alliance Counselling

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a defined as non-judgmental awareness and acceptance of emotions, thoughts and bodily sensations experienced in the present moment. This is a skill that people learn through developing intentional and conscious awareness of self and to be less reactive to what they are experiencing. This can be developed through exploration of our thoughts and emotions and how these are patterns in our lives.

Support Groups

Support groups are eight weeks in length and are offered both online and in-person. Group program fees are $500 plus HST for an eight week program. 

Mindfulness Groups

Groups offer a number of distinct benefits. These include:

– A group platform to discuss your experience in a setting of acceptance and an opportunity discuss your and other’s experiences in regard to a similar concern. This provides a unique opportunity to develop insight and awareness through reflection as a group, structured exercises and a collaborative discussion. 

– Learn and practice mindfulness and a variety of cognitive behavioural skills to address your concerns 

– A weekly forum to explore and reflect on your own developing understanding your own thoughts, emotions and experiences and how this relates to your concern.  

– Groups are offered at a reduced cost to individual therapy and can be a cost-effective option for people in comparison to individual therapy 

Anxiety Group 

– Understand what mindfulness is and is not and learn how this applies to anxiety 

– Receive psychoeducation on anxiety and develop awareness how this relates to you individually 

– Learn how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy can be powerful tools that work together to manage anxiety 

– Learn cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness techniques each class to develop skills to manage your own anxiety 

Depression Group 

– Understand what mindfulness is and is not and learn how this applies to depression

– Receive psychoeducation on depression and develop awareness how this impacts you individually 

– Discuss how important principles such as behavioural activation and acceptance and their application to managing depressive mood 

– Learn how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy can be powerful tools to manage address depression 

– Learn cognitive behavioural techniques and mindfulness techniques each class to develop skills to develop the skills to manage depression

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