0807, 2024

Clinic Update – New Staff Member Laurell Pecnik

LMT/ July 8, 2024/ Blog

Y.O.U.R. Therapy Clinic wants to share with the community a new team member! Laurell is a Qualifying Regsistered Psychotherapist and Intern from Yorkville University, completing her practicum. Holistic. Compassionate. Empowering. Laurell’s counselling philosophy is deeply rooted in the biopsychosocial approach, acknowledging that our struggles often extend beyond surface-level symptoms. With a focus on understanding the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and

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0209, 2022

Internal Family Systems and healing from COVID-19

Amelia Holden/ September 2, 2022/ Blog

When using the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) to explain how “we” can heal from COVID-19 at a micro, mezzo, and macro level it is necessary to examine the many parts of the system that have been created to protect the Self. These parts of a person’s psyche have been created to protect the Self which at times can

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2501, 2020

Checking in on “Self”

Amelia Holden/ January 25, 2020/ Blog

When an individual is beginning therapy expectations may be explicit or implicit. Explicitly, the individual can write down or verbally share what their goals are for themselves and/or the therapist. Implicitly, the individual may display through their behaviours during the sessions or in narrating how they functioned during their time outside of therapy how they are coping, changing, and healing.

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2811, 2019

Transitioning the belief of Santa from childhood into pre-teen years.

Amelia Holden/ November 28, 2019/ Blog

It is a delicate dance when your child is transitioning from childhood to pre-teen development because you start to realize they have significant memories and attachments to certain moments in their young lives and you don’t want to be the one to break their spirit. At the same time you don’t think it is socially acceptable for your pre-teen to

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3110, 2019

Mandela Consciousness

Amelia Holden/ October 31, 2019/ Blog

Your dignity is not something someone else can take from you, but we are vulnerable and our dignity can be wounded, bruised, negatively impacted and if you’re not aware of how to restore your dignity after a traumatic experience eventually we can lose sight of our self-worth and value. Dr. Donna Hicks (drdonnahicks.com) speaks to “The Role of Dignity in

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