A Movement Psychotherapist’s Perspective on Relationships
He said, she said, she did, he did . . . .

For those of us who have had the pleasure and curse of seeing a therapist or counsellor for relationship counseling, we can likely remember a time, or many times, when we were trying to find a shared reality with our partner about some incident; some moment that triggered hurt, shame, sadness or anger within one or both of us. The common problem with this process is that each individual’s perspective of what happened or what was said can vary in extremely diverse ways. (more…)

5Rhythms · Counselling · Relationships

Having been a counselor for 25 years (the last 11 in Victoria, BC) I have noticed a shift in how I see the field of counseling and the study of psychology.  That shift has involved moving away from seeing the client as someone who has something “wrong” with them to seeing them as being more sensitive to a disconnected, competitive, polluted, materialistic and fearful environment and “culture”.  The way the modern world has changed so dramatically since the industrial revolution has put an exponentially increasing pressure on individuals to adapt to their environment.  The theory of evolution with its “survival of the fittest” mantra emphasizes survival.   I am not convinced that individuals who are most successful in a toxic, uncaring, short-sighted and self-absorbed environment are the
ones we should be cheering for to propagate our species.

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Counselling · Psychology · Therapy