Coping with Challenges During the Holidays
Holidays can be a special time when there is joy in spending time with friends and family. It can be a time of joy with giving and gratitude. Unfortunately, for many people, the holidays can…
Holidays can be a special time when there is joy in spending time with friends and family. It can be a time of joy with giving and gratitude. Unfortunately, for many people, the holidays can…
Spirituality can be a powerful aspect of your helping process, whether you take your form of spirituality into your therapy sessions or not. It was for me, but I know not everyone is like me.…
Gratitude can have many benefits for your health and can be done in many ways. However, some pitfalls can occur with gratitude practices, which can turn a beneficial experience into a harmful one. Overall, gratitude…
Mindfulness is the practice of fully attending to the present moment without judgment. The options for practicing mindfulness are almost limitless. Additionally, there are many benefits to a regular mindfulness practice. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness…
You may find it frustrating when you do something that is recommended or are told that it will help you, and it doesn’t work for you. There are reasons why your coping techniques may not…
There are several ways that counselling help you improve your sleep. Therapists often know the background to why certain items are listed on sleep hygiene lists and help you figure out how to use them…
The Window of Tolerance was conceptualized by Dan Siegel to describe how people operate when they are in the optimal state of arousal versus when they are hyperaroused or hypoaroused. You can also use it…
Grounding Techniques are strategies that can calm an overactive nervous system. There are different ways of calming the nervous system. There are different types of grounding techniques. Not all of these work for everyone. You…
Grounding Techniques that use your senses are about using your senses to regain control of your body and can help you when you are dysregulated. They can be good to help to ground you in…
Observation grounding techniques use what is in your environment to help ground you. They are beneficial grounding techniques because you can use them pretty much anywhere, and there is nothing that you need to have…