{"id":35530,"date":"2022-04-01T14:09:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T06:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indigenouspsychservices.com.au\/?page_id=35530"},"modified":"2024-03-03T23:20:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:20:52","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/indigenouspsychservices.com.au\/","title":{"rendered":"IPS Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1709129857613{margin-top: -50px !important;}&#8221; mobile_margin_top=&#8221;-130&#8243; mobile_margin_bottom=&#8221;-150px&#8221;][vc_column][layerslider_vc id=&#8221;29&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; el_disable_tablet=&#8221;1&#8243; el_disable_mobile=&#8221;1&#8243; thegem_fix_full_height=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1709475821479{margin-top: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 60px !important;padding-left: 75px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/indigenouspsychservices.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Jilya-1.jpg?id=36935) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; custom_css_code=&#8221;JTBB&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-offset-6 vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-offset-7 vc_col-md-5 vc_col-sm-offset-5 vc_col-xs-offset-1 vc_col-xs-10&#8243; el_class=&#8221;border-bottom&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 45pt;\">COMING SEPT 3<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1709093398236{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 35pt;\">Pre-order now<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 18pt;\">BY DR TRACY WESTERMAN AM<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 18pt;\">A powerful memoir that explores how one Indigenous woman from the Pilbara transformed psychology. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #404040; font-size: 12pt;\">In this ground-breaking memoir, Tracy draws on client stories of trauma, heartbreak, hope and connection from her years of practice, offering a no-holds-barred reflection on how the monocultural, one-size-fits-all approach to psychology is failing Aboriginal people and how she\u2019s healing those wounds. 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