people in cults are different from the rest of us needs to be challenged.
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- Opinion
- Mushroom trial
When women kill, we look for reasons to justify their actions
The case of Erin Patterson tells us a lot about the grip certain types of crimes have on us, the beliefs we hold, and the fictions we like to tell ourselves.
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- Opinion
- Melbourne childcare crisis
I’m a forensic psychologist. Here’s how to tell if your child might be an abuse victim
There’s an instinctive sense that we would recognise people who abuse children. While this is a comforting lie, it is one which comes at the cost of child safety.
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- Opinion
- Crime
More than fame or wealth, Diddy used his age gap with Cassie to control her
In her testimony against Diddy, Cassie Ventura explained to the world why age gaps can still be so dangerous for young women in relationships.
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