What’s trauma got to do with it?

Welcome!

I am a registered counselling therapist (candidate), yoga and fitness instructor, mindfulness teacher, and life and health coach.
I work holistically to provide you with the care and compassion you deserve. That means an individual counselling plan to suit your personality, therapy goals, and values.
I offer sliding scale prices to those in need. Get in touch if that's something you're looking for.
reena@reenadavis.com

Thoughts & Prompts

For the last several months during my counselling practicum with Veith House and now in private practice, I've been aware of the high number of people with trauma. For some, it's a big-T trauma from a single event or from years of abuse or witnessing the trauma of others that results in complex trauma. For many others, it's small-t trauma.

Small-t trauma occurs from various adverse life experiences; a little more than ordinary life stress, but not PTSD. Many ignore these types of traumas because they think they're no big deal. However, these small t-traumas happen over our lifetime and when not dealt with creating the maladaptive behaviours and thoughts that affect our everyday life. Thoughts of not being good enough, of being unimportant, or body dysmorphia are related to these types of small-t traumas. So are behaviours such as drinking too much, recklessness, or over-sexualization of self.

One of the best ways to work with trauma is through Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR. This form of therapy gets right to the heart of the issues - the memories you carry - and reprocesses them to become neutral rather than extremely disturbing. When we neutralize memories like this their effects also disappear. It's not for everyone, but maybe it's for you? Consider what small-t traumas you've had in your life.

Remember you can book a free 15-minute consult with me to see if we're a good fit.

Counseling is available at Natural Path Wellness on Ochterloney Street in Dartmouth or via telehealth through my own business.
Note sliding scale services are only available through Reena Davis Wellness.

YOGA AND FITNESS

Canada Games Centre
Yoga Thursday, July 14 and 28 at 7:15 pm
Yoga Saturday, July 2, 9, 16, 23 at 10:30 am
HIIT Friday, Jul 22 at 9:15

My schedule of events coming up!

Starting in September 2022 Cultivated Thoughts: A Course in Mindfulness will return. This online course will be held over zoom for 8 weeks and provides 8 CEUs for MTANS members. Schedule to be determined.

Counselling TherapyReena DavisJune 21, 2022counselling, emotional trauma, trauma, EMDRComment