Harry Potter Power

274 Pages·2011·5.038 MB·English

by  Dr Julie-Anne Sykley

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Now feel the Power... in your life!

Psychologist Dr J A Sykley shows how the universal themes in the
Harry Potter series can make your life more positive and healthy and
your lifestyle more sustainable.

Th e Power of Action – Th is book can help people who are ‘stuck’ in one way of thinking and
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break down negative patterns of thinking. – Robyn, university student
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Th e Power of Th oughts – It was awesome how you could take one of the best series of fi ction and r
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compare it with real day life. I liked the way you talked about how everyone can turn their nega-
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tive thoughts into positive ones. Th e Worry-Turner is brilliant! – Baden, 10 years old
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Th e Greatest Power – Contemporary, refr eshing, and uplift ing… It made me smile. e
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– Jonty Bush, 2009 Young Australian of the Year, Chief Executive Offi cer, Queensland P
Homicide Victims’ Support Group
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Th e Power of Tragedy – Made me understand my own path in my life. No matter what happens
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good or bad, you can make good choices. Never give up. – Heather, Fruit Picker r
Th e Power of Animals – Admirable and worthy. Many young adults would jump at the oppor-
tunity to read a book that would off er them psychological tools to help them on their journey and
make healthy choices. – Erik Gorton, Secretary, Animal Liberation Victoria.
Th e Greatest Power – Valuable and helpful… I think someone fr om any age or background will be
able to take away some useful approaches. Dr Dilprasan De Silva, Consultant Psychiatrist
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Cover Images: Joseph Lycett (front); Arone Meeks (back)
Photos: Valerie Vanni
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Harry Potter Power
Dr Julie-Anne Sykley loves playing with parrots, listening to disco music, going to the beach,
and suppressing her crazy sense of humour – not! She is also a prize-winning psychologist
who has worked as a helping professional for more than 20 years.
Julie-Anne studied psychology in Sydney and Melbourne, waded through crocodile-infested
swamps to earn a doctorate in Darwin, and presented her research on “control and well-
being” in New York. She has been helping young people, people with mental illness, and
violent offenders to deal with issues such as anger, depression, and suicide. As a RAP (Remote
Area Psychologist) in the Northern Territory outback and the Far North Queensland tropics,
Julie-Anne has supported many Aboriginal people in their own communities.
Whilst Julie-Anne thinks she has some resemblance to a high-flying hippogriff, her friends say
she’s more like a small excited owl delivering big news to everyone in this book.
Glass House Books
Brisbane
Readers’ Comments
The Power of Tragedy – “Made me understand my own path in my life. No matter what happens
good or bad, you can make good choices. Never give up.” Heather, Fruit Picker.

The Power of Tragedy – “The best thing about this chapter is its message of hope!” Sarah,
Nurse.

The Power of Tragedy – “Excellent… powerful for young people.” Bill Huntley, Psychologist.

The Power of Thoughts – “This book is so clever! Dr. Sykley creatively uses the Harry Potter
stories so that young people can readily recognise the Dementors of Depression, the Boggarts
of Anxiety and the Manticores of Anger – and then swing into action with some serious dis-
spelling!” Associate Professor James Bennett-Levy.

The Power of Thoughts – “It was awesome how you could take one of the best series of fiction
and compare it with real day life. I liked the way you talked about how everyone can turn their
negative thoughts into positive ones. The Worry-Turner is brilliant!” Baden, 10 years old.

The Power of Action – “Can help people who are ‘stuck’ in one way of thinking and break down
negative patterns of thinking.” Robyn, university student.

The Power of Action – “The best thing about this chapter were the jokes.” Reece, 14 years old.

The Power of Animals – “I thoroughly enjoyed the manner in which you have brought together
so much material from the human-animal interaction of many centuries using Harry Potter.
Animals do have so much to teach humans.” Dr HJ Wirth AM, Honorary President, R.S.P.C.A.

The Power of Animals – “Admirable and worthy. Many young adults would jump at the
opportunity to read a book that would offer them psychological tools to help them on their
journey and make healthy choices.” Erik Gorton, Secretary, Animal Liberation Victoria.

The Power of Nature – “Really makes you think about nature and how it can help you and
others.” Gareth, 19 years old.

The Power of Nature – “We all need to get back to nature.” Susan, Cleaner.

The Greatest Power: Stronger than Hate – “Interesting insights, psychology concepts, and facts
from history.” Madge, Bar Attendant.

The Greatest Power: Bolder than Death – “Contemporary, refreshing, and uplifting.” Jonty Bush,
2009 Young Australian of the Year and Chief Executive Officer – Queensland Homicide Victims’
Support Group.

The Greatest Power: Bolder than Death – “Valuable and helpful… I think someone from any
age or background will be able to take away some useful approaches.” Dr Dilprasan De Silva,
Consultant Psychiatrist.

HARRY POTTER
POWER
FREE YOUR INNER POWER
Dr J. A. Sykley
Brisbane
Glass House Books
an imprint of Interactive Publications
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Carindale, Queensland, Australia 4152
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First published by Interactive Publications, 2010
© Julie-Anne Sykley, 2010
All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part
of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system,
or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and
the publisher of this book.
Printed in 18 pt Lithos on 11 pt Book Antiqua by Shenghai Chenxi Printing.
National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Author: Sykley, Julie-Anne.
Title: Harry Potter power / Julie-Anne Sykley.
ISBN: 9781921479311
Notes: Bibliography.
Subjects: Anxiety--Popular works.
Depression, Mental--Popular works.
Anger.
Grief.
Dewey Number: 152.4
For Terry P.J. Hibberd
A star is what you are at night.
Love Always, J-A
Acknowledgments
Cover Images: Fishing by Torchlight by Joseph Lycett, from the National
Library of Australia (front); artwork copyright Arone Meeks (back)
Jacket Design: David Reiter
Author Photo: Valerie Vanni, Starshots Photographic Studio
The author would like to thank the following people and organisations
for their part in the shaping of this book: Dr Linden Salter-Duke, the
Victorian Writers’ Centre, Frith Luton, Associate Professor James Levy-
Bennett, Dr Dilprasan De Silva, Dr Hugh J Wirth, Erik Gorton, Bill
Huntley, Jonty Bush, Judy Giger, Gareth J Davies, the Rostedt family,
Steven Mitchell, Emily Moler, the Northern Territory Writers’ Centre, the
Writers of Whitsunday, Anna Derham, Marianne Dey, Brad Love and
the Interactive Publications team - Dr David Reiter, Anna Bartlett and
Lauren Daniels.
Please note that while permission has been obtained from the copyright
holder, Bloomsbury, to use quotes from the Harry Potter series, the opinions
expressed within this book are not necessarily those of the copyright holder,
nor of Interactive Publications.
This book should not be viewed as a stand-alone source of advice, but
should be used in conjunction with professional help.
Powers from the world of psyche
Guide the way like stars and sun
Psychology, myth and magic
Called together, bound as one.
So when your tears or fears or nightmares
Cause your fall, your darkest hour
Use good thoughts, skills, actions
And your heart – to free your power!