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Welcome to the web site of Dr. Julian Boulnois
Doctor, Psychiatrist, Author, Journalist, Broadcaster, Lecturer, Mental Health Advisor
and Facilitator.
This web site is intended to provide you with information on the
services provided by Dr. Boulnois, as well as interest you with his
poems, thoughts, talks
and articles. You are invited to visit again, as more
information and written works will be added as this Web Site evolves...
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Cross Cultural PeculiaritiesWhen we English choose to leave our Sceptred Isle, or alternatively Old Blighty, we begin our travels with the highly developed delusional system that English is an international language which aids strangers from around the world to communicate with each other in a clear concise manner without any apparent built-in contradictions.
How wrong we are, as any immigrant to New Zealand, for example, would easily discover. It happened to us when we were first invited out to what we thought was dinner, but in fact it was tea, and we were given the instruction that we should “bring a plate”; naively, we thought that these poor folk simply didn’t have enough in the way of crockery and cutlery so dutifully, expecting some kind of Kiwi picnic we arrived with the necessarily requested items, only to discover that the purpose of bringing the aforementioned plate was to actually put something on it! | Read Article |
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Open SesameOPEN SESAME
SAYS WHO
SAYS I
SAYS WHY
More than anything I value the expectancies of those whom I have learnt to respect | Read Poem |
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Clinical work Clinical work as a psychiatrist is at best a variable feast; you try your best from day to day, sometimes you feel well and insightful and eager to present to your patients the brilliance of your therapeutic insights, and on other occasions I simply feel very tired indeed – the question is when are any of us actually of most use to those who seek our help and care. | Read Thort |
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It is extremely rare for anyone to admit that their lateness for an appointment is their own responsibility; usually it is somebody else’s fault, rarely if ever is any apology offered, and the presumption made is that it matters not if the remaining appointments that day are to be put off or be postponed because somebody elected to arrive late. |
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