Confessions of a Counsellor
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Confessions of a CounsellorSep 08, 2023
Therapy Client: Motherhood
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Therapy Client: Self-Discovery
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Therapy Client: Individual Relationship Work
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Therapy Client: Self-exploration
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Therapy Client: Fix Me
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Therapy client: Not Ready to Change
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Therapy Client: Timing is Everything
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Therapy Client: Goal Focused
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Therapy Clients: Self Exploration
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Therapy Clients: Who is a Client?
Therapist Self-Care
Therapy and the Pursuit of Happiness
Therapy and Approval
A Therapist Journey
Therapy and Secrets
Repetition and Therapy
Therapy and Assumptions
Therapy and Reassurance
Mental Health and Needs
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores what needs are, how to figure out what yours are, and the difference between a need and a request.
Therapy and Advice
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the common therapy question of "What should I do?"
Mental Health and Society
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how mental health and illness can impact our environment.
Therapy and Embarrassment
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how embarrassment and the therapeutic setting interact.
Motherhood and Self-Care
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores motherhood and how Moms can realistically and within their capacity provide self-care.
Therapy and Self-Worth
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the foundation of Self-Worth and how it influences how we feel about ourselves.
Self-Help and Impostor Syndrome
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores Impostor Syndrome and how this affects our mental health and feelings about ourselves.
Mental Health and the Weather
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how our environment and the weather affect our mental health.
Mental Health and Recovery
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how the term recovery can describe how we are feeling and share our experiences with those around us.
Therapy and Judgments
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how judgements play into our lives and how to live with them.
Mental Health and Shame + Guilt
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons defines shame and guilt and explores their impact on the story we tell.
Therapy and Change
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores her growth as a therapist and her intentions for this year.
Mindfulness: Breathing Benefits
In today's episode, Janice Lyons explores why it's important to integrate our bodies into our therapy experience.
Mindfulness: Why Breathe
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores why we intentionally breathe in therapy.
Mindfulness: Breathing on Bad Days
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you to breathe, even on your bad days.
Mindfulness: Keep Breathing
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through breathing on the tough, busy days, the ones we need to slow down on.
Mindfulness: Alternate Nostril Breathing
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through breathing Alternate Nostril Breathing. This breath is a bit more traditional and has so many great benefits. Remember to give yourself grace as you figure it out.
Mindfulness: Extended Exhales Breath
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through breathing with Extended Exhales - allowing your nervous system to relax and remain calm for longer.
Mindfulness: Pursed Lips Breathing
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through breathing with Pursed Lips to help alleviate anxiousness or busy thoughts.
Mindfulness: Lion's Breath
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through Lions Breath to help energize and move it into whatever we need to do next.
Mindfulness: Breathing Together
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through breathing if things feel tough.
Mindfulness: Box Breathing
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons guides you through Box Breathing, a basic breathing technique to bring you mindfulness and awareness.
Mental Health and Busyness
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how our words impact our thoughts and feelings about the world around us.
Therapy and Best Self
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the journey of being our best self rather than finding our best self.
Therapy and Our Beliefs
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how our beliefs and values impact how we see ourselves and the world around us?
Therapy and Expectations
In today's episode, Janice Lyons explores where you're placing unrealistic expectations on yourself in your life.
Mental Health and Personalization
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how to stop taking things so personally. How can we reframe our experience to consider what else might be happening?
Mental Health and Human Being vs. Human Doing
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the practice of mindfulness and awareness of where our focus is.
Therapy and Empathy vs Sympathy
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how empathy drives connection and builds relationships and sympathy takes pity on the other.
Therapy and Non-Negotiable
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the most important behaviours to you and how to make them non-negotiables.
Change and Therapy | Pt. 2
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores the Stages of Change and how it affects the therapeutic process. Check out Part One for more...
Change and Therapy | Pt. 1
In today’s episode, Janice Lyons explores how to integrate our new skills into the change process. Check out Part Two for more...