Supervision Group for Qualifying Therapists

I am preparing to start a supervision groups for qualifying CRPO therapists (or in need of supervision). It will be a general supervision for the populations and modalities used in my work. I will have on-line and in-person group options. Individual supervison is also available. For more details please see the Supervision page on this link and contact me directly.

DBT - a modality option.

I completed a course in  Dialectic Behavioral Therapy which can be helpful for depression and anxiety. It has components of validation, life skills and mindfulness, I hope it will be helpful for my clients.

I teach Mindfulness Meditation

I offer in person session as well as on the phone/Skype and to groups. Everyone can benefit from this simple practice from children to older adults, it works really well for stressed out young people and students. The best results would give one teaching session and at least one more to support your practice. Here below you can find a short version of the meditation the idea is to do it slowly for twenty minutes and to learn with someone. Teachers who practice meditation know how to ground (hold space) for the meditation, with practice, meditators can do it on their own.

Sit comfortably in the chair, with feet on the floor and straight back. Take first three deep breaths close your eyes.

Bring your attention with breath to the top of your head, to your skin on the head including the face, to the forehead, eyes area, cheeks and nose, mouth and jaws. Bring the attention to the inside of the heard to the brain.

Bring your attention to your neck outside and inside the neck.

To your shoulders, arms, forearms and hands.

Bring attention awareness to the upper body, the chest, the inside the ribcage, the heart and lungs. Upper back.

To the middle of the body to the abdomen, middle back and all the organs inside.

Bring attention to the lower abdomen, lower back and hips.

Bring attention to the upper legs, the thighs, the knees, the sheens, the ankles and the top of the feet. To the small bones and joints and muscles in your feet, to the bottom of the feet.

Now after the body scan is done, take couple of deep breaths as if you could sweep from the top of the head through the bottom of the feet the stress the anger and everything that you can let go of the body at this time.

Stay for a breath or so, and then gently come back to the outside world, by moving the body gently; shifting, maybe stretching and opening your eyes.

Mindfulness Meditation is based on Buddhist meditation but it is not religious it can be practiced by everyone to release stress and feel better and it is approved in the hospitals in North America. It has been developed by Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn who has written many helpful books and can be freely watched on YouTube.

A great relationships book!

I just finished reading a book titled "Attached" by Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller. It is a wonderful, simple explanation of how relationships, particularly romantic ones, work based on our attachment styles. It also teaches us how to become more securely attached and happy. I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand how they relate to their partners and potential love interests; how to better communicate and choose the right relationship.