Indigo Insight Counselling

09/24/2025

Deactivating strategies, within attachment theory, are the mental/emotional “shortcuts” people use to reduce closeness or emotional intensity when they feel overwhelmed or threatened in relationships.

Deactivating strategies are protective maneuvers people use (often unconsciously) to down-regulate closeness, emotional intensity, or dependence on others.

They’re most strongly associated with avoidant attachment, but each attachment style has its own way of “turning down” connection when it feels risky.

09/14/2025

Nadine Duckworth is an experienced and highly attuned Registered Psychologist offering counselling for individuals, couples, and families, covering various issues. She utilizes a holistic/integrative, solution-focused, cognitive-behavioural, & emotion-focused therapy approach. Nadine is a Certified EMDR Therapist (for trauma), spiritually aware, cross-culturally sensitive, and LGBTQ friendly. Nadine Duckworth provides a private, comfortable, & supportive atmosphere in which you are safe to express emotions. She engages you in healing, transformation, & growth as you learn to cope with life challenges, improve motivation, make healthy choices, learn skills, solve problems, and recover from past traumas and wounds. Her approach is adapted to suit your specific needs. Nadine Duckworth offers a free 15-minute initial telephone consultation.

08/06/2025

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09/24/2024

When we are struggling with life's painful experiences:
- losing a job
- ending a relationship
- receiving bad news, etc.

When things are happening outside of our control and it feels like we are fighting an unwinnable war...

Practicing the coping skill of Radical Acceptance can help us get through it.

Radical acceptance does not mean:
- approval
- giving in
- giving up

Radical acceptance is about:
- learning to surrender control
- allowing things to unfold
- accepting the limitations of the circumstances, other people, and ourselves
- accepting reality as it is
- trusting ourselves to handle it

Even though we don't like it and we don't want it.

Radical Acceptance is the art of shifting our focus and energy onto planning our next moves with a greater sense of wisdom and peace of mind.

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09/05/2024

Official 2024 Community Voting Awards Platform for Lethbridge, AB. Where the community votes for their favourites every year.

08/25/2024

Attachment styles are not set in stone... they can change over time, as we learn skills and heal attachment wounds. Your attachment style can also differ depending on with whom you are in a relationship with, and is influenced by their attachment style as well. In therapy, we can work towards developing more secure and healthy attachment styles in relationships.

06/11/2024

Read the answer here: https://travelinyourownway.com/2024/06/04/i-am-your-psychotherapist-choose-a-seat/?

This is for entertainment purposes and is not a scientific personality test.

05/14/2024

Develop your character with the Character Strengths Inventory.
You can choose to develop new strengths throughout your life. This can be a foundation upon which to build a stronger sense of self and enhance your self esteem.

03/21/2024

Update and Special Announcement -

At the beginning of 2023, I completed my EMDR training and am now a Certified EMDR Therapist! Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a psychotherapy that uses rhythmic left-right (bilateral) stimulation to help people recover from trauma or other distressing life experiences...

12/17/2023

12/17/2023

Free peer support resources, especially useful this time of year for anyone going through a hard time.

To speak with a Program Navigator who can help you find the resources and support on the portal that would be most helpful for you.

07/22/2023

https://thewellnesssociety.org/how-can-therapy-help-you/

“I was able to understand that what happened to me really was abuse and wasn’t just “normal”, like I was raised to believe in my family, I got perspective on what normal, healthy behavior really does look like, and I’ve had a lot of support from my therapist to practice and establish healt...

01/18/2023

Here's a short video explaining EMDR therapy for trauma and PTSD:

PTSD may develop after experiencing a traumatic event. Trauma-focused therapies, such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (or EMDR) are the best...

10/22/2022

In counselling, we can work on developing self awareness and emotional maturity.

09/01/2022

https://www.indigoinsight.ca/worksheets/links-to-recovery-meetings-support-groups-addictions-resources

Canada & Alberta links for AA, NA, Smart Recovery, support groups, harm reduction, overdose prevention, etc. ...

07/02/2022

Understanding your emotional response to a breakup can help you feel less alone.

03/24/2022

9. You’re confusing chemistry for compatibility.

03/24/2022

Don't be misled by assumptions and stereotypes.

01/30/2022

Possible causes include MS, depression, and long COVID.

10/12/2021

Here's a free guided audio visualization for creating your inner sanctuary - a wonderful place to start in your mind as you develop your meditation skills for future visualizations and inner journeys.

Create a peaceful sanctuary in your mind, where you can go anytime you need to relax.

07/26/2021

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07/07/2021

Red Flags of Child Predators Advocacy • Parenting • Prevention • Understanding Abusers Home Blog Red Flags of Child Predators share: Keeping kids safe from sexual abuse is not a black and white issue. Even experts on the issue who have interviewed convicted child molesters remark on how “li....

06/04/2021

The three very important but less recognized symptoms of ADHD - hyperfocus, emotional hyperarousal, and rejection-sensitivity.

The textbook signs of ADD — inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity — fail to reflect several of its most powerful characteristics; the ones that shape your perceptions, emotions, and motivation. Here, Dr. William Dodson explains how to recognize and manage ADHD’s true defining features of...

05/19/2021

Practice the Breath of Fire pranayama technique for relieving stress, and for improving alertness, energy, and concentration.

Hello, my name is Samuel and I created Supervised Online Yoga, a style of online yoga where my attention is on you, instead of your attention being on the sc...

05/19/2021

Mudras are hand gestures used during meditation that carry specific goals of channeling your body’s energy flow. There are more than 100 known mudras that have been developed over the centuries. Here are 10 energizing mudras you can use to improve your mental clarity, energy, and overall health.

Mudras are hand gestures during meditation that channel your body’s energy flow. Try these 10 commonly used mudras to improve your health and energy levels.

03/25/2021

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03/22/2021

It’s helpful to “vent” rather than bottling up our emotions - expressing and processing painful experiences allows us to gain insight and develop self compassion.

Throwing yourself a "pity party" offers the chance to express frustration and pain and begin letting them go. Here's why getting those negative feelings out can help.