Insight Counselling & Consulting
Shannon M. Simms mental health and addiction counselling and resources
Worry is the brain’s attempt to be useful, and there really is no way to avoid it. From an early age we are trained to focus a large part of our attention on the future, a future which is largely unpredictable and uncontrollable. The sensation of anxiety is the human response to ambiguity, the unknown …
Worry takes us out of the present and projects us into an imagined future, and usually the worst possible outcome future. When this happens, we can miss out on our experience of the present. When you notice worry whispering in your ear, try to bring yourself back to the present moment, noticing and labelling your experience of …
Connecting with counselling can sometimes feel like an intimidating process. I believe people sometimes hesitate to connect with counselling because they are concerned they are going to be told what to do, and they have enough people in their daily life doing just that. Or they are concerned about being judged or criticized, or shamed …
From Rick Hanson’s “Hardwiring Happiness: the New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm and Confidence”: The brain is an organ that learns, so it is designed to be changed by your experiences. Whatever we repeatedly sense and feel and want and think is slowly but surely sculpting neural structure. As you read this, in the five …
People struggling with anxiety often want it to go away, which is understandable. However this stance of ‘I don’t want this to be happening” is part of what gives Anxiety its power. If you can accept what you are experiencing in the moment, then you are back in control. A supportive message to yourself is …
I am trained in Feedback Informed Treatment, or ‘FIT’, which tracks therapeutic progress and solicits feedback from clients about what’s working and what isn’t in our sessions. Here is a short video regarding why this is important in therapy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwmLeCdfAdc
It’s exhausting to fight reality, and it’s not an effective strategy for feeling better or moving forward. “I can’t stand this”, “this isn’t fair”, “it shouldn’t be this way”, are thoughts that contribute to our suffering. Pain is inevitable, but our thoughts can escalate our suffering, making things worse. Radical acceptance is about accepting life …
North Langley Counselling office has a 125 sq foot furnished office available for rent by the hour. Conveniently located 3 blocks North of Highway 1 & 200th Street and 1 block South of the Golden Ears Bridge, with ample free parking. Please call or email to discuss whether this may be a good fit for …