Mia Logie Therapeutic Counselling
Edgemont V7R 4E5 North Vancouver, BC, Canada

I can not say I have been a huge fan of Pink’s music. I do love her voice and what she stands for. This is a beautiful sentiment on relationship and the work it can take to stay together. Real, honest and authentic.

Sex is often an early barometer of something missing in the relationship. Many couples have a need to talk about it, and may feel embarrassed to let someone else into that conversation. When I talk with couples about sex we don’t discuss the physical details of their interaction. We discuss what the dynamic of the interaction looks like, how any sense of disconnection may resemble conflict in other parts of their relationship, whether they are getting their needs met, how dif...ficult it is to be vulnerable and ask for what you want, and so forth. Both men and women have beliefs around what is expected of them in bed that colours their experience. The best sex is a deeply intimate experience, and not a pursuit of ‘coming’ per se. Orgasm can be an amazing part of sex, and sex can be amazing without it. For many of us it can be more vulnerable to acknowledge a desire for sensual touching, teasing, moving together and seeing each other in ways that has us feel attractive and wanted. The societal pressure men and women experience around sex may be very different. As we become aware of the beliefs that constrain us we can let them go and start to explore. We can begin to have the experience we want, rather than the one we think we ahould be having.

Sometimes life gets overwhelming. We may be coming up against major challenges. It may feel like no one has our back. When we open up our emotional underbelly it is important that we pace the process, and feel supported in it. This is where your therapist will help you. Avoiding too much, too soon. Ensuring that we have built in a supportive connection in the relationship. Creating and facilitating structures and relationships that you can turn to for support. #therapy #therapistlife #counsellor #telehealth #depression #anxiety #therapysession #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #fallingtopieces #falling #cry #mentalhealthmatters #loveyourself

Just because! What are your ways of celebrating? Of caring for self or rejoicing in the gifts you are blessed with? Of showing those you care about how much they mean to you? Traditionally I think of celebrating as throwing a party, and of caring as gifts and birthdays. But I have noticed that I often care for others by listening to who they are and what they care about. ... Caring for me means listening to what I need, and what I care about. Sometimes if I have been overworked I need to just zone out and watch stuff. Or rest in the company of someone I where I don’t need to ‘be something’, where I can just be me. One of my most energizing and self loving practices is sound. To engage in drumming, singing or dance. Playfully, without expectation on a specific outcome. Just because I can, and it brings me joy. This brings me a real inner sense of celebration. What works for you? . . . #joy #selfcare #sound #music #handdrumming #singing #therapist #telehealth #therapistlife #onlinetherapy #celebrate #celebration #bodyjoy #instagood #love #happy #mentalhealth #anxiety #psychology #mentalhealthawareness #health #healing #wellness #selflove #loveyourself #mentalhealthmatters

Trauma is not the determined by an event. Two people can be in the exact same event and one can develop trauma from it while the other does not. It has nothing to do with strength. It is feeling alone with it that has the biggest impact on whether it is resolved or not. When we are left alone with a difficult experience it actually changes the wiring of our brain. This wiring leaves us tending to hyper vigilance, and more susceptible to stress and further trauma. With the pr...oper treatment those brain changes can be healed. Having someone that hears and sees the impact on us, acknowledges that it wasn’t our fault, and responds in a way that honours our humanity, this is is when we heal. This builds resilience. This rebuilds trust - in ourselves, in people, in the world. In that environment we can overcome any adversity. It doesn’t have to be with the person we experienced the hurt with, but when it does we can heal the relationship injury with them. Undoing aloneness to heal trauma means recognizing when someone is in pain and need company. Sometimes this someone is ourselves. #somatictransformation #aloneness #pain #deserving #company #therapy #counselling # #therapistlife #anxiety #alone #lonely #loneliness #childhoodwounds #trauma #resilience #forgiveness #trust #attachment #relationship #compassion #couples

When a couple comes to me - or people in any kind of relationship - I primarily see the relationship. Yes they are two individuals, each with their own set of baggage they bring to the relationship. But more than that, they form a unique new entity together. There is a third body present in the session, and that body is the relationship. There is certain kind of beauty that arises when we honour this body. Soft, tender, sweet, delicate, pure and open. It allows for another k...ind of listening, filled with curiosity and caring. It reminds me of when we care for a newborn. Someone innocent and unconditionally deserving of our love. This well-being of this body is felt by both parts, and is highly dependent on what both parts put into it. If we love this body generously and trust it, it will grow confident and support both individuals to grow. If we are afraid and mistrusting, it will shiver and become small, and it will fill us with doubt. I do not advocate to trust blindly. Sometimes it is appropriate not to trust. And when we can fill this body with love and trust, and work our way through the hick-ups that show up along the way, there is a sweetness available like no other. I believe Van Morrison called it Tupelo honey. My job as a relationship therapist is to bring this body into focus. xo . . #couplegoals #couplestherapy #relationships #counselling #poetry #robertbly #therapistlife #telehealth #telementalhealth #onlinetherapy #love #romance #honey #tupelo #vanmorrison #curiosity #caring

This is such a beautiful video on adolescence! It came to me through a training I am doing on family therapy. It shows the different perrspectives we come to as parents and teens, and how when we can let that go and see what the other is facing, we can just be with and support each other!

If you are wondering what online therapy is like, here is a beautiful and moving demo. This session is led by Catherine O'Kane, one of my mentors. It is a beautiful demonstration of the syle of therapy my school of training represents, and the humanistic, person-centered approach to therapy. In this perspective we are not diagnoses or mental illnesses that need to be fixed, we are human beings that need and deserve company to not feel alone in the places where we struggle the... most. It is a wonderful demonstration of how negative beliefs that we have taken on through life may be impacting us today, and how we can rewire our brains and start building new neural pathways that empower us instead. #onlinetherapy #telehealth #depression #anxiety #numb #therapy #lonely #telementalhealth #therapist #therapistlife #MentalHealth #mentalhealthawareness

I can not say I have been a huge fan of Pink’s music. I do love her voice and what she stands for. This is a beautiful sentiment on relationship and the work it can take to stay together. Real, honest and authentic.

Sex is often an early barometer of something missing in the relationship. Many couples have a need to talk about it, and may feel embarrassed to let someone else into that conversation. When I talk with couples about sex we don’t discuss the physical details of their interaction. We discuss what the dynamic of the interaction looks like, how any sense of disconnection may resemble conflict in other parts of their relationship, whether they are getting their needs met, how dif...ficult it is to be vulnerable and ask for what you want, and so forth. Both men and women have beliefs around what is expected of them in bed that colours their experience. The best sex is a deeply intimate experience, and not a pursuit of ‘coming’ per se. Orgasm can be an amazing part of sex, and sex can be amazing without it. For many of us it can be more vulnerable to acknowledge a desire for sensual touching, teasing, moving together and seeing each other in ways that has us feel attractive and wanted. The societal pressure men and women experience around sex may be very different. As we become aware of the beliefs that constrain us we can let them go and start to explore. We can begin to have the experience we want, rather than the one we think we ahould be having.

True dat! #anxiety #depression #lonely #numb #therapy #therapist

Sometimes life gets overwhelming. We may be coming up against major challenges. It may feel like no one has our back. When we open up our emotional underbelly it is important that we pace the process, and feel supported in it. This is where your therapist will help you. Avoiding too much, too soon. Ensuring that we have built in a supportive connection in the relationship. Creating and facilitating structures and relationships that you can turn to for support. #therapy #therapistlife #counsellor #telehealth #depression #anxiety #therapysession #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #fallingtopieces #falling #cry #mentalhealthmatters #loveyourself