A GLIMPSE AT SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE HELP.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder than can take place after experiencing one or more traumatic events. While many people experience short-term symptoms of trauma, about 1 in 3 will continue to live with symptoms over an extended period of time.
Talking with a professional counsellor can help sufferers of PTSD cope with some of the symptoms that include ….
It’s important for everyone to maintain a healthy level of self-esteem, both at home and at work. Often, life events such as relationship turmoil and job redundancy can leave long lasting feelings of negative self-worth. As a result, individuals in St. John’s suffering low self-esteem may find it difficult to reach their full potential.
Counselling can help you discover the sources of your low self-esteem and help you achieve your life goals in a safe and supportive environment.
Low self-esteem can result in …
While counselling is often thought of a place to ‘repair’ parts of our lives, it can also provide the guidance and support needed to evaluate life goals and grow personally. If you are having difficulty feeling focused, evaluating career goals, or simply wanting to increase the stability and control in your life, then the supportive environment of counselling may be just what you’re looking for.
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Traumatic events such as sudden illness, assault and personal injury can leave individuals feeling overwhelmed. Speaking with a professional trauma counsellor can help address the symptoms that accompany trauma. Symptoms can include depression, difficulty sleeping, anxiety, guilt, flashbacks or nightmares.
Trauma is often the result of …
When relationships are at their breaking point it can seem like separation or divorce is the only option. Take hope in knowing that many couples have improved or rescued their relationships by talking through their problems with a trained professional marriage counsellor.
By providing the skills needed to talk openly about difficult topics, counselling can help couples address ongoing issues and unaddressed stress. We can help you work to rebuild your relationship, or if you choose to separate or divorce, to do so as civilized as possible.
We offer couples counselling with …
We all have times when we feel low and hopeless, but sometimes it can be a sign of depression. For those suffering with depression in St. John’s, it is important to know that you are not alone. Counselling for depression can help you examine how your thoughts, behaviours and feelings may affect your low mood and develop a plan to keep you moving forward in a positive manner.
Symptoms of depression can include …
It’s been said that ‘without mental health, there is no health’. While most people are quick to address physical health, only one third of Canadians with symptoms of mental illnesses seek help.
There are many kinds of mental illness, with each being quite different. Working together as a team, doctors, psychiatrists, and counsellors can help you care for your thoughts, feelings and how they affect behaviours.
Some of the mental illnesses we help with include …
It’s always difficult to see children struggle. Teenagers and young children alike face many forms of stress and social pressure. When underlying issues are left unattended, symptoms such as depression, low-self esteem and anxiety can arise and prevent children from reaching their full potential. Meeting with a child counsellor can help your child work through their challenges and achieve their life goals.
Therapy can often help children with …
While it is common for everyone to experience periods of stress, prolonged or intense stress can negatively affect your life. Many times, people choose unhealthy coping methods, such as smoking and drinking, to relieve their stress, however this only masks the underlying problems. Stress can also produce physical symptoms such as headaches, sleep deprivation and high blood pressure.
Stress management through counselling can help you understand sources of your stress and develop healthy ways of coping with them.
Sources of stress can include …
Addictions come in many forms and can have a negative affect on you and those around you. While addiction to substances such as drugs and alcohol are widely recognized, it is also possible to become addicted to activities such as gambling, using the Internet, food or even work. If ignored, addictions can lead to financial difficulties, poor work performance and a break down in relationships. Meeting with a counselor can help you identify if you have an addiction and develop a plan to help you overcome it.
We offer addictions counselling in St. John’s to help with …
Separation and divorce is never easy. Moving on from a relationship that has ended can be complicated and emotionally draining. Divorce can leave adults and children feeling overwhelmed and undervalued. Counselling can help you recover from the pain of divorce and provide an opportunity for you to re-examine your abilities, goals and dreams as you start a new and rewarding life.
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It is natural for stressful situations to provoke feelings of panic, anxiety and fear. For most people, these feeling do not occur often and can be attributed to major life events. However, for people with anxiety disorders these feelings may occur regularly and unexpectedly leave lasting affects on your relationships, employment and physical health. Regular sessions with a counsellor can help you deal with your anxiety and identify possible causes and triggers.
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Losing someone or something you care about can be very painful. Death and loss are an inevitable part of life, however there remains no right or wrong way to grieve. We each have our own methods for coming to terms with bereavement and grief.
At times, significant loss can leave us with emotional scars and affect our mental health. Obtaining grief and bereavement counselling can help you find healthy ways to cope with your loss and continue moving forward.
Grief counselling can help with …
Being a parent is hard work. While striving to be ‘perfect parents’, raising ‘perfect’ children, many adults begin to feel stressed and under prepared. The truth is, there are no perfect parents nor perfect children. As individuals, we all have unique abilities, limitations and challenges.
Many parents can benefit from the support of parental counselling and find value in learning effective coping skills.
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Family relationships play an important part in overall mental health, often serving as the primary source of identity and support. Unfortunately for many, these relationships can also be the source of anxiety, stress and pain.
Family therapy focuses on interactions between family members in an effort to create a strong, positive environment that can help individuals flourish.
Family therapy can help with …
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709 689 8677
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