Psychological freedom comes not from the lack of so called "negative" emotions, instead it comes from the ability to understand their source and use their strength appropriately. Challenges often come either from the denial of difficult emotions, or from allowing emotions too much control. Confusion or uncertainty around how to interpret our emotional self creates difficulties in our day-to-day lives, our relationships, our confidence. Let me show you how even extreme anxiety such as OCD or generalized anxiety, anger, jealousy, depression, and even PTSD symptoms can be managed through Emotion Focused Therapy.

I use an object-relations theory to psychotherapy. This means that we explore your early attachments and experiences to determine the assumptions you have made about your life. This should help you understand who you are, why you do what you do, and what you can do differently. I generally do not lead clients with questions, but give you the space to explore your past and how it relates to your future. The potential benefit to you is more self-control, better self-awareness, and feeling more connected to yourself and your emotions.

Psychotherapy is a unique process of self-discovery in which the client investigates, accepts and experiences the inner workings of his/her mind with the trained support and reassuring guidance of the therapist. This relationship is a unique, unconditional tool for growth. Using emotion as a catalyst, clients, with their own efforts, are able to heal their wounds and make fulfilling long lasting changes in their lives.

Depression, anxiety, addiction, and other mental disorders are very common but drugs aren't the only solution. We use psychotherapy methods like behavioural therapy to help patients better understand themselves and overcome specific problems. If you're willing to do the work we can give you the tools you need to see difficult problems differently and implement solutions.

A strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation of effective psychotherapy. I provide a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to explore your presenting concerns and gain insights into how they came to be. I draw upon the knowledge gained from my extensive training and life experience in order to tailor a treatment plan just for you. Clients typically leave my sessions feeling lighter and with increased mental clarity. Not only do I provide support, but guidance on how you might handle your current situation.

Psychotherapy is a broad term that includes any kind of counselling support that helps alleviate mental and emotional distress. I am a registered psychologist, and I offer a compassionate and practical approach to counselling. When you come for counselling, I am there to listen to you and support you. You set your goals, and I help you find ways to achieve them. Depending on the individual and the issue, this can be short-term or long-term counselling support. Psychotherapy is an opportunity to increase self-awareness and personal skill-sets that can help you for life.

Psychotherapy leads to in-depth understanding about ourselves. This understanding is prerequisite to engaging intimately with others and having conscious control over our needs are reactions. The therapeutic relationship established is the context where psychological change is possible. Psychotherapy is appropriate for both long-tern and short-term healing. Visit my website at www.prairieowlpsychology.ca from more details.

As a Registered (Provisional) Psychologist, I will work along side you to support you in what you want to change about your life. Consider me a partner, coach, therapist, and collaborator as we work together to develop an understanding of the issues and challenges you face. I believe that change requires a road map so that we know the direction we are headed. Imagine taking a trip without a map or destination in mind. Once we have an idea or plan of where you want to be in your life, charting a course for change becomes a process of discussing alternative ways to get there. My client-centered approach adapts to the goals, needs, and learning preferences of clients.

Psychotherapy includes a more long-term exploration into one's inner functioning, in order to make lasting change. While doing psychotherapy, I assist my clients to look into their inner life, which often includes looking back at family of origin issues or past relationships to learn how one has become who they are today, and then identifying areas where they would like to see change. We then work to shift these patterns of being to create a more fulfilling, peaceful life, with healthier choices.

In psychotherapy a safe, professional, nonjudgemental, and caring environment is established to assist clients in change, healing, and the development of tools to respond to life's challenges and transitions in healthy and constructive way. In psychotherapy, I integrate a variety of approaches to help individuals work through issues such as anxiety, depression, anger, grief, marriage/relationship conflict/communication, and significant life transitions.

Psychotherapy is a process of gaining an awareness of one's issues which leads to improving the understanding of one's issues. Following this, the process of psychotherapy is to follow through with some form of therapeutic action to either improve the awareness, increase one's understanding or resolve the issues that one originally came in to psychotherapy for.

Whether in a group setting or one-to-one with Dr. Hook, evidence shows that psychotherapy helps reduce symptoms and improve mental health. A clinical psychologist is more than a listening ear; the training and experience of a psychologist enables the clinician to listen and guide you in such a way that you develop new understandings and improved coping. Psychotherapy can help move us from illness to health; it can help us to stop harmful behaviours; and it can help us to become the people we truly want to be.

Psychotherapy also known to some as personal counselling, is an intended interpersonal relationship between a trained psychotherapist and their client. Psychotherapy is a talking therapy that aims and works at increasing the individual's sense of self-awareness. A psychotherapist may use a wide range of techniques geared to relationship building, exchange of ideas, communication and behaviour change with a view to improve the well-being of a client or improving group relationships (such as in family, friends, or even co-workers). At Loussa Counselling Centre we take a holistic approach to achieve individual wellness of the mind, body, and soul. Our approach is progressive, pure and natural.