THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIP

SYMPTOMS HAVE MEANING

OFFICE POLICY

Michele Long,
MA Psychology,
Registered Clinical Counsellor

RATE:
Sliding fee scale
($60-$100 per hour)
See Office Policy

FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION

Welcome! I can help:

• with depression, anxiety, break-ups and other emotionally difficult issues
• with trauma recovery
  
• if you are having difficult relationships
  
• if you struggle with addictions or compulsions
• if you are feeling hampered by things like shyness, feelings of emptiness or meaninglessness, anger, or stress
• if you are mourning the loss of people or pets
• if you are having a spiritual or identity crises
• if you are feeling stuck in repetitive patterns of behavior
• if you are dealing with illness

I offer counselling and psychotherapy that is:

• caring, personable and non-judgemental
• supportive of your individuality--I support my clients in finding and becoming more, not less, of who they really are
• open to using artwork, dreams, writing, and the body's wisdom to support healing and growth
• dedicated to helping you achieve real and lasting change

I serve:

• individuals from a wide range of ethnic, cultural, and religious backrounds, education and income levels
• lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people looking for an accepting and supportive atmosphere
• artists/creative people
• older adolescents and adults

Approach:

My theoretical approach is psychodynamic. I work from a depth perspective and am influenced by the psychology of Carl Jung and by theoretical insights from Self Psychology and Intersubjectivity theory. For a more plain-spoken description of how I work, please click on "The Importance of Relationship" and "Symptoms Have Meaning" above.

Wild Geese

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
Are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting-
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

-- Mary Oliver from Dream Work

THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIP

SYMPTOMS HAVE MEANING

OFFICE POLICY