Psychotherapy Vancouver

How is Therapy Transformative?

Delyse — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:47:01 +0000

So many times people come into therapy wanting to know what happens, how does it work? What are we doing in therapy? I think one of the important things we are doing is encouraging people to have a more intimate relationship with themselves. Without that relationship it is very difficult to make decisions, to create [...]

Are you apprehensive about starting counselling?

Delyse — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:39:23 +0000

Overcoming Fears About Counselling.

In this article I will address some common attitudes that I see preventing people seeking assistance from therapists, and how they represent interpersonal fears that are related to the work one does in therapy.

Therapy is a commitment to improve your emotional health. In the end you have to make the changes you [...]

Living consciously improves self esteem

Delyse — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:34:53 +0000

How we live our life affects our self-esteem. Working on building a positive self esteem is a life long task, no-one has a completely positive self esteem, nor negative. as long as our relationship with ourself lasts, so our self-esteem will evolve and change. It changes in relationship to life events and hormones as well as [...]

Letting go of trauma.

Delyse — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:17:51 +0000

I want to share an experience recently of some personal work I was doing that completed and let go of an early trauma. I want to share how powerful working from a mind-body approach can be. I have always been fairly inflexible especially around my hip area. As years have gone by my thigh [...]

Inspiring Words

Delyse — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:05:26 +0000

WORDS BY MAYA ANGELOU

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE… enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to… A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE… something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an [...]

Excited about new training.

Delyse — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:23:13 +0000

So back in February I started a new training course that will be going on over the next two years. It is always good to come across a trainer that inspires you. And I love the instructor – her name is Sharon Stanley and she lives on Bainbridge Island in Washington. We do these 4 [...]

Depression Videos

Delyse — Sat, 16 May 2009 00:49:46 +0000

Here are some interesting videos on depression that I think are great.

Depression – truth about anti-depressants

Depression part 1

Depression part 2

Dealing with shame.

Delyse — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:39:52 +0000

Dealing with shame is a difficult and delicate process. Paradoxically in order to heal our shame we need to expose it. Everyone to some degree experiences shame. When the world fails to fulfill our every desire shame develops as a result of interpersonal disconnection. At these times we are exposed, cut off and separated by [...]