Articles

Dr Jocelyn is a highly experienced health and medical writer and has worked on a freelance and consultant basis with clients (selected) including:

ABC Health and Wellbeing
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Bupa ANZ
Elsevier
En Masse
Healthdirect Australia
NPS MedicineWise
NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Published articles

See below for a selection of Jocelyn’s published articles relating to coaching, mental health in the workplace, and suicide prevention.

The role of coaches in a pandemic

Read my latest article for Coaching Perspectives on the role of coaches in a pandemic

Research poster: Self-insight in coaching practice

By popular demand I have posted the research poster I presented at the USYD Evidence-Based Coaching Conference in February 2020. The full paper of this research project is currently under preparation – and I pay tribute to Professor Anthony (Tony) Grant for his supervision of this project. Please get in contact with me if you…

How coaching helps doctors manage complexity and uncertainty

This article was first published by MJA Insight+ on 19 August 2019 JAMA recently published an article indicating professional coaching can be helpful for doctors in managing stress and burnout. It is gratifying to see that medicine is slowly catching up to the business and corporate world who have been using coaching for decades as an evidence-based…

Understanding and dealing with imposter syndrome

This article was first published by MJA InsightPlus IMPOSTER syndrome seems to be one of the better kept secrets in medicine. When I started my coaching practice in February 2018, I thought I’d be coaching doctors to find non-clinical careers to move into, just as I had done many years previously. I knew there was a…

“My name is Jocelyn and I’m an imposter”

This post was first published by Coviu This is a guest post on the Coviu Blog: My name is Jocelyn and I’m an imposter. This is seriously how I felt when I started my ‘Telecoaching for doctors’ business. Setting aside the fact that I was trying to start a new concept that I didn’t know would take…

The burnout problem in healthcare today

This article was first published in Hospital and Healthcare Monday, 18 February, 2019 Burnout is increasingly an issue for healthcare professionals, with consequences for their patients and organisations. Evidence-based coaching is one approach that can help turn this around. There seems no doubt that burnout is endemic amongst healthcare professionals in Australia and across the…

Disclosing mental illness in the workplace: should you tell?

First published by ABC Health & Wellbeing 11/08/2014 While there’s less stigma around mental illness than there used to be, many people remain unsure about whether to share information

Coaching: science or snake oil?

This is feature article first published in The Medical Republic 21 July 2016 Just pick your need and there’ll likely be a coach who claims they can meet it. Whatever it is – wellness at work,

Mental illness hits small business owners hard

First published by ABC Health and Wellbeing 05/03/2015 While there’s a growing focus on mental health in the workplace, there are fewer resources and support available to those running small businesses.

Resilience in the workplace

This article was first published by ABC Health and Wellbeing 22/01/2015 Does your post-holiday glow fade all too fast when you return to work? There’s much you can do to build your resistance

Your workplace and its impact on your mental health

First published by ABC Health & Wellbeing 07/07/2014 A mentally healthy workplace has benefits for everyone – employees and employers.

Should we talk about suicide in the media?

Adapted from a presentation given at the CRESP Suicide Summit, August 10th 2015, Canberra, by Dr Jocelyn Lowinger Should we talk about suicide in the media? Yes– absolutely. And of course we need to do so safely. We are rightly concerned about the effect reading

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

First published by ABC Health and Wellbeing 28/09/2014 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a set of mental health symptoms that can develop in someone who has experienced a traumatic event. While anyone

Bipolar disorder

First published by ABC Health and Wellbeing Updated: 03/10/2014 We all have mood swings from time to time, but for someone with bipolar disorder these moods become extreme and can have a significant impact on their life.

Tips for helping your kids develop a healthy relationship with food

First published by ABC Health and Wellbeing 29 July 2016 Meal times can be a source of frustration and conflict in many families. In a scenario that is familiar to many parents, you go out of your