Pamela Stephenson
Pamela Stephenson
Pamela Helen Stephenson Connollyis a New Zealand clinical psychologist, writer and actress who is now a resident in both the United Kingdom and United States. She is best known for her work as an actress and comedian during the 1980s. She has written several books, which include a biography of her husband Billy Connolly, and presented a psychology-based interview show called Shrink Rap on British television...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth4 December 1949
CityAuckland, New Zealand
CountryAustralia
After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
Being in one's 50s is a powerful time.
Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I cant be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.
The Notion Of A Contemporary Epiphany To Me Is Very Exciting, Because It's A Sort Of Biblical Thing. It's Something That Has Happened To People In Other Centuries Or In The Context Of Religious Experience...!!!
Love is an obsession. It has that quality to it. But there are healthy obsessions, and mine is one of them.
When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.
It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
I don't think I'm generous enough to be the straight guy. I sort of make my own way and make my own statement. Do I mind pushing myself forward? Not at all.
I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
There was a special challenge in describing the awful childhood of a person who happens to be my own husband. It was very painful at times, for both of us.
The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful.
Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
There's been a number of erroneous biographies, articles and so on written about Billy and we both thought it would be a good idea to produce a true one.