Counselling 2 Wellness
Counselling Therapy in Toronto
About Us
If you are finding it difficult to cope in your current situation and are looking for guidance or strategies on how to improve the situation, then Counselling can be the best option for you. At Counselling2Wellness, our experience team are serving counselling therapy, including couple counselling, anxiety, depression, anger, stress and many more.
Understanding your triggers
Taking time outs
Learning to build self-awareness of your body
psychological symptoms of anger
Developing assertive communication skills
Putting your emotional needs into words
Building your emotional vocabulary
TREATMENT: MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY (MBCT)
This method was originally designed to be used for preventing relapse of clients with depression.
MBCT is defined by its founder, John Kabat-Zinn, as the act of “paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally.”
Puts the focus on the current moment rather than past or future events and encourages the use of visual, audio and sensory experiences.
Encourages awareness of ongoing thoughts and its impact on your actions, such as engaging in avoidance or rumination.
MBCT is now being used by prominent practitioners for patients with Bipolar Disorder or Generalized Anxiety Disorder to alleviate their depressive and anxiety symptoms.
TREATMENT: COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY
Behavioural Exposure: gradually and repeatedly facing situations that one fears, until they no longer bring about fear.
Cognitive Restructuring/Thought Record: Track and respond to thoughts in an organized way using various tools and worksheets.
Psychoeducation: begin to understand relationship between the thoughts, emotions and behaviours.
Relaxation Techniques: certain set of procedures taught to illicit physical and mental calmness (mindfulness meditation).
EFFECTIVE STRESS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) by Kabat-Zinn (1990). This practice helps individuals with stress, chronic pain and illness (Majid, Seghatoleslam, Homan, Akhvast and Habil, 2012)
The principal behind the practice is to teach you to use your breathing as a mechanism to sooth yourself and reduce your stress hormones.
Studies show that mindfulness has long-term effects on the brain. It can protects against cortical thinning, so that you are cognitively more alert and robust.
Becoming a witness of yourself challenges you to change your relationship with your thoughts and emotions
Mindfulness increases ability to experience negative events with less physical reactivity.
COURSES AND PROGRAMS
This is a 90 minute Yoga Wellness Class combined with weekly topics of discussion afterwards.
This course is designed for children to pre-teens aged 9-14 years old, in which a drama instructor incorporates elements of drama and play therapy to optimize children’s self-esteem.