Hawthorn Psychotherapy and Consulting

Welcome to Hawthorn Psychotherapy & Consulting, and thank you for visiting this page! Services Available: - psychotherapy and counselling services for individuals... - crisis counselling for individuals - counselling for Survivors of residential schools and their descendants - design and facilitation of workshops for youth, teachers, and community members in the areas of mental wellness, coping with anxiety, understanding trauma, addiction, and other topics within mental health. Office in Truro, NS, Halifax office to come!

I am still available to support existing clients, and able to offer support to anyone experiencing distress through this time. I am offering both phone and video support, and will make myself available in the evenings and weekends also. Take care of each other during this time

A must watch for anyone working with kids, and adults who developed patterns like this in childhood!

This is quite a good description of what therapy is like

Children, and many youth and adults too, cant hear what you are trying to say until they feel regulated, heard, connected, and understood. This is a great little synopsis of this process to avoid power struggles and meltdowns.

Anxiety is so prevalent, and people find their way through. Avoidance encourages anxiety, here are some things that can help...

Just a gentle reminder!

End stigma and misunderstandings!!

#Responsibility

Boundaries - something we do to care for ourselves, and for the people we are in relationships with!

Love these little images that show therapy at work!!

Bust limiting male gender norms!!!

Because we want to raise children who can acknowledge all emotions, feel them and not be fearful of big feelings.

A short article but good info on how anxiety shows up in behaviours in young boys.

Grief work extends beyond the loss of a loved one - here are some other areas in life where grief can be found.

And so much more...

Big feelings can be difficult for kids, especially kids who have experienced trauma and adverse experiences. Learning to manage emotional responses (emotion regulation) is one of the foundations for balance and wellness. When kids learn how to express themselves, and feel heard, behaviours improve and conflicts dissipate. Here is a resource to help kids manage and express their emotions.

A good article on the experience of childhood trauma and how it can often look like other diagnoses. https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/c-ptsd-stigma-hea/

This is really my understanding of what we do in therapy - its intentional time spent reconnecting with what we have always known.

One of the most important principles of parenting is that the feelings behind a child's behaviour must be recognized, accepted, understood, and openly dealt wit...h, before the behaviour can change. Until that happens, the unwanted behaviour - or behaviour even less welcome to the parent - will only continue. How could it be otherwise? It is the same with adults, after all. If we "misbehave" toward our partner, but he or she makes no effort to understand and accept the feelings which brought about that behaviour, and doesn't hear the message we are trying to send, we will continue to try to express those feelings in the same, or even less effective and less welcome ways. See more