Leigh's Counselling Services
Virtual Sessions Wednesday
Slave Lake office located at Sawridge Band Office
In-Person Tuesdays located at #104, 17510 102ave Edmonton
Meet Our Team of Practitioners that Offer Services Throughout Alberta.
MINDFULNESS
- Mindful Magazine (mindful.org) tips to mindful living. It provide insight and meditations.
- Tiny Buddha (tinybuddha.com). Healthy habits and mindfulness.
- Stop Breath Think APP (Stopbreaththink.com)
- Book "Power of Now, A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment" by Eckhart Tolle.
- Book "Don't Feed the Monkey Mind: How to Stop the Cycle of Anxiety, Fear, and Worry" by Jennifer Shannon
EMPOWERMENT/INSPIRATION
- Book "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom.
- Book " The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephan R. Covey.
- Book "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne.
- Book "The Power of Focus" by Jack Canfield, March Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt.
- Book "The Success Principles" by Jack Canfield.
- Book "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" by Mark Manson.
- Book "Manifesting Change: It Couldn't be Easier" by Mike Doodley.
REPAIRING/RESTORING THE BRAIN
- Book "The Brain's way of Healing:Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity" by Norma Doidge.
- Book "The Brain that changes itself" by Norma Doidge.
- thebestbrainpossible.com- Ten Fundamentals of Rewiring the brain.
- How do Neuroplasticity and Neurogeneis Rewire your brain- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-athletes-way/201702/how-do- neuroplasticity-and-neurogenesis-rewire-your-brain
TRAUMA
- Website-Bruce Perry's Research Institute- http://childtrauma.org/cta-library/child-dev-early-childhood/
- Book "WAKING THE TIGER, HEALING THE TRAUMA" by Peter Levine
- Book- "The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
EMOTIONS
- Understanding Emotions and How to Process Them-https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/201701/understanding-emotions-and-how-process-them
- Emotions: All you need to know and how to use them in your favour- http://www.throughdarknessindaylight.com/2015/12/emotions-all-you-need-to-know-and-how.html
- Emotional Intelligence by Steve Heim -http://eqi.org
- Emotions located on your body https://well-scent.com/emotional-centers-of-the-body-chart-and-tips/
SELF-LOVE
- Book "The Self Love Experiment" by Shannon Kaiser.
- Book "Self Approved: A Guide to Accepting, Loving and Expressing the Person You Truly Are" by Kat Trimarco.
- Book "How to be in an Adult Relationship: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving" By David Richo
Helpful Videos:
Where emotions are in the body -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZP_I6NkQb4
Emotional highjack and oxygen-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OiZKanvUIw
Fight Flight or Freeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHwB1PG_-Q
How to process emotions- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUpqodRiH58
Kids-Why do we lose control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKuoH8CkFc
Brain Model of PTSD - Psychoeducation Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1yBva3Xas
Stress on the Brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTp5OHtuAec
Brain model of PTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1yBva3Xas
Your brain on stress and anxiety Three parts to the brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmwiJ6ghLIM
Dr Robert Scaer-30 min long- very useful for emotional discharge for complex trauma
Helpful Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zAseaIyFA
50 minutes -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ew8bXO3Wko
Grounding -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdpFsKGdOE
Somatic explanation
Where emotions are in the body -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZP_I6NkQb4
Emotional highjack and oxygen-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OiZKanvUI
Fight flight or freeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEHwB1PG_-Q
How to process emotions- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUpqodRiH58
Kids-Why do we lose control https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bKuoH8CkFc
Brain Model of PTSD - Psychoeducation Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1yBva3Xas
Stress on the brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTp5OHtuAec
Brain model of PTS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb1yBva3Xas
Your brain on stress and anxiety Three parts to the brain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmwiJ6ghLIM
Dr Robert Scaer 30 min long- very useful for emotional discharge for complex trauma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr7lsIXazp8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u40WwqkOws
What can help:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7zAseaIyFA
50 minutes -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ew8bXO3Wko
Grounding -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agdpFsKGdOE