Reviews from our Costa Rica Retreat April 11-15 We received beautiful, heartfelt reviews from our first Shamanic Training and Medicine Retreat. Thank you to the beautiful souls who took this journey with us! “This retreat was such a healing safe and supported experience. I honestly feel that the healing, enlightenment and connections changed my …
Christina Clapperton has moved to the Vitality Health Centre at 205 Victoria Street. You do not need to go to reception. Just take a left and go up the stairs to Suite 6. There is a waiting area upstairs if you are early. See you there!
IS COVID-19 AFFECTING YOUR RELATIONSHIP? Are you bumping up against your partner during the COVID-19 pandemic? All this togetherness not feeling blissfully indulgent? You are not alone if COVID-19 has highlighted problems in your relationship that you didn’t know where there. You may also be wondering why you seem more irritable when logically slowing down …
Online counselling during the COVID-19 pandemic Online counseling can refer to a variety of professional mental health counseling services over the internet. COVID-19 is highlighting the essentiality of web-based options for therapy. Some additional reasons to choose online therapy are: Convenience. Eliminate travel time and traffic from the comfort of your home. Online communication is very …
How to take care of your mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic You might be focused on practical solutions to this crisis to the point of not taking notice of its impact on your emotional health. Here are a few ways to keep a balance between what you need to do for your physical and …
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It’s the New Year. Back to the gym? Start a new diet? It’s the New Year and you may be thinking about hitting the gym. While that’s usually not a bad idea, we too often equate solely going to the gym and eating better with health and perhaps chalking these two …
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Have benefits and don’t use them? If you have extended health benefits, you may have thousands of unused dollars to spend on your health and wellbeing. You pay premiums that are deducted from your paycheque whether you use your benefits or not. At almost December, if you haven’t used your counselling benefits, you have one …
Seeking Artists. Display your paintings for sale in my new office on Baker Street. The new home of Bliss Mental Health is 542 Baker Street, Unit 4. I will post pictures of the space soon as I add in the final pieces. I am currently seeking paintings from Nelson and area artists to display in one …
Counselling for Anxiety. Although my main counselling modality is EMDR, most of my clients come to me for anxiety. Yet the treatment originally designed for trauma and PTSD seems to work well for many types of anxiety, including fear, panic, OCD, poor responses to stressful situations, and a combination of generalized anxiety and depressive symptoms. …
What therapy is best for trauma or PTSD? Our brains have a natural way to recover from traumatic events, but in many these memories get stored in the brain differently and get locked in the nervous system with the original picture, sounds, thoughts, and feelings. One therapy – EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) – …
What is Bilateral Stimulation? Bilateral stimulation is a core element of EMDR. It can be said to produce four main effects:1. A relaxation effect, decreasing uncomfortable physiological arousal.2. Increased attentional flexibility (you get unstuck from the ways you have been thinking about a problem or event in your life).3. Distancing effect (the problem seems …
Polyamory and Gender Non-Conformity by Miriam Katz There are more and more individuals who are choosing to engage in relationships that are different from the mainstream. One such type of relationship is known as polyamory, meaning multiple romantic relationships with the consent and knowledge of …
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Bliss Mental Health helps you find your bliss through counselling or therapy that is personalized for you. More than relieving symptoms, we help you improve your quality of life with purposeful behaviours and meaningful activities and relationships.
