Skills I teach include

 

Deep breathing

Deep breathing exercises help improve your mind-body connection by bringing awareness to the normally unconscious act of breathing. Deep breathing assists to control the symptoms of stress, anxiety, and anger. The skill is easy to learn and provides near-immediate relief from uncomfortable symptoms.

 

Deep breathing exercises calm your body and mind, offering a great way to relax, lower your blood pressure and relieve stress. It takes a few minutes each day to practice these simple breathing techniques.

 

Are you looking for a stress-relieving, relaxing breathing exercise? Learn how to effectively regulate your breathing during deep breathing therapy with us.

 

Grounding

Grounding is a therapeutic technique. The practice relies on science to affect your body. We’ll explore the science behind grounding, the benefits of using techniques, and how to perform grounding.

 

Do you want to improve your well-being, achieve better mental health, and reduce pain and stress?

 

Scientific research has examined grounding for pain and mood. Grounding therapy affects the central connector between living cells. Conductivity exists within the body that functions as an immune system defense, similar to antioxidants. Through grounding, the natural defenses of the body can be restored. Grounding reduces muscle damage and pain, increasing healing. It is for pain reduction and mood improvement.

 

Relaxation Techniques

Relaxation therapy refers to a number of techniques designed to teach you to be able to relax voluntarily. These techniques include practices and progressive relaxation exercises, which reduce physical and mental tension. Muscle tension is associated with stress and anxiety, which are associated with depression. Becoming aware of the link between depressive thoughts and mental and muscle tension, and learning to let go of this tension, aids to reduce depression. Helps you become more aware of your bodily sensations as you do things that relax you.

 

Learn to relax your body and lower stress. In therapy, relaxation exercises are used to help patients become more aware of their bodies and how they might be able to control physical symptoms of stress, anxiety, or depression.

 

Relaxation is an important component of therapy. For many people, learning how to relax can be a useful tool for stress management or general well-being. Relaxation techniques include progressive relaxation, self-massage, meditation, and guided imagery sessions.

 

Guided imagery

Guided therapeutic imagery is a skill that we use in therapy to help you focus on mental images. Your mind-body connection upholds the interaction between your body and mind as important factors for your overall health and happiness. We guide you to use positive mental images as part of a guided meditation that increases emotional and physical elevation. We intentionally visualize peaceful scenarios or scenes to reduce discomfort in order to produce feelings of joy and gladness.

 

We create positive mental and physical images to balance your inner world and help you to heal. Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that involves dwelling on a positive idea or scene. Through visualization and guided meditation, there are many benefits such as reducing stress and improving your sense of being lifted.

 

Guided therapeutic imagery takes you on a journey using your imagination, connecting the mind and the body to benefit both. Guided therapeutic imagery is an effective skill used to manage stress, pain, and anxiety.

 

With guided imagery, you harness your body-mind connection and improve physical and emotional health.

 

Calming Self-Hug

Self-hugs are soothing gestures to reduce cortisol responses from internal or external stress.  Plus, a calming self-hug is an antidote for times you are feeling lonely, cared for, and safe.  Crossing one’s hands to the opposite shoulder or arm with a slight squeeze is soothing and reassuring.  

 

Healthy Boundaries

What is it? Boundaries are interpersonal limits that are mediated by variations in personality, culture, and social context. Healthy boundaries require self-awareness. We need to be clear about our expectations, and what we are and are not comfortable with in specific situations. Setting healthy boundaries entails good communication skills that convey assertiveness and clarity. Assertiveness involves expressing your feelings openly and respectfully. You have to assert your needs and priorities as a form of self-care.

 

Healthy boundaries define what is appropriate behavior in our relationships – behavior that keeps both parties safe. Setting healthy boundaries is crucial for self-care and positive relationships. Maintaining boundaries defines ourselves and others in different kinds of relationships. We’ll examine boundaries, how to set healthy boundaries, the different types of boundaries, and how to establish healthy boundaries in different contexts.

 

Healthy boundaries are a necessary part of every relationship. These guidelines help you set limits on people, places, and behaviors in your life. They’re also an important part of self-care. We will teach about boundaries and how to establish them in your various relationships: romantic partners, family members, friends, work colleagues, and even complete strangers!

 

Our relationships change as we grow and develop physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. Sometimes we may find ourselves in a relationship that is unhealthy and not what we need at this point in our lives. Or maybe the problem isn’t with the person you’re in a relationship with, but rather with how you are relating to that person. We help you work through these difficulties. It takes courage to seek counseling for oneself or for a loved one because it requires us to acknowledge something is not working and then take steps toward change.