Therapeutic methods

Trauma Therapy

Trauma is part of life. Somatic therapy methods can help to overcome the ongoing effects when the trauma in a person's nervous system becomes disruptive to their health, wellbeing and happiness.

Somatic Touch therapy further helps anchor embodies resilience, self-acceptance and ease in negotiating life's challenges. Somatic Touch is a particularly gentle and powerful therapy method that can access and help deactivate high levels of stress physiology present in the body systems that can interfere with daily functioning and physical recovery.

For Veterans: First, thank you for your service. If you would like to know more about how somatic therapy can help you, please watch Ray's Story here.

Those who are interested in understanding more about Somatic Experiencing as a naturalistic method to trauma recovery, you are welcome to watch this video called Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma.

Therapeutic methods

Creative Arts Therapy

Using the healing powers of creativity and expressive activities, we can achieve balance and peace in our minds, spirits, and togetherness. These activities include visual arts as well as expressive movement and dance, gardening, decorating, cooking, baking and making rhythm & music.

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Heart Math biofeedback

This is a bottom-up therapy method where we use the nervous system of the heart to help regulate the rest of the systems in the body, including the brain. Neuroscience shows that 80% of the information flows from our heart to the body and the brain. Highly coherent  beating patterns of our heart and the chemical messengers sent out from the heart to the body can evoke powerful potential for increasing health and resilience by regulating and harmonizing our systems, including our thoughts and feelings. Prolonged high stress lowers heart beat coherence. This method and its biofeedback technology helps us to learn to evoke high level of coherence in our heart beat patterns, hence reduce stress in our bodies and minds, increase resilience and harmony in our systems. 

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Sensory Enhanced Yoga

Mindfully practiced gentle movement with attention placed on our senses can be relaxing and healing.

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Mindfulness

Everyone who is willing can practice Mindfulness regardless of attention span, intellectual capacity, religion or cultural background. Regular Mindfulness practices has been scientifically shown to enhance well being and health, increasing the treatment effects of both medical and mental health therapies. Thousands of different meditation methods exist. Occupational Therapists are experts in matching the abilities of the individual to the challenges of the task by modifying the demands of the tasks. Therefore your OT is well equipped to help you successfully learn to meditate in the way that is adapted to your unique strengths, abilities and interests, and in the way that supports your healing and recovery. More information about this is here.

Respecting the Land and Its People

I am a grateful visitor on this land called Amiskwaciy Waskahikan, meaning Beaver Hills House located on Treaty 6 Territory. This place was the traditional meeting ground for many Indigenous communities, including the Nehiyaw (Cree), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux), Denesuliné (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the Métis Peoples.

Contact

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