Life Transitions

Have you been struggling with:

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Feeling uncertain about a new phase of life, like going to university or retiring from your career
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Worrying you’re should be further along or that you’re not accomplishing enough with your life

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Feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, or lost after a sudden, unexpected change in your life
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Seeking meaning or reconnecting with self and purpose at mid-life

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Feelings of loss, disappointment, uncertainty, or grief around recent changes in your life
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There are several well-established and effective
treatments for anxiety, excessive worry and similar
issues. It can be easier. We can help.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the name of the psychological condition you may experience after traumatic events. This can include one-time incidents like a car crash or assault, or chronic, long-term experiences of abuse, living in a warzone, or responding to crisis situations

PTSD is your brain’s way of adapting to conditions of danger. It’s a combination of learning and physiological responsiveness that represents your survival mode. During traumatic events, being in survival mode allowed you to make it through terrible experiences.

Even though the traumatic events are over, your body and your brain haven’t caught up. They are still in survival mode. YOU are still in survival mode.

The good news is we can update your brain and body to get you out of survival mode. We start by learning how to reset your nervous system so that it no longer reacts to minor situations as if they are full-blown emergencies.

Once you are no longer being hijacked by symptoms and triggers, we can move into trauma processing if it makes sense for you. Our therapists are trained in a number of therapeutic modalities that are effective for working with traumatic memories and can guide you safely through this journey.

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Want to learn more?

Check out some of the resources below!

Websites

  • Complex Trauma Resources
  • PTSD Association of Canada
  • NIMH’s PTSD webpage

Books

  • The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
  • It Didn’t Start with You by Mark Wolynn
  • Loving Someone with PTSD by Aphrodite Matsakis
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This video from The Trauma Foundation is a great explanation of how trauma impacts our nervous system and shows up in our day-to-day lives.