Jolyon Roderick Grimwade
Biography
Jolyon Roderick Grimwade holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Victoria University, conferred in November 2006, with a focus on "Practices and perceptions: referral and intake to child and adolescent mental health services." He is an AHPRA-approved supervisor of Clinical Psychologists, with his certification renewed for five years in October 2017. He completed a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, a Graduate Diploma of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at the University of Melbourne, conferred in 1984 and 1980, respectively. A member of the Australian Psychological Society since 1984, Jolyon has been a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychology since 1991. He is a registered psychologist in Australia (PSY 0001118556) and a registered provider of clinical psychology services with Medicare. Jolyon is also a Clinical Family Therapist with the Australian Family Therapy Association (AFTA) since 1990 and an accredited Clinical Supervisor of Family Therapists with AFTA since August 2019. Additionally, he holds a Victorian Working with Children Check (Card No. 00509886-01, expiring on 08/05/2023) and an Ochre card for the Northern Territory (Notice No. 135960, expired 20/12/2019). Jolyon completed an Advanced Certificate in Interpersonal Therapy in February 2007.
Research Interest
Doctor of Philosophy, Victoria University, conferred November, 2006, Practices and perceptions: referral and intake to child and adolescent mental health services
Abstract
Mind matters and matter minds; how so? Language is the first and last frontier of neuroscience
Neuroscience could not exist without language. Language existed well before neuroscience. This paper is a challenge to neuroscientists to conceptualize language not as a function of the brain or as a capacity of the brain. Rather to develop an interpersonal neuroscience not centred on the notion of the individual but centred in the primacy of language over humanity, even if language is a species specific characteristic of homo sapiens. Individualism is a distortion of human experience that needs to be overted and overcome to avoid climate catastrophe and war. Language is very useful in conducting therapy!
