Creative Counselling

If you are interested in learning more about the brain, neuroplasticity, neural growth and how to rewire the brain towards wellness this is an amazing opportunity to hear Dr. Caroline Leaf live!! She is a leader in the field of hacking and resetting the brain and she is coming to St. Catharines. This presentation is open to anyone looking to learn more about mental wellness and will feature strategies for individuals, parents / caregivers, and professionals.

Meet Lori Gill, RP, CTIC (She/Her)

Lori Gill is the founder of the Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing Niagara (www.attchniagara.com) a non profit providing free and low cost trauma therapy to those who could not otherwise afford it and the creator of the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model (ITATM)®.

Lori will be sitting on our panel on May 6th discussion children's mental health and well being.

This conference has something for everyone we encourage you to join us and share this event with your friends, family and colleagues

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We have a fabulous team of therapists with varied skills and backgrounds to meet the individual needs of clients. All therapists have been trained in our integrative trauma and attachment treatment model, as well as a variety of other modalities. At Lori GIll Psychotherapy we offer faith based counseling, creative therapies for children and youth, caregiver support, couples counselling, emotional regulation, training, wellness skills counseling, traumatic loss and bereavement, work, pregnancy and infant loss, therapy, compassion fatigue prevention as well as a variety of other more general areas. All of our therapists are trained in creative and expressive arts based approaches to treatment as well as somatic therapies to help regulate the mind, body, brain and spirit simultaneously. http://www.holisticwellnessforhealth.com

Hello I’m pleased to share that we have expanded our hours for - Holistic Wellness for Health, and several of our therapists now have immediate availability. Please share with anyone that may benefit. I’m proud to say that at Lori Gill Psychotherapy we have been providing leading edge therapy for over 15 years and have also been a leader in providing therapy to other therapists, and helping professionals to prevent compassion fatigue, and burn out. We have a number of excellent therapists, most of whom starts with students with us and as such I had the opportunity to mentor them for 8+ months and have enjoyed watching their continued journey as therapists with us. Our approach is highly effective and we are grateful to be able to offer support to those seeking to heal. www.holisticwellnessforhealth.com

Play is a child's most natural form of expression. They will often attempt to work through emotions and feelings using play. Play based therapy deepens this and uses play to build emotional awareness and expression of a child's feelings, experiences, and cognitive functioning in a non-threatening manner.

A combination of directive and non-directive approaches are used according to the specific needs of the client. Activities are geared towards the developmental level of the child.

At Lori Gill Psychotherapy - Holistic Wellness for Health children can chose from an array of therapeutic play items such as puppets; various people, animal, and vehicle figures; costumes/role playing materials; books; and therapeutic games according to their preference. Choice, voice and empowerment can be used to builds competence and confidence that will carry forward with them throughout their life when reinforced.

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We have an amazing expressive arts therapy space at our centre. Such a great spot to be creative and expressive in a non threatening way. The Healing Benefits of Art Based Therapy Art provides a powerful means for children and youth to express their feelings and emotions through an image or creation. This approach encourages self-discovery, personal expression, and healing. Projects might involve use of methods such as painting, sculpting, drawing, and the development of personalized creations. Upon completion creations are explored according to the perspective of the client that created them to allow insight into the symbolism behind their creations.

Art provides a safe and non-threatening means of externalizing experiences and allows for expression when no words are available. Often children and youth with the most intensive needs benefit greatly from these services as trauma is a sensory experience which impacts the ability to use left brain functions (language, impulse control, cause and effect etc.) it is not simply that I will not tell you what happened, sometimes I cannot tell you as I do not have access to the language and cognitive expressive domains. I do however in this state have access to images and sensory memory (sights, sounds, smells, sensations etc.). Art allows for expression of these sensory memories which creates a sense of safety and regulation this leads to the return of higher order cognitive functions (when safety has been experienced).

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At Lori Gill Psychotherapy ~ Holistic Wellness for Health we offer a variety of integrative therapies to regulate the brain, body and nervous system simultaneously. Each of our rooms are equipped with somatic therapy/sensory regulation resources designed to help clients determine and establish an optimal arousal level. Some of the treatment methodologies we use include EMDR, ITATM, CRM, TF-CBT, DBT, EFT, mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion therapy, compassion fatigue prevention, neurofeedback, biofeedback etc. www.holisticwellnessforhealth.com

Our experiences and emotions have a direct impact on the holy with the body often holding excess energy which can cause energy and emotions to become too big / intense (such as stress, anxiety, anger and trauma) or too low / depleting (such as depression, grief, loss, chronic fatigue). Our goal at Lori Gill Psychotherapy is to help the children, youth and adults we work with learn how to release big energy or up regulate when hypoaroused so they can more effectively manage big or intense emotions in ways that feel better for them and their caregivers. At Lori Gill Psychotherapy we have a somatic therapy / sensory room that focuses on teaching children and youth to learn how to notice and feel their big emotions and also how to tend to these in a way that builds skills and competencies that they will carry forward with them throughout their life. www.hilisticwellnessforhealth.com

We have been a leader in providing quality creative and leading edge treatment for over 15 years. All of our therapists receive extensive training with our clinics founder, Lori Gill. Our Founder and clinical director, Lori Gill, also continues to train thousands of therapists each year in her highly effective treatment strategies. We offer an approach that is tried and true! Get started today by clicking the link in our bio. https://smart.bio/lori_gill_psychotherapy