Support Empower Transform Lives! Accelerate Change with Integrative approaches
Dr. Denise E. Hall (Psy.D.) CCC.RRP
Occupational Health Specialist
Vocational Consultant

“When I let go of what I am I become what I might be” – Lao Tzu
A New Year A New Focus: Telehealth Options for Making Sense of Your Life
2020 has been a year of drastic change and tough challenges. COVID-19 has changed all aspects of our lives, work, relationships, health and, for many, what we hold to be true and what we value. We have had to reevaluate our goals and intentions for the future. Businesses we depend on have closed, friends and sometimes relationships have followed paths away from us and many have lost loved ones. We now depend on technology to manage our work tasks, keep us connected and entertain us more than ever. The social events, and cultural and art events we used to attend have disappeared or we now view them alone on the internet instead of with friends or groups.
On top of this, life has become much more uncertain and planning has become very difficult. Those of us who relied on travel to look forward to and indulge our sense of adventure are now baking bread, reading more or looking for activities to entertain us, more than likely alone and on the Internet. What we thought would be a few months of lockdown has become months and months of isolation and ordering everything in. Masks are part of our wardrobe and we feel like we are missing something if we go out the door without one. Front line workers are affected the most and our hearts go out to them.
All these changes can bring difficult feelings of loss and disorientation, and anxiety about the future. In setting the scene I am inviting you to reach out for support. I am here for you and I can help you make sense of and adapt to how your life has changed and set a direction for the future. I provide Telehealth psychotherapy and have a variety of tools and approaches to support you to take your life back from the chaos of 2020. Contact me at 604-562-9130 and we can discuss how I can help you transform your life.
Awareness, information and development
DEVELOPING RESILIENCY WHEN LIFE BLINDSIDES US BY Denise E. Hall Psy.D. CCC. ,CVRP.
I found this article I wrote in 2012 and I thought it would be very timely given the challenges we are facing with COVID-19. We [...]
OUR SOCIAL BRAIN AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
What we thought we knew about the brain is shifting rapidly because of the research of the past 10 years. Daniel Siegel (2008), Allan Schore [...]
What You Need To Know About Trauma and PTSD
Do you have any of these symptoms? If you have any of the following you might have post traumatic symptoms or qualify for a diagnosis [...]
Thera-splaining Therapy: What it is and What it is Not
This blog post is meant to unravel the puzzle that is therapy. In the past therapy was considered only for people with serious mental health [...]
Articles about Therapy and Change
Moving into the New Year and Letting Go of The Old
Facing the promise as we traverse a new year and reflecting on the year that was, I am struck by how easy it is to [...]
Empowerment 101-Exploring Boundaries
Boundaries are different in each culture. Individualistic societies tend to set boundaries individually and collectivist societies set boundaries around the group or family. Personal and [...]
The Problem With Worry
There is a conversation in the movie Bridge of Spies when Tom Hanks says to Mark Rylance "Aren't you worried" and he says "Will it [...]
Finding Compassion Within
Every part of us that we do not love will regress and become more primitive – Carl Jung I have been thinking for a [...]
Podcasts
Creating Your Optimal Future Podcast
There are two parts to the podcast Creating Your Optimal Future http://www.voqel.com/i/3183 This is the introduction to Creating Your Optimal Future http://www.voqel.com/i/3182
Basic Relaxation Podcast
Listen to my podcast about Basic Relaxation here: http://www.voqel.com/i/3186
Guided Progressive Relaxation Podcast
Listen to my podcast about Guided Progressive Relaxation here: http://www.voqel.com/i/3185
Standing up to Perfectionism Podcast
The podcast "Standing up to Perfectionism" explores how we can take back our lives from a master that is relentless in holding us up to [...]