Pauline O'Brien

01/02/2024

New website look!

Psychotherapy supervisor providing supervision training for supervisors. Also psycho therapy, therapy for couples for mental health. Contact Pauline O'Brien, online therapy Canada.

12/23/2023

Www.Thecompassionproject.Ca please go over to my group practice and give us a like!! The Compassion Project

The compassion project Hamilton provides safer psychotherapy services for everyone. We specialize in helping people access therapy without barriers, including low-cost services. We specialize in therapy for therapists, healthcare providers, first responders, and other helping fields.

05/04/2022

05/19/2021

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/stop-taxing-counselling-services-1.6031114?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar&fbclid=IwAR0Gb-vqp9wPHeMHBOmvWKs_bUuMiBw_UcSeBEqKgKqMa99fi94ho0Oy1S4

Licensed counselling therapists across the country want the federal government to stop taxing their services. They say adding HST creates an extra barrier to much-needed mental health services.

07/11/2020

This

Trauma survivors don't want advice; they want to be seen, heard, believed, and validated.

While each person's experience is unique and advice may be useful in some situations, do you find it's helpful when folks offer unsolicited advice to survivors?

Here's to more healing and less judgment!

-Brian

06/15/2020

Thank you Cree Lambeck cherry tree counselling for reminding us to keep breathing ❤️

One of the simplest techniques to help regulate
breathing is called Box Breathing. It’s a technique
that I often encourage my clients to practice
when they start to feel anxious or feel stress is
ramping up. 🌸

As you visualize drawing a box: ✏️
📦 Inhale Slowly for 4 seconds
📦 Hold for 4 seconds
📦 Exhale Slowly for 4 seconds
📦 Hold for 4 seconds

By consciously regulating our breathing, signals
are sent to our brain that adjust the
parasympathetic branch of the nervous system. 🧐👩‍🔬
This can cause our heart rate to slow, promoting
a feeling of calm, igniting the sympathetic
system, and in turn, controlling the release of
stress hormones. Amazing. Powerful. ✌️🌻

Check out this link for more information on the
power of breath work. 👇💥

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/relaxation-techniques-breath-control-helps-quell-errant-stress-response