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Creative Writing Therapy -for Anxiety

January 7, 2025 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / 1 Comment

Interview your worry wart-the part of you that is constantly running ‘worst case scenarios’ through your mind.

Processing Memories with EMDR

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / 6 Comments

In this process I came to fully understand that my memories and beliefs were not only thoughts or images but also emotions and bodily sensations and that all of these needed to be processed in order for true change and healing to happen.

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Dream Therapy

July 4, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / 1 Comment

In some dreams I've felt comforted by being able to see other aspects of myself and understand emotions that I’ve paid less attention to during the day.

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How Men Can Care for their own Mental Health

June 19, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / Leave a comment

Men learn that emotions, and emotional connection are, at best, distractions (unless they are a means to money or sex) and, at worse, anathema to true masculinity. 

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On Finding the Right Therapist for You

September 12, 2018April 9, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / 3 Comments

...if you don't like your therapist, and/or you think your therapist doesn't like you, you are not likely to experience the changes your are hoping for. 

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What I Hear When You Speak

May 23, 2018April 10, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / Leave a comment

When we sit down together, and you prepare to speak, I am listening...

Mental Illness & Diagnosis – Saving Normal

October 18, 2017April 25, 2019 / Joy Eidse MSW, RSW / 6 Comments

Our society has become increasingly perfectionistic, with less and less tolerance for anything considered less than perfect or ‘outside of the narrowing range of normal.’

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About Joy Eidse

Joy Eidse is a registered Social Worker living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She works as a counsellor for individuals wanting to work on issues related to mental health or trauma. Send Joy a message.

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