Kirsten Johansson Registered Therapeutic Counsellor
#712-2525 Willow Street V5Z 3N8 Vancouver, BC, Canada

My ongoing workshop, "Cultivating a Kinder Voice: Making Peace with Your Inner Critic" offers a MIND and BODY approach to healing. During last week's session, we explored how compassionate gestures and movements help calm our nervous systems. We've been building a tool kit for holding ourselves with more LOVING KINDNESS. I encourage you to try some of these simple approaches. They can be helpful in a moment of stress to catch your breath, re-group and get more centred.

Whatever happens in our lives-- there is an impact in our mind and body. Body centred (somatic) psychotherapy is one of the best ways to help people suffering from psychological traumas to cope, recover and reconnect with leading a fulfilling life. I provide "Relational Somatic Therapy" on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Family Centered Therapeutics. If you have any questions about my work, please feel free to connect! I would be delighted to answer your questions to see if this work is a good fit for you, or someone you care about. For more information, or to book an appointment please visit: http://vanfct.com/about/ https://www.frontiersin.org/articles//fpsyg.2015.00093/full

What a DELIGHT to be practising self-care with the women attending my 6 week Therapeutic Workshop! Tonight we explored nurturing ourselves through imagery, collage, writing and movement. It was so impactful and beautiful to experience each person's courageous sharing. Looking forward to more next week!!

Reflecting on a full evening, with an incredible group of women. We gently explored the unique flavour of our "inner critic"... What motivates our critic to put us down so harshly? And how can we HELP to hold and heal the critic, with love and kindness? I can't wait to delve deeper next week! Feeling so honoured to be walking alongside the women in this group.

Last week, my dear friend Shoshana and I had the opportunity to welcome six wonderful women to this lovely workshop space! Over the next 6 weeks we will be gently exploring ways to cultivate a kinder inner voice and make peace with our inner critic. As a facilitator (and a person who contends with my own inner critic!), it is SUCH a pleasure to begin this journey together! This Thanksgiving I'm feeling grateful to have met so many beautiful souls coming together in the pursuit of discovery, healing and further education. May the seeds of hope, connection and community continue to grow in our world... <3 Wishing all my Canadian friends a very Happy Thanksgiving!