I am currently not accepting new clients. My family and I are happy to announce that we are welcoming a new child into our family in March and I will…
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In the last year I’ve had my first few client presenting with what boils down at least in significant part, to climate change anxiety. Clients have been presenting with panic,…
I’ve been learning lately about polyvagal theory, developed by Stephen Porges. I find it to be a really clear and helpful way of thinking about our feeling states that can…
I’ve been studying Internal Family Systems (a modality developed by Richard Swartz) lately. Today I decided to practice this new parts work on myself, to help get to the bottom…
My colleague Andrea Towler is starting up a range of new trauma-informed yoga classes. She is a kind and calm teacher with a depth of practice and knowledge. I recommend…
Amidst the stresses of daily life it’s all too easy to get caught on the hamster wheel of activities and forget to get off. We can get hijacked by stress…
A man in his mid-life came for counselling to help with anger that wells up inside him playing certain sports. He had a sense that it’s deep and old anger….
A bird flying upside down. A tightly wound coil. An open lake. A powerful dragon getting flight and exploring the world for the first time. What do these have in…
Guest post by Lisa Voth, Somatic Therapist in Vancouver. I have a theory that there are 2 kinds of loneliness. I know this is false because any kind of binary…
In February 2018 I asked Hamilton-area parents of children aged 0-12yrs these questions: How would you describe the kind of social and emotional support you have for being a parent…