Rooksaar Amod Clinical Psychologist

19/02/2021

29/09/2020

Embracing our ‘whole’ selves - achievements and failures, beauty marks and warts, alike - allows for a lived experience that is authentic, fulfilling and truly liberating

15/09/2020

Posted • A lot of us begin as clients with the expectation that the therapist will be the expert, that they’ll speak (or help us find for ourselves) some magic words that must be uttered for us to heal, and that- like most professional relationships- there won’t be difficult discussions that engage conflict.

In fact, experiencing and then repairing miscommunications, disagreements, and ruptures is a key part of how works. See, how we respond to relational is a story uniquely wired in to each of our brains, and if we always do what we've always done, that wiring gets stronger- and if that story is making it hard for us to form supportive, satisfying relationships, that's a problem.

Good relational therapy makes room for emotionally charged conflict, and makes it safe for us to choose to stay, engage, and experiment with handling conflict differently. Doing so has a powerful ability to change our brains by giving us vividly emotional experiences that help rewrite old stories with new endings in a way that just learning about relationship skills can't- creating a greater capacity to form and maintain fulfilling relationships beyond therapy.

Get a poster/handout of this doodle via the link in my profile, or read the blog post for more of the science behind this concept.

03/08/2020

Anger is an interesting and valuable emotion because it mobilizes us to take action in our lives.

However, there are times when we express anger as a means of hiding our true, more vulnerable, feelings and emotions.

It is a worthwhile process to reflect on your anger in the future and be curious about other feelings and emotions that may be hiding behind your anger.

31/07/2020

An incredibly insightful and relatable TedX Talk by an amazingly talented colleague, Andy Cohen TEDx speaker & Psychoanalytic Candidate https://youtu.be/-SUzX1uz1xc

When it comes to parenting, why is it so hard for a mom to always be the “bigger person”? And how come our kids often evoke such childlike feelings in us? Th...

09/07/2020

A fantastic, insightful, and relatable book for anyone interested in the therapy process and what it entails - giving perspectives on what it’s like in the room and on the couch

08/07/2020

A gentle reminder to take one step at a time even when life presents us with experiences that appear to be too big, too daunting, and too overwhelming...

30/06/2020

29/06/2020

💡Getting to know ourselves better is an invaluable process and has unlimited advantages; from improving our emotional awareness and understanding, to strengthening our communication and relationships.

💡There are many routes that we can take in an attempt to get to know ourselves better - mindfulness and meditation, or even chatting with an insightful, trusted friend.

💡Therapy offers a safe, non-judgmental, curious and empathic environment to think about ourselves and to make sense of how we have put ourselves together

12/04/2020

05/02/2020

Entering into a therapy space of your own is a deeply personal decision that can be profoundly rewarding. At the same time, it is understandable that taking this courageous step can be one that is freckled with trepidation, skepticism, and confusion. In therapy, I endeavor to provide a warm, gentle, non-judgmental, and supportive environment with emphasis on developing a comfortable therapeutic relationship to allow each patient to achieve a greater sense of self-exploration, understanding, transformation, and emotional wellness.