change therapy

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!“The story of your life is the story of a journey of your heart through a dangerous and beautiful world. It is the story of the long and sustained assault on your heart by the Enemy who knows what […]

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hi everyone
just a quick post today. i’ve decided to post occasionally about my weekend to end breast cancer participation on urbanvancouver. go to it to see my first entry!
isabella mori
counselling in vancouver
www.moritherapy.com

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i found this in medicalnews today:
How Do Children Understand The Phenomenon Of War?
All over the world children are exposed to war, some first-hand, others through media images. However, little is known about how children understand the phenomenon of war, and many parents are unsure how to approach the subjects of war and terrorism with their […]

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i don’t have anorexia but i am intrigued by how close i feel to people who have this experience. there is a way in which i understand the desire to control one’s life to such a high degree. “my body will not tell me when to eat! i am in charge of […]

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A UCLA research study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that people may be able to improve their cognitive function and brain efficiency by making simple lifestyle changes such as incorporating memory exercises, healthy eating, physical fitness and stress reduction into their daily lives.
Researchers found that after just […]

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what is depression? sometimes tracing the various meanings of words can help in understanding the concept or experience for which the word stands. a while ago i spent a few hours trying to pin down when the word “depression” was first used. it looks like henry maudsley, a british physician (there were no psychologists before […]

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stress … it’s 9:15 pm and i’ve been at it since 7 am. i’ve had a 10-minute break. somewhere around 4 pm.
look at me! i’m such a hard worker!
what a bunch of baloney!
driving my body, mind and soul like this is nothing to be proud of.
and i’m very grateful that i recognize this. so when […]

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lindsay from dizzyisland has made a decision:
After a little encouragement from my psychiatrist on Friday, I decided to bite the bullet and begin my food and exercise plan …
Basically what my doctor said to me made a lot of sense; at first I wasn’t hearing her, but she finally got through to me on Friday. […]

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7 am today, when i was watering my garden, my bare feet tickled by the morning dew, i thought, why not do a quick write-up about horticultural therapy?
so i googled the term and on the first site that came up, i clicked on “what is horticultural therapy?”, this is what i found:
“There are four elements […]

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after an 18-hour day, i am incredibly tired. but i can still find a few minutes to express gratitude for the good things in my life.
the great weather we’ve been having lately.
our lovely gray cat, rum, who has such an easy-going personality.
that my blisters never popped!
the willingness to exercise most days.
that my friends feel […]

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research has shown that when clients are directly involved with charting the course of therapy, therapy tends to be much more effective. because of that, i use two very simple tools in my sessions that help to ensure client involvement. the one i am reprinting here is the one i give at the beginning of […]

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the public health agency of canada has a site on mental health - or mental illness, if you prefer that term. the definition is:
Mental illnesses are characterized by alterations in thinking, mood or behaviour (or some combination thereof) associated with significant distress and impaired functioning over an extended period of time. The symptoms of mental […]

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many years ago, when i was still in the early phases of studying, i had a telephone conversation with a friend of mine, who at that point had lived for many years with chronic back pain. inexperienced and naive, and influenced by reading louise hay, i suggested to my friend that at some level […]

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last week, a young man in his 20s, let’s call him john, ended his life. he had struggled with depression for quite a while and just couldn’t take the pain of his life anymore. he swallowed the pills he had hoarded over a few months, and then he left us.
there was a memorial […]

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i feel a cold coming on.
i could ignore it.
i could go to bed.
i could get all panicky.
i could have a hot bath.
i could listen to my body.
i could feel guilty about getting sick.
i could be afraid that i’ve infected my friend who is weak from chemotherapy.
i could realize that it’s normal to get sick once […]

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