Northern Gates Counselling
Recover personal wellness and experience peace
Recover from trauma, invalidation, and stigma
Manage mental illness
WELCOME
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​We all have times when we feel outside the flow of life
We may not get along others or even loved ones
We may experience anxiety, fear, or excessive worry
sadness, lack of energy, or difficulty engaging
social withdrawal
easily triggered defensiveness
low motivation
lack of enjoyment
excessive anger
We may feel like we don't fit in and have to "fake it"
We may be really hard on ourselves
Desperate to get away from our pain
Have bad thoughts or feel like hurting ourselves
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Sometimes "bad days" turn into a cycle It may be hard to break free
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When we get us stuck in a place we don't want to be
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When relationship become challenging When our mind works against us
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It's Time for Change
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Recovery
is coming back to our comfortable selves
This involves a combination of self-acceptance and practice towards change
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Adopt an attitude of Recovery!
A recovery attitude happens when we have compassion
for our own humanity
Not judge ourselves about what what makes us different
or measure ourselves
by what others have told us we should be
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A healing attitude is curious
about the parts of us that are stuck
especially the angry, hurt parts of us
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We accept who we are
Nourish a deeper relationship with ourselves
and learn to better manage our
Hard Days
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It is possible to heal the core of our pain​
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Thanks to Joan Berezowski for the beautiful photography of Northwestern Ontario
Adopt an attitude of Recovery!
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A recovery attitude happens when we focus on a person's humanity
Not judging about what what makes them different
or measuring them by what we think they should be
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A healing attitude is curious
about the experience of people
especially those we don't understand
Makes room for diversity
We listen rather than make assumptions
Learn rather than categorize, dismiss, or push away
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A relational attitude of healing recovery puts people ahead of defending our opinions about what we think is good for them
Or violating them with uninformed judgements
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