Depression Treatment Category
Truly Savoring Happiness
Certainly this is a beautiful time of year: Flowers blooming, grass growing, trees leafed out. Beauty can exist in so many forms. Some would say a work of art or a sunset. Beauty exists within all of us if we learn to utilize all of our senses. For example, the smell of lilacs in May or Locust tress in early June. Or the sound of a beautiful piece of music, the touch of a loved one or the hug of a child. This is exactly what i ask of my clients for our hypnosis sessions. Make a vivid image in your mind and think of a time in your life when you were truly happy. Maybe a day at the beach or a first date or a birthday party. Now use all your senses to make it come to life: What did you see? what did you hear? what did you feel or smell or taste? Be as specific as possible. If you think in these terms your mind can be tricked into believing you are actually there and you can savor the moment and be truly happy.
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Depression: Does it only affect adults?
According to the Canadian Mental Health Association, 3.2million Canadian youth between the ages of 12-19 are at the risk of developing Depression. Shocking? Right.
Children and adolescents can develop depression if they are/ have experiencing/ experienced:
- Huge pressure from school, society, or family
- Stressful transitions, such as changing school, neighborhood, city, or country
- A major loss, such as a death in family
- Being bullied
- Disappointments
To read more, please visit http://blog.montrealarttherapy.com/?p=116
By: Reyhane Namdari/ Art Therapist
The loss of a person, the loss of a relationship
Loss is a natural part of life. Life is, after all, a series of emotions that connect people together but can also tear them apart. Loss of any kind is painful and can enter your life in many forms, not just from death. The loss of a person, the loss of a relationship, or even the loss of hope often leads to a sense of sadness and helplessness often described as the “emptiness in your stomach” feeling that seems insurmountable. Loss can make you snappy or spiral you into night after night of restless sleep. It alters your mood and often changes how you see the world around you.
Some people argue that the pain after a loss gets better with time. Others would argue that the pain actually never gets better but that we get better at dealing with it. I suspect the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Why is it that the pain of a loss can feel like it’s never going to subside? On some level it has to be that we believe deep down that we can’t ever be happy again. Some...
Counselling in the Community
When people ask me:” at what point shall I seek counseling?” I tell them: “if you feel like you are not as happy as you could be.” It really is that simple. All of us go through times in our lives when we encounter periods of stress causing us feelings of great discomfort. We can loose our support system in transitions such as relocation, parenthood, and general change in circumstances, accentuating feelings of loneliness and anxiety.
Another reason for seeking counseling is recognizing patterns of behaviors that are not working, such as relationships ending badly in the same sort of way. People often wait too long before they seek help. This may lead to depression and/or physical symptoms, which in turn may result in difficulties in our personal and professional relationships.
I had one client who, due to language problems, job promotion and change of environment for him and his nuclear family, suffered an acute anxiety attack on a business trip. Unable to fun...
Help for Empty Nesters
EMPTY-NEST SYNDROME
Empty-nest syndrome is the name given to the constellation of feelings many parents have when their last or only child leaves home, and they no longer have a baby “chick” in their nest.
After having spent at least two decades as a parent, it is only reasonable to expect that this change will prove difficult. You might experience the following symptoms: sadness, fear in what your role in life is now, major adjustments in what you do each day, how you view yourself, and how your marriage functions.
These problems used to belong almost exclusively to women who were the primary caretakers of the children, and those who had no career. They had no other identity to fall back on. Today both men and women may suffer from empty nest because many women work and men are far more involved in their children’s lives.
THOSE MOST AT RISK FOR THE EMPTY NEST:
Those who have difficulty with separation and change.
Full-time parents.
Those who also struggle with menopause, ...
Depression
Deprssion is different than feeling down from time to time. You may be going through a tough time in your life and feel sad. But what is the difference between depression and true depression disorder?
-Do you find it hard to do the simple tasks that you once found easy to do? (getting out of bed, going to work, interacting with others?
-Do you have feelings of impending doom
-Lack of energy and interruption in sleep or you find yourself sleeping much more than normal?
-Do you have feelings of helplessness and hoplessness and feel that there is nothing to look forward to and life is like living in a black hole?
-Has your eating pattern changed? Are you finding yourself eating too much or not at all?
-You may have physical symptoms of feeling achy and your body feeling sluggish and heavy
These are just a few signs of depression and if you feel that your suffering from them and they are not going away, it may be time to seek help from a professional. Asking for help does not mean y...
ThetaHealing Treats offer for introductory clients...
More and more people are waking up to the awareness that our thoughts create our experiences. But how do we change the beliefs that form our thoughts that create our experiences? ThetaHealing is a powerful energetic modality that helps you identify and clear the beliefs that block you from having the experiences you long to have. What if you could clear those blocking and limiting beliefs and make room for more joy, health and prosperity? What if ThetaHealing sessions are the opportunity you’ve been seeking to change your life and uncover the brilliant, potent being that you truly are and be? Dr. Lisa Cooney, Master ThetaHealer and licensed MFT, loves sharing the miracles of ThetaHealing and she’d like to offer a package of ThetaHealing Treat sessions to introductory clients. Visit here to learn more: http://lifeempowermentinstitute.com/lei/shop/product-category/treats/
ThetaHealing classes offered, too! Visit the schedule page for a current list of upcoming ThetaHealing classes...
Access Consciousness The Bars Class in San Francisco May 18th
Have you wanted to let go of what doesn't serve you? Do you have clients that have expressed this? Access Consciousness is a set of tools and techniques to help you clear unwanted experiences in your life. The Bars is the first class in Access and teaches about 32 points on the head that when lightly touched release accumulated energies no longer serving the individual. This opens individuals up to live in the awareness and consciousness of infinite possibilities vs. in the fixed energy and consciousness of that which they know. Access Bars has assisted thousands of people to change many aspects of their body and their life including sleep, health and weight, money, sex and relationships, anxiety, stress and so much more. Upcoming Classes: Saturday, May 18th in San Francisco, 11 am to 7 pm Register here: http://www.drlisacooney.accessconsciousness.com
Connecting the Dots
One of the most powerful experiences in counseling is that moment when you “connect the dots.” After talking about the stress, pain, anxiety and frustration that brought you to therapy, out of nowhere you have a different way of looking at things. You have ideas and new solutions to problems which seemed overwhelming.
Working with your counselor, you start figuring out how to take the new ideas and use them to make life better.
Sometimes we make things too complicated. Often we just need to let our minds and emotions work on a problem we have brought out and examined by talking it through with a therapist. This is when the “fun” begins as you start seeing how you can make different choices.
Are you ready to start connecting the dots?
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Does a Dog in the Office Make it Animal Assisted Therapy?
Because of the recent press about the amazing benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy more and more therapists are bringing their dogs to work. Is this Animal Assisted Therapy?
Animal Assisted Therapy involves a trained counselor or therapist working with a trained animal in a goal-directed way within that therapists' area of expertise. The therapist should be trained in conducting Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) and ideally have completed a training and/or Certification program as well. While there are no state or national standards to call oneself an "Animal Assisted Therapist" it is considered an area of specialty. As part of their training a therapist learns how to integrate the animal(s) safely and effectively into the therapeutic process. The safety of both the client and the animal must be monitored and considered at all times; during AAT the animal is working - this can be tiring and stressful for any animal. This is why most trained AAT clincians work only with animal...
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