Sometime the mundane provides helpful messages, guidance or signs if we choose to look at it with symbolic eyes.
Author: Joy Eidse MSW, RSW
Creative Memoir Writing- A Therapy Workshop
Find insight & healing from what has shaped you. Explore parts of self, discover resources and map your journey.
Creative Writing Therapy for Body Image-Poetry
This exercise distills and contains the event. In doing so we may be able to better see the essence of the event and it’s impact. Self compassion often follows
Creative Writing Therapy -for Anxiety
Interview your worry wart-the part of you that is constantly running ‘worst case scenarios’ through your mind.
The Village Well
Announcing a new location as of January 2024. After six wonderful years at Wolseley Wellness, I am venturing out on my own. My new location, in the heart of Osborne Village will allow me to expand my practice to eventually include workshops, more space for creative arts therapy and potentially animal assisted therapy- depending on … Continue reading The Village Well
EMDR Intensives – Make Space for Your Healing
Three days of intensive therapy versus months to years of working on issues. For some people a short term intensive is the ideal therapy plan.
Winter is Coming – Don’t be SAD
I think we can find ways to live with and even embrace winter without feeling defeated by it year after year.
Update for Joy Eidse Counselling
Life since pandemic.
4 Things you Should Know about Being white,* and Feeling Guilty
Fears of getting it wrong, often keep white people from speaking up or taking action or responsibility for on injustices around them.
When All is Not Merry & Bright
Most of us know that the December holiday season is not all merry and bright for many people, however we feel somehow that it is supposed to be, and when it isn't for us, there is a disconnect that can be incredibly painful. Here are some ways to care for yourself during this holiday season:
It's Not Just You 