Eastman Counselling
Healthy mind, healthy living.
When life throws us curve balls, we don’t always have the tools we need to figure it all out. But this doesn’t mean the tools are not available to us. I offer thoughtful, compassionate and trauma-informed counselling based:
Virtually
Newfoundland and Labrador
Ontario
In Person
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Hi, I'm Christa and I'm glad you're here.
Have you ever felt confused or frustrated by your reaction to someone or something? You say to yourself, “next time I’ll do it differently”, but when the next time comes around, you find yourself reacting the same way, or worse. You may even notice a misalignment between your body and mind but not understand why.
I follow a trauma-informed approach to counselling. We often carry around heavy burdens we are unaware of. Discovering this can be overwhelming and scary. Please know I value the importance of meeting you where you are. Your authentic self will be accepted. Your pace. Our time.
When life throws us curve balls, we don’t always have the tools we need to figure it all out. But this doesn’t mean the tools are not available to us.
Have you ever felt confused or frustrated by your reaction to someone or something? You say to yourself, “next time I’ll do it differently”, but when the next time comes around, you find yourself reacting the same way, or worse. You may even notice a misalignment between your body and mind but not understand why.
How I Can Help
Anxiety & Depression
Have you ever experienced excessive feelings of worry, fear, dread, hopelessness? Are these feelings continuing for longer than you would like? Perhaps you having trouble sleeping or finding the energy to focus on tasks. We can work together to understand and connect with our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours.
Stress Management
We all experience stress in our lives. Sometimes the stress can feel like it is unbareable. We often feel stress internally within our body and our mind but also externally as stress can create rifts in our home life, work life, and with our friendships. Stress management techniques allow us to work together to learn new coping skills and new tools to help reduce the feelings of overwhelm.
Relationship (With Self)
We often put so much emphasis on the relationships we have with others, we can neglect the most important relationship - the one we have with ourselves. We can work together using an open-hearted and compassionate-based approach to learn who you truly are, what you deeply enjoy, and the boundaries you want to set to reach your highest potential.
I use these techniques to help you better understand and alleviate your pain, stress, and anxiety.
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Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
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EMDR
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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Mindfulness
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Polyvagal Theory
"Your pain may be new or it may be
something you have been carrying for years. Whatever the situation, there is a path forward"
- Christa Eastman, CCC
