We all face challenges at times. You are not alone, help is here.
If you are experiencing anger, anxiety, or depression that is impacting your daily functioning, counselling can help you feel back in control of your life. Chantelle Beach uses Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) an evidence-based, experiential approach that is well-researched and shown to be successful in treating relationship issues, trauma, anxiety, depression, anger, and more.
Anxiety Treatment starts with learning how anxiety impacts the body and the brain. With that understanding, clients can understand the reasons for developing and using calming/relaxation strategies and grounding exercises. Once physiological reactions are managed, rationalizing and challenging anxiety can begin, along with getting at core feelings underlying anxiety.
When situations that cause anxiety are consistently avoided, anxiety increases and spreads to other areas of ones’ life. Using anger to manage anxiety is also counterproductive and increases anxiety, stopping us from functioning effectively in the world. Anxiety must be dealt with by facing it and moving through it to decrease its impact and lead to healthy management of emotions.
Traumatic Experiences can lead to poor concentration and attention, sleep problems, interpersonal issues, and more. Trauma is an emotional reaction to a terrible event or experience. Reactions can differ among people, and trauma can impact people in different ways. Many factors influence how people respond to trauma and recover from it. Processing trauma is an important part of healing and recovery. If you have experienced trauma due to sexual assault, abuse or domestic violence, a serious accident/incident, or as a witness of traumatic events, seek counselling now to reclaim your life.
Types of Trauma: Acute trauma results from a one-time stressful or dangerous event that was directly experienced or witnessed. Examples might include a natural disaster such as a house fire, a medical emergency or injury, or a motor vehicle incident.
Complex trauma results from prolonged exposure to traumatic experiences, and may include multiple or varied traumatic experiences. Typically, the younger a person is at the time of exposure to trauma, and the longer the trauma experiences last, the more chronic and complex the trauma will be to resolve.
Developmental/Attachment trauma occurs when a child is continuously exposed to stressful, overwhelming experiences. This may be directly caused by the parent/caregiver, or the parent/caregiver is unable to protect or support the child through the experience. Examples might include a child experiencing persistent bullying, abuse, or neglect, or a parent/caregiver's lack of emotional availability due to mental illness or addiction.
Anger Management: Anger can be a core emotion, but often it is a secondary reactive emotion masking deeper emotions such as fear and hurt. At Vital Soul Counselling, we look at the emotions driving anger and work to process those feelings at the root of issues. Managing anger involves identifying triggers, developing awareness of bodily sensations that signal anger is building within us, and developing healthy, appropriate strategies to release and diffuse anger.
Adoption issues require specialized knowledge and experience:
Chantelle Beach has over 20 years of work and personal experience with adoption. She has worked with all members of the adoption circle and has intimate knowledge in this area.
If you are an adoptee who is searching or have reunited with birth family, or are processing your adoption and re-establishing your identity, counselling with a knowledgeable psychologist can help with the healing.
If you placed a child for adoption and are experiencing troubling feelings, counselling can help with processing grief and loss, as well as managing adoptive family relationships.
If you are an adoptive parent establishing your parental role, working through infertility loss, or managing adoption relationships, support and guidance is here.
Individual Counselling can also help with:
Processing grief and loss
Processing past trauma
Providing parenting support and guidance
Supporting caregivers of aging parents or children with disabilities
Boundary setting/healthy relationships
Stress management
Anger management
Problem-solving/decision-making
Goal setting and living the best version of yourself
Individual counselling is always tailored to your unique needs. Chantelle Beach is flexible and will work with you to discover and nourish your own Vital Soul!