Guidance Professional Services Inc.

07/04/2025

Is your dog or cat anxious? Did they suffer trauma? Were they a rescue? Do they excessively bark or meow? Do they react with fear around other animals or people? Do they appear to feel unsafe despite how much work you put into creating safety? Do you feel frustrated and hopeless? Give the Safe and Sound Protocol a try! Backed by clinical trials and real-world evidence, and informed by Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory, the Safe and Sound Protocol is a listening therapy that utilizes specially filtered music to help retune the nervous system. The nervous system is part of the biology of all mammals and helping shift it can be life-changing for your pet and your family. To learn more, visit www.guidanceprofessionalservicesinc.com To book this incredible scientific therapy, email us at gpsinc@telus.net.

08/05/2024

Its comments like these that warm your heart and keep you moving forward.

“I can’t thank you enough for what you have helped me realize. I told my partner that it took over 30 years to really come to terms with my childhood with the right person at the right time. It’s changed a lot for me.” Paraphrased and anonymous

Therapy (specifically Brainspotting) works! If you haven’t tried it, take the first step to get started.

07/11/2024

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-discomfort-zone/202404/brainspotting-a-complement-to-talk-therapy?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0YdCDxnSIXao75CRVizqEQK3fB_O33gvw9_koa1d6BEKV8_XY1jbs-oiE_aem_dtQcAHJYCW8-I-LrSoYYQg

Discover how brainspotting can complement therapy, aiding in trauma resolution.

01/25/2023

Clip from DR Scaer's extended interview on The Master Clinician Series. Includes insight and wisdom on

01/22/2023

David Grand on how Brainspotting and EMDR are different:

“Brainspotting makes use of fixed eye gaze on relevant eye positions. EMDR uses eye movements (smooth pursuit, not saccades).

Eye fixation and eye movements are opposites.

Brainspotting’s relevant eye positions are established with high attunement, EMDR’s eye movements are not.

Brainspotting is articulated as using relational attunement, EMDR does not.

The foundation of Brainspotting is the Uncertainty Principle which does not exist in EMDR.

Brainspotting is frame-based, EMDR is protocol-based.

Brainspotting attempts to bypass the neocortex to directly access the subcortex. EMDR accesses the neocortex with it’s cognitions (negative and positive) and cognitive interweaves.

EMDR is an AIP (Adaptive Information Processing) Model, Brainspotting does not.

Brainspotting is articulated by the Neuroexperiential Model, EMDR is not.

Brainspotting is a developmental model (generational, intrauterine, birth, preverbal) EMDR is explicitly not.

12/31/2022

From my family to yours, I wish you all nothing but the best. The best of who you are authentically. To healing. To laughter. To joy. The new year brings good news to those with benefits through the ASEBP Program as my services are finally being covered. Reach out if needed. You are always welcome! Happy 2023!!!

12/07/2022

ASEBP coverage changes:

Effective January 1, 2023, ASEBP will be making the following changes to our plan design for psychology coverage:

Inclusion of counsellors – Claim counselling services (for eligible providers) to a maximum of $120 per session.

This will include counsellors with membership in a recognized association: National Canadian Counseling and Psychotherapy Association, Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (THIS IS ME!!!), National Association of Cooperative Counseling Therapists of Canada, National Professional Association of Christian Counsellors and Psychotherapists.

Assessment fees – Psychology and counselling assessment fees will be covered to a maximum of $300 per assessment. To be eligible for reimbursement, assessment fees must be noted separately if included on your counselling or psychology session receipts.

Psychology services – will be covered on a per-visit basis (rather than per hour) up to $180 per session.

The per person per calendar year maximum of $1,200 is a combined total for all psychologist, counsellor, and assessment claims.

Please let any teachers you know with this plan that they will have more options in the new year. If you feel I would be a good fit for them, please pass along my info.

gpsinc.janeapp.com

Guidance Professional Services Inc., Stephen Roberts - Counselling and Brain Health - Online, Brainspotting, Safe and Sound Protocol, ForBrain, Couples, Family, Red Deer County, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Trauma, Addictions, Sports Performance, Relationships, Depression, Anxiety, Suicidal Ideation

11/24/2022

Clinical Supervision

I am happy to have been approved as a provisional supervisor with the CPCA (RPC, MPCC-S Provisional). I am accepting counsellors from new to seasoned who need to fulfill their supervision requirements. My approach to counselling is with an attachment lens and an emphasis on brain and body. I strive to create a safe, comfortable space for you to learn and grow and become the best counsellor you can be. I am collaborative and work to guide and support you on your counselling journey. If you feel we would be a good fit or you want to know more about myself and my practice, please send me a private message or email me at gpsinc@telus.net. You can check out my website as well at www.guidanceprofessionalservicesinc.com or book online at gpsinc.janeapp.com. In addition, I offer Brainspotting and Safe and Sound Consultations and I am happy to discuss either of these as well if interested. Thank you for your time.

08/30/2022

Parenting is tough. The best thing we can do for our kids is to do our own work. Connect and repair often and be the best version of you!

07/29/2022

“No matter how much insight and understanding we develop the rational brain is basically impotent to talk the emotional brain out of its own reality.”

-Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

07/11/2022

This game was so fun to watch. Many of you know I am a huge soccer fan. This post isn’t about really soccer though. It’s a reminder to do your best, whatever is your best. Sometimes we feel we have to rise to the same outcomes as those around us. It’s not true! We are individuals. We have unique brains and experiences. If we do better than what we did the previous time, we are doing better. We don’t have to score big game goals, climb mountains, or beat records (unless we want to of course). If getting out of bed today is better than we did yesterday, it is better. If we return a call today we had difficulty returning yesterday, we are doing better. Raise your own bar! You do You! We are here to support you in doing just that.

01/11/2022

Give this a read 👇 https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/01/11/lindsey-vonn-book-memoir-rise-excerpt/?fbclid=IwAR0yoGSkJBleWrvdk_mbWFZ3R3xrjmMjfeV4Hvek3mroeehPX7oBEpgy-IE