Empowering Counselling Services in Waterloo, Kitchener, and All of Ontario
If you have been searching for trauma therapy, chances are that you have come across the term "EMDR". While there are many types of therapy that can address trauma, EMDR has become well known in the counselling world as being an excellent and fast option for processing difficult life events. But how do you know …
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For anyone who has survived postpartum depression, you know how painful and unsettling life felt after your baby arrived. During that first year, you are overwhelmed with feelings of irritability, helplessness, anger, rage, sadness, and anxiety (just to name a few). The fear of ever facing this experience again causes many parents to hesitate about …
A few weeks ago, I wrote Why is everything harder after trauma? In continuing the conversation about trauma's shift to our nervous system, I came across this great little video that explains the window of tolerance in a very accessible way. For my fellow learners, I hope this piques your interest! For fellow parents, I …