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What
kinds of methods do I work with?
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Cognitive therapy
--
Learning to change how you feel by being aware of and changing
your automatic reactions, thoughts, and assumptions about
yourself, others, and your world.
(more info)
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EMDR -- (Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) - Rapidly clearing
effects of large and small traumatic events and stresses,
reducing present anxieties and limitations. Enhancing personal
power and potential.
(more info)
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Hakomi Mindfulness / Body
centered therapy -- using mindful, present awareness to help you be aware
(in real time) of your feelings, needs,
impulses, where you hurt, what you really want, and which parts
of you are
holding you back.
(more info)
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Hypnosis -- teaching
yourself to relax and focus inward, and using guided
visualization to discover creative solutions.
(more
info)
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Relaxation training --
practicing a deep mental and physical letting to rebuild your
energy, finding the calm centre to carry with you through your
daily events.
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Biofeedback --
learning to "run" your body's stress or relaxation responses
using computer feedback from sensors that show you clearly and
immediately how you are responding.
(more info)
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Jin Shin Do Acupressure --
releasing tension and balancing body energies to remove
emotional and physical blocks with classical acupuncture points.
(more info)
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"Je ne sais quoi" --
There is something else that takes place when therapy is
happening, when two people meet and join forces to discover the
keys of life together.
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Some
significant theoretical influences on my current practice
are:
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Hakomi
body-centred psychotherapy (Kurtz).
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Psychodynamic psychotherapy (e.g., Fromm-Reichman)
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EMDR (Shapiro)
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Cognitive therapy (Padesky,
Beck)
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Risk
And then the day came,
when the risk
to remain tight
in a bud
was more painful
than the risk
it took
to Blossom.
Anaïs Nin
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