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Rory Nicol, Counselling and Psychotherapy Services

Experiential counselling and psychotherapy in Kitchener/Waterloo & Toronto, using the Gestalt psychotherapy and Brainspotting approaches.

Experiential counselling and psychotherapy in Toronto and Kitchener/Waterloo, using the Gestalt psychotherapy and Mindfulness approaches.

10/03/2019

Happiness is one of the most popular, hopeful, yet confused words out there. A room of people might agree on a working definition, but would they agree on how we actually achieve it?

This is how philosophy and science define the word in order to better understand it's purpose and value in our lives.

There are roughly two philosophical literatures on “happiness,” each corresponding to a different sense of the term. One uses ‘happiness’ as a value term, roughly synonymous with well-being or flourishing. The other body of work uses the word as a purely descriptive psychological term, akin ...

10/02/2019

Do you sometimes feel like an imposter even though you are well regarded and there's nothing wrong?
The article also holds a few good tips on how to alleviate the experience.

Impostor syndrome, feeling as though you are a fraud even though you are capable and qualified for a position, is more common than previously believed. Reaching out to family and friends outside the situation can help to reduce feelings of impostorism.

08/22/2019

Imagination (and I would include dreams) have a much greater effect on us than science previously realized, but many therapists already understood. I often work with imagination in sessions to complete unfinished business, or to better understand oneself. I believe that a strong imagination, connected to ourselves, those around us, and the world we live in, is a hallmark of a healthy and wise person.

Imagining something into reality is probably a desire as old as imagination itself, but there might just be a slight bit more to it than mere wishful thinking.

08/07/2019

I've come to the realization on how important it is to look around us, see how we've set up our society, and understand how it contributes, or harms, our mental health.

There's a reason kids are more anxious and depressed than ever.

08/05/2019

Much of the struggle in our psychology is the person we were vs the person we want to be vs the person we actually are.

By Christian Jarrett. To the researchers’ surprise, greater derailment preceded reductions in depression.

08/02/2019

Fascinating research. The science behind the gut, and the fact that our ego sense of self isn't the only factor determining our experience.

Study finds a correlation with early infant gut microbiota composition and temperament traits in toddlers. Positive emotionality was associated with higher Streptococcus and Bifidobacterium levels, while negative and fear reactivity was associated with reduced bacterial diversity.

07/22/2019

Equine therapy seems to be one of the most powerful forms of ptsd therapy available.

A new study found that PTSD scores dropped 87 percent after just six weeks of therapeutic horsemanship sessions.

07/18/2019

There's a common belief that how many Psychotherapies work is not biological. That couldn't be farther from the truth.

Dr Robert Berezin on the biology behind psychotherapy's effectiveness.

07/15/2019

I often bring up "the myth of Sisyphus" in my sessions, in the context that life can feel as if we're pushing a heavy boulder up a hill, only to have it roll down, and for us to start over again. Stuck in this way can leave us feeling bored, numb, and disinterested. But it's important to ask ourselves questions when we realize life feels this way, such as: how does it feel to be living this way? When did life begin to feel this way? and more so, what do I need to risk with this pattern in order to experience my vitality again?

“Almost at the top, fam!”

07/11/2019

Have you heard of the Vagus nerve? We now better understand that traumatic experiences that persist after the event seem to be 'trapped' in the Vagus, which we may experience as (to name only a few) feelings of numbness, floating above ourselves, quick jerks, or tension/chronic pain. This is the reason that psychotherapies working with emotion and body awareness are key to accessing the Vagus nerve in order to heal.

“Stimulating” it leads to calmness, but how and why?

06/24/2019

I feel this is something many, many of us can relate to.

Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs.

05/20/2019

Opening up to one's story of past trauma can be painful in the short-term, and life changing for the positive long term.

Opening up to past trauma is difficult but self-awareness is key to addressing issues that leave us vulnerable, says Gabor Maté

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