Tips and Resources
Tips and Resources
Counselling Vancouver
Helpful Tips
Educate yourself (and where possible, those close to you) about the challenges you are facing.
Incorporate exercise, and/or yoga into your life, and be consistent with these practices.
Avoid excessive use of caffeine.
Avoid self-medicating with alcohol or drugs.
Consult your family physician, and get a medical exam to rule out underlying physical causes.
Talk to supportive friends and family about how you are feeling.
Get a journal and write down your feelings as they come up.
Be gentle and patient with yourself.
Get a meditation CD or attend meditation classes regularly – this will go a long way in helping to regulate your emotions.
Learn about and practice mindfulness.
(If you are interested in why I suggest mindfulness and meditation, please feel free to check out these youtube videos:
- Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation
- Mindfulness with Jon Kabat-Zinn)
I also recommend :
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki; Weatherhill, 1973.
The Miracle of Mindfulness by Nhat Hanh
Helpful Links
Mental Help Net
This website provides extensive information, articles, videos, and other resources on mental health.
www.mentalhelp.net
Canadian Mental Health Association
This national website also provides extensive information on mental health issues, servives. support, policy, and media and events
www.cmha.ca
Community Healthcare Directory
This website provides articles, a list of therapists throughout Canada and the USA, and links to health websites.
www.counselling.com
Learn More About Trauma
www.trauma-pages.com/pg2.htm
This popular non-commercial site by David Baldwin does a thorough job of defining and describing PTSD.
Managing Traumatic Stress – A factsheet provided by from the American Psychological Association.
Freedom begins with a single step!
Simply contact me so we can decide together whether counselling is a good option for you at this time.
I look forward to hearing from you,
Counselling Vancouver
Dr Barbara Harris, PhD, MSW, RSW
Counselling Vancouver Location A: Suite #914 – 470 Granville St. Vancouver, B.C. V6C 1V5
Phone: 604-728-4535 / Fax: 604-688-7715
Email: barbara_josette_harris@hotmail.ca Location B: Suite #200 – 100 Park Royal West Vancouver BC V7T 1A2 Serving the whole Lower Mainland, including, Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Tri-cities and Fraser Valley.
Counselling Vancouver provides:
Trauma Counselling, Counselling for Depression, and Counselling for Anxiety
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What is Trauma?, Symptoms of Trauma, Trauma and the Brain, Trauma Recovery, Approaches to Trauma Therapy
What is Depression?, Symptoms of Depression, Treatment for Depression
What is Anxiety?, Symptoms of Anxiety, Treatment for Anxiety
