psychology

Navigating Trauma and Healing: The Emotional Focused Therapy Approach – Lee Beaton

Our psychotherapist Lee Beaton delves into Emotional Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFiT), and explores how this innovative modality supports the processing of trauma by cultivating secure attachment in a therapeutic relationship.   Now that Christmas and the New Year are behind us, it’s time to focus on what another year holds. The holidays can sometimes [...]

Unravel the Knots in Your Relationship with Intensive Couples Therapy by Lee Beaton

You've likely heard the phrase, "marriage is work," and while it might sound cliché, there's a grain of truth to it. Every relationship has its highs and lows, its triumphs and trials. But what happens when the challenges seem to overshadow the joys, and every conversation spirals into a frustrating cycle of arguments? This is [...]

PTSD & Trauma Awareness

PTSD Awareness June 2023 June was PTSD awareness month and it shone the light on PTSD and it's impact on peoples lives. But what is PTSD and how can we help ourselves and the people we love who have experienced trauma and are still living with its impact? Kundalini House Counsellor and Psychotherapist Marisa Howard [...]

Creating Personal Boundaries For You & Others

We recently called on the gracious Marisa Howard, Somatic Psychotherapist and Rehabilitation Counsellor at Kundalini House for some approaches to creating boundaries for self and others in a compassionate and embodied way. Boundaries take many forms, and can range from being strict and rigid to porous to almost non-existent. Healthy boundaries serve to make it [...]

A Guided Breath Practice to Create Calm and Aid Sleep

A Guided Breath Practice to Create Calm and Aid Sleep With Melisa Chabierski   This practice is good for all, but especially fabulous for postnatal women who can not rest, relax, or sleep when their baby is asleep.   Rhythmic Extension Breath Breath practice that begins with equal in and out flows of the breath, [...]

How mindfulness can help you to deal better with stress – Part 3 By Dr Alla Demutska (Insight Psychology Centre) and Dr Richard Chambers

The stress response   40,000 years ago, two cave people walked out of their cave. It was summer and the sun was shining. One of the cave people thought to themselves “What a lovely day…I think I will go and eat some berries and have a swim, and later I might lie and watch the [...]

Self-compassion and changing your critical self-talk – Part 2 By Dr Alla Demutska (Insight Psychology Centre) and Dr Richard Chambers

Self-compassion and changing your critical self-talk – Part 2 By Dr Alla Demutska (Insight Psychology Centre) and Dr Richard Chambers What is self-compassion?   We tend to be much kinder to others than ourselves. Most people, when faced by the suffering of someone they care about, respond with patience, acceptance and presence. We might offer [...]

How mindfulness can help dealing with difficult emotions – Part 1 By Alla Demutska (Insight Psychology Centre)

How mindfulness can help dealing with difficult emotions: Part 1 Mindfulness is living in the now. It is essentially about being more aware and awake in every moment of your life. It is about intentionally paying attention to each moment, being fully engaged in whatever is happening around you and within you. It involves bringing [...]

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