Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) & Trauma Recovery
Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) impacts a person throughout their lifespan. If you have experienced different types of toxic stress such as abuse, neglect, and other hallmarks of a rough childhood, some of your sufferance and pain, may be a result of your experiences.
We can help you work through these symptoms and help you move into a space of resilience and self-compassion. |
Racial Trauma
source: AIS Press
Racial trauma refers to the stressful impact or emotional pain of one’s experience with racism and discrimination.
When we tie historical trauma, racialized people experience worsen traumatic stress reactions, because of the cumulative impact of exposure to multiple adversities, historical trauma that is past down through our genes and how society continues to perceive and treat certain groups.
When we tie historical trauma, racialized people experience worsen traumatic stress reactions, because of the cumulative impact of exposure to multiple adversities, historical trauma that is past down through our genes and how society continues to perceive and treat certain groups.
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Nutritional Psychology
Nutritional Psychology explores how what you eat affects your mood and behaviour. Looking at what is influenced by our nutrient intake that underlie mood and behaviour, which may mimic certain symptoms from mental health disorders, such as mood and anxiety disorders. We can help you improve your mind and body, through our integrative treatment options.
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Source: Medical News Today
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Art Therapy
Source: health.havard.edu
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Art Therapy involves the creation of art in order to increase awareness of self and others. This in turn may promote personal development, increase coping skills, and enhance cognitive function.
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Generalized Mental Health
Each individual is unique and requires such an approach in addressing some of the most challenging experiences. Our vision at Breelove Counselling is to empower people to see their life differently for a better quality of life.
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We value trust as a foundational tool in developing strong relationships, bonds, and growth. We believe in choices as the right to thrive in your capacities, through opportunities and inclusion. We support empowerment, that inspires respect, independence, promotes your authentic self and individual initiatives in planning and managing your own life.
We focus primarily from a trauma-informed and person-centered framework, integrating evidence-based therapies, mindfulness techniques and expressive art approaches.
We focus primarily from a trauma-informed and person-centered framework, integrating evidence-based therapies, mindfulness techniques and expressive art approaches.
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy- Coming Soon |
Sourced: Integrative Psychiatry Institute
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Psychedelic assisted therapy utilizes a specific psychedelic substance (like ketamine, psilacybin, MDMA, etc...), typically administered by medical practitioners and registered therapists who are present throughout the entire experience.
There is a lot of research indicating that therapy utilizing the consumption of psychedelic substances is effective at treating several types of mental illnesses including various forms of trauma, such as PTSD, anxiety, addiction, and depression. Psychedelic assisted therapy makes use of clinically calculated dose of a psychedelic to create a safe, overwhelming and transcendent experience, with the ultimate goal of improving ones mental health, especially for conventional treatment resistant conditions. |
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
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CBT explores how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours impact each other. With that understanding, CBT shows how to utilize the information to your advantage and create positive changes. It is done through a structured, short-term and goal-oriented approach.
DBT, while based off of CBT, takes more of a focus on the emotional aspects and the connections. The main focus being on emotion regulation, helping people to understand why the emotions are occurring and processing them effectively. Often used in the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder |
Sourced: Allure
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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EMDR is an evidence-based protocol that’s based on the idea that psychopathology and mental illness arises when information about trauma or adversity is not encoded with missing information or maladaptively which then prevents the system from integrating the information in an adaptive way.
Reprocessing is about replacing the distorted belief or meaning that was created because of the trauma or adversity with a more adaptive, helpful belief or meaning.
EMDR is a therapy that is beneficial for many mental health concerns like PTSD or trauma, anxiety, difficulties regulating emotions and general mental health concerns as well.
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Brainspotting
Sourced: thevillagefamily.org
Developed in 2003 by David Grant (and supported by research), Brainspotting (BSP) uses eye positioning to identify, focus, process, and release emotional and physical reactions to unprocessed events and adversities. These specific eye positions are known as brainspots, located in the subconscious area of the brain.
Through the use of therapist-guided instruction and enhanced by biolateral music clients can tap into their subconscious and allow themselves the vulnerability to process information in a safe way.
Through the use of therapist-guided instruction and enhanced by biolateral music clients can tap into their subconscious and allow themselves the vulnerability to process information in a safe way.
Groups and Webinars
Our online groups are available to others within Canada.You are all welcomed.
Understanding Trauma Through S.E.L.F.
Have you experienced childhood adversities or trauma?
Individuals who have lived through adversities or trauma frequently experience:
Next Group Date: End of JUNE,2022
Individuals who have lived through adversities or trauma frequently experience:
- Loss of safety
- Inability to manage emotions
- Overwhelming losses
- A challenging ability to plan for or even imagine a different future
Next Group Date: End of JUNE,2022
Racial Trauma online group
Have you experienced racial trauma in your journey?
Racial Trauma is defined as "Traumatic events that occur as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice (systemic racism)."
Racial trauma profoundly affects a person, this includes intergenerational and historical traumatization. This creates an overwhelming feeling, to it reminds most of us, everyday, that as racialized people, we live in a system (society, process, interactions, engagement), that was not meant for people who look differently than white bodies, yet, are required, everyday, to navigate this system and do the best they can to be successful in that system.
If this resonates with you, find out more if this group is for you.
COMING SOON!
Racial Trauma is defined as "Traumatic events that occur as a result of witnessing or experiencing racism, discrimination, or structural prejudice (systemic racism)."
Racial trauma profoundly affects a person, this includes intergenerational and historical traumatization. This creates an overwhelming feeling, to it reminds most of us, everyday, that as racialized people, we live in a system (society, process, interactions, engagement), that was not meant for people who look differently than white bodies, yet, are required, everyday, to navigate this system and do the best they can to be successful in that system.
If this resonates with you, find out more if this group is for you.
COMING SOON!
Mindfulness online group
Mindfulness is a tool that can help you become happier, calmer, more creative, more focused, and more in touch with yourself.
With mindfulness-awareness practice, we learn to become aware of not just the mental processes that go on in our minds but also the physical processes that we encounter. For example, we start to notice that we often clench our jaws when we are feeling stressed or our stomach distends when we are anxious.
In this class, you will learn to meditate as well as learn about mindfulness-awareness as it relates to trauma.
With mindfulness-awareness practice, we learn to become aware of not just the mental processes that go on in our minds but also the physical processes that we encounter. For example, we start to notice that we often clench our jaws when we are feeling stressed or our stomach distends when we are anxious.
In this class, you will learn to meditate as well as learn about mindfulness-awareness as it relates to trauma.
Learning @ Lunch
Coming Soon
Training
Trauma-Informed,Vicarious, and Racial Trauma Training
Breelove counselling offers workshops for a wide variety of mental health clinicians, educators, first responders, and professionals who serve in allied fields supporting the needs of trauma-impacted communities. In a society that is becoming increasingly aware of chronic adversity, it is our vision to contribute to a trauma-informed community in the Atlantic Regions. Through professional and specialized facilitation, our mission is to serve as a resource for those seeking to understand the impact of individual, familial, workplace, and cultural trauma.
Our team has trained over 200 frontline professionals, including correctional, academic, shelter, and peer support sectors.
Our trainings are customized based on the sector's interaction with those who have experienced chronic adversities or trauma. These trainings are designed to equip professionals in how to better understand and meet the needs of those they interact with, including providing insight and tools to help prevent and manage instances of burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and countertransference.
We provide expertise on a range of topics related to the emotional, interpersonal, cognitive, and neurobiological impact of chronic, childhood trauma exposure, Racial Injustices, and traumatization. We prioritize enhancing community-based capacity to provide high quality trauma informed services through our training and consultation initiatives.
Our team has trained over 200 frontline professionals, including correctional, academic, shelter, and peer support sectors.
Our trainings are customized based on the sector's interaction with those who have experienced chronic adversities or trauma. These trainings are designed to equip professionals in how to better understand and meet the needs of those they interact with, including providing insight and tools to help prevent and manage instances of burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, vicarious trauma, and countertransference.
We provide expertise on a range of topics related to the emotional, interpersonal, cognitive, and neurobiological impact of chronic, childhood trauma exposure, Racial Injustices, and traumatization. We prioritize enhancing community-based capacity to provide high quality trauma informed services through our training and consultation initiatives.
Clinical Trainings
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Trauma Informed Practices
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$200 CEC approved
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This training will help healthcare practitioners alike to develop the compentencies and skills to help work within a trauma informed lens.
Details-coming soon.
Details-coming soon.
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Racial Trauma Informed Practices
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$160 CEC approved
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This training will help healthcare practitioners alike to develop the compentencies and skills to help work within a racial trauma informed lens.
At the end of this training, individuals will be able to understand:
- Basic tenant of Racial Trauma Informed Therapeutic model
- Explain how racial-based adversities connect to greater historical racial trauma narratives
- Apply the core principles of racial trauma-informed narrative care
- Define trauma, and understand its impact on the body, identity, and community
- Describe how collective trauma affects cultural norms and creates biases and prejudices against marginalized communities
- Describe different trauma responses unique to racialized communities
- Describe the effects of intergenerational trauma
- Utilize the Racial Trauma Informed Therapeutic model to establish rapport with clients, families, and racialized people
- Assess areas of growth in individual racial identity work, recognize personal prejudices and bias, and identify areas of current and historical/ intergenerational power and privileges
- Identify and affirm clients’ cultural strengths, and be responsive to the impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma
What to Expect
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Before your appointment
You will be sent an intake form to fill out online. Filling this form out beforehand will save time at your appointment.
Your first appointment
At your first appointment, we will review your confidentiality rights and any limitations. We will review your intake form. We will then discuss your current concern(s) and a therapy plan.
Therapy Plan
A therapy plan will be developed with your needs in mind. We can discuss the number of sessions, therapy approach, your wants and concerns etc in your first session. Remember, therapy is about you so your input is welcome.
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Arriving at your appointment
We are currently only offering Telephone, Video, and Messenger.
If your appointment is via telephone your assigned Counselling Therapist will be calling you at the number you provided during your intake.
If your appointment is by video, you will receive a video link for your session by Jane App, you will also receive a link at the time of your appointment in your inbox. |
Insurance
Please review your insurance coverage prior to your visit. If you have any questions or concerns please contact us.
Making an appointment
You can make an appointment by calling (506) 502-7252 or the button below, to request an appointment time.
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