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Help Guide
I've created this guide for you to better understand what some issues of psychology are. Please be patient, for some of these headings are still under construction.

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Family Violence Prevention
Anger Management
Suicide Assistance
What is EMDR?
What is Hypnosis?
Grief Recovery Assistance
Stress and Financial Planning

Family Violence Prevention
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Anger Management
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Suicide Assistance
In order to determine if someone you know is experiencing psychological difficulties, here is a list of behavioral characteristics to look for: top

Threats of suicide
Talks about wanting to die
Shows changes in behavior, appearance, mood
Abuses drugs, alcohol
Deliberately injures themselves
Appears depressed, sad or withdrawn top

You can help by doing the following:
Stay calm, & listen
Let them talk about their feelings
Be accepting; do not judge
Ask if they have suicidal thoughts
Take threats seriously
Don't swear secrecy - Tell someone top

Get help, you can't do it alone. Contact your:
Family, Friend, Relative
Clergy, Teacher, Counselor
Family Doctor
Crisis Line
Mental Health Services
Hospital Emergency top

The following are some relevant local phone numbers on these issues:

  • Josephson Psychological Services Ltd. Ph. 232-8562
  • Distress Centre / Drug Centre
    (24 hour Crisis Line) Ph. 266-1605
  • Teen Line (Distress Centre,
    5 p.m. to 11 p.m.) Ph. 264-TEEN
  • Suicide Services - CMHA 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Intervention (Support & Outreach); Bereavement (Grief Support); Education (Awareness
    Presentations) Ph. 297-1700
  • Suicide Information & Education Centre
    (Print & A.V. Library) Ph. 245-3900
  • Suicide Prevention Training Programs (Care giver Training) Ph. 245-3900
*Source from Canadian Mental Health Association top

What is EMDR
(Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing)?

Dr. Francine Shapiro is the creator of EMDR. She is a licensed psychologist and a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto, and the Executive Director of the EMDR Institute. EMDR is a complex method of psychotherapy that integrates many of the successful elements of a range of therapeutic approaches in combination with eye movements or other forms of rhythmical stimulation in ways that stimulate the brain's information processing system. top

With EMDR therapy it is unnecessary to delve into decades-old psychological material, but rather, by activating the information-processing system of the brain, people can achieve their therapeutic goals at a rapid rate, with recognizable changes that don't disappear over time. The major significance of EMDR is that it allows the brain to heal its psychological problems at the same rate as the rest of the body is healing its physical ailments. Because EMDR allows minds and body to heal at the same rate, it is effectively making time irrelevant in therapy. Given its wide application, EMDR promises to be the therapy of the future. For more information please check out their web site: www.emdr.com
*Source from the EMDR Web site. top

What is Hypnosis?
Many people wonder about hypnosis, and ask questions such as "What is it?", or "What is it like to be hypnotized?". In this section I will do my best to explain to you a little about hypnosis. top

When you are hypnotized, your mind is in a sleep like state of altered consciousness, commonly referred to as a trance. Most anyone can be hypnotized, and the general rule is, the better a person can control their will, the more easily they can be hypnotized. Although anyone with a weak will can be trained to be hypnotized more easily during the span of several hypnotic sessions. None the less, it is also possible to resist hypnosis and to even wake yourself from a hypnotic state. top

Hypnosis also has several levels or depths. Each level can be just as helpful as the other, as long as the person preforming the hypnosis is a well trained and experienced professional. Hypnosis has been described as a feeling of being asleep with your mind completely functioning. Thoughts tend to be more focused and memory during the hypnotic period seems to be sharpened. It has also been noted that the limbs feel as if weighed down, with a numbness or "pins and needles" sensation in the hands and digits. top

And as always if you have anymore questions, please feel free to leave me feedback on my form page. top

Grief Recovery Assistance
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Stress and Financial Planning
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