Calgary Counselling Services: A significant portion of my client load is comprised of first responders and other front-line medical people – many of whom are working on units devoted to COVID 19 patients or directly in the ICU.
Read moreAbuse Counselling Calgary: When the memories come, they usually emerge without warning. The rest of the world goes dark, and, in our mind’s eye, a time travel event occurs. Instantly, we find ourselves teleported to another time and place and then frozen and immobilized in our terror.
Read moreOne of the weirdest rituals Christian religious leaders perform seems to happen at nearly every funeral: The service is drawing to a close when either the Reverend or someone else stands up to do a Scripture reading taken from Psalm 23:
Read moreWe at Henze & Associates have probably been asked a variant of that question a hundred times since the COVID-19 crisis began – by people from all walks of life who are seeking Calgary Christian Counselling.
Read more“So, just what is Spiritual Direction?” Calgary clients (quite unlike the majority of peoples around the world) have usually never even heard of it – and that’s the first question that comes out of their mouths…
Read moreIt’s happened to so many little boys: The young man comes home one day. Dad is out on the driveway finishing packing his sports car with all of his worldly possessions. Mom is upstairs crying, trying to reassure the child that everything will be ok – while frantically googling, “Grief counselling Calgary,” and, “Surviving infidelity,” on her phone.
Read moreOf all of the eccentric, odd and sometimes down-right dubious characters who are regarded as founding fathers in the field of psychology, the award for weirdest among them definitely goes to Freud.
Read moreSo much of the psychological and medical community today speaks of, “Managing your anxiety and depression.” Think about that phrase for a moment. The implication of it is that, if you struggle with the spiral of anxiety and depression discussed in the last article, you are destined to continue to do so – permanently.
Read moreDr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance – have been, for years, a prescriptive definition of what every grieving person must go through. They are so culturally imbedded that, when I was writing our company page on grief & loss, I had to include her name and stages or Google wouldn’t even recognize our page as legitimate.
Read moreRead moreThe Washington VA is one of the few places veterans can find a form of meditation called iRest, named for integrated restoration. It’s a trauma-sensitive meditation adapted specifically for military service members and veterans with psychological trauma.
In the hourlong sessions with a dozen other vets, Craig has learned how to unclench, easing his mind and his pain.
