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James Kalimina
Counsellor, MA, CPC
Verified Verified
Winnipeg, MB R2G  (Online Only)
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you ever just feel stuck? Unresolved past experience? Feeling alone and isolated? These life challenges can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate through them by ourselves. Let me partner with you in navigating through these challenges. In this partnership, I will bring my skills to create an atmosphere of safety, warmth, and respect. That will supports you to courageously tell your own story, face difficult emotions, learn new ways of coping, transform the impact of trauma, and move toward the positive change you might be seeking.
Are you feeling overwhelmed? Do you ever just feel stuck? Unresolved past experience? Feeling alone and isolated? These life challenges can be overwhelming and difficult to navigate through them by ourselves. Let me partner with you in navigating through these challenges. In this partnership, I will bring my skills to create an atmosphere of safety, warmth, and respect. That will supports you to courageously tell your own story, face difficult emotions, learn new ways of coping, transform the impact of trauma, and move toward the positive change you might be seeking.
(431) 800-1759 View (431) 800-1759
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Riverbend Counselling & Wellness
BRE, MA, CRPO
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Winnipeg, MB R2G
Life is complex, and so are people. Our role is to understand the depth of your experiences and discover the meaning of the presenting problem in the context of all the stories around you. You need to be heard and accepted at the deepest levels so that together we are able to find ways to address what matters most to you. This will help you move through to the other side so that your mental health and sense of purpose can flourish. We want to help you make the best of your life.
Life is complex, and so are people. Our role is to understand the depth of your experiences and discover the meaning of the presenting problem in the context of all the stories around you. You need to be heard and accepted at the deepest levels so that together we are able to find ways to address what matters most to you. This will help you move through to the other side so that your mental health and sense of purpose can flourish. We want to help you make the best of your life.
(855) 383-4474 View (855) 383-4474
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Angie Kendel
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, CCC, CCTP-II
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Life 's challenges can sometimes seem overwhelming and leave us feeling anxious or depressed. Many of our automatic coping strategies were developed in response to early adversity. These strategies may no longer be effective as our situations often change. This can result in us struggling in our current relationships and impact our overall functioning. Recognizing and honoring old patterns, while developing new strategies that serve us better now, is something we all need help with from time to time. Developing new skills for healthy relationships allows us to fulfill our most basic need for love and connection.
Life 's challenges can sometimes seem overwhelming and leave us feeling anxious or depressed. Many of our automatic coping strategies were developed in response to early adversity. These strategies may no longer be effective as our situations often change. This can result in us struggling in our current relationships and impact our overall functioning. Recognizing and honoring old patterns, while developing new strategies that serve us better now, is something we all need help with from time to time. Developing new skills for healthy relationships allows us to fulfill our most basic need for love and connection.
(204) 900-8237 View (204) 900-8237

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EMDR Counsellors

Who is EMDR for?

EMDR was initially developed as a treatment for individuals with Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), for whom memories of a deeply distressing experience can be inadvertently triggered by random everyday events. The procedure has since been applied in the treatment of many other conditions. For example, it is used by some therapists to treat anxiety disorders including panic and phobias, depression, dissociative disorders, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, and some personality disorders. It is suitable for adolescents and adults.

Why do people need EMDR?

People need EMDR as a way to manage distressing memories that in some way hamper the ability to function in the present. The procedure is believed to target the way memories are stored in the brain. Evidence indicates that past disturbing experiences cause ongoing distress because they were not adequately processed, and when such memories are triggered in the present, they are accompanied by all the emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations as the initial experience.

What problems does EMDR treat?

First and foremost, EMDR is intended as a treatment for PTSD, to defuse distressing memories that intrude on and impair everyday functioning. It is also often used to help those who are subject to panic attacks, phobias, and other forms of anxiety. In addition, EMDR has been used to treat individuals with depression, eating disorders, and personality disorders.

What happens in EMDR therapy?

First the therapist takes an individual’s history, and then the therapist and client decide which distressing experience(s) will be the target(s) of the exercise, delivered via a side-to-side visual stimulus requiring lateral eye movements. The client will be asked to activate thoughts, feelings, and any body sensations related to the troubling experience. The eye movements are said to reduce the emotional charge of the memory, so that the experience can then be safely discussed with the therapist and digested, minimising its ability to trigger anxiety.