Counselling Langley

 If a family is unable to overcome the resistance/refusal of the child(ren), therapeutic intervention is needed. Repairing the parent-child relationships and helping the family to experience healthy relationships is our goal. Each family is unique and our team uses a family systems approach that includes several family members.

 When our team works with resistance & refusal dynamics, the parents are required to sign a Services Agreement. After the initial inquiry, the next phases include the intake process, establishing treatment goals, and then providing therapeutic interventions that are specific to the goals and the challenges your family is facing.

 Please direct your inquiries to info@crossroadscollective.ca and specify that you are inquiring about work with the High Conflict Team.

 Art Therapy in Langley is a wonderful outlet and means of self-connection and personal development.

 Art Therapy in Langley outcome research with diverse populations continues to be published in different academic journals in art therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, counseling, special populations, art education, etc.

 Neurodivergent and Autistic individuals can find a space to explore, play and be in tune with their authentic selves without the need to fit in or mask. Creatives can engage in an exploration of mediums and art modalities in a safe and supportive space, free of judgment or evaluation.

 Art Therapy in Langley is a mental health profession that combines traditional counselling theory with the visual art process and exploration to improve emotional, mental, and physical health. Art Therapy focuses on the client’s ability to use simple art materials to express and resolve trauma and inner conflict and to practice emotional regulation and rediscover joy.

 Art Therapists are trained professionals with expertise in counseling psychology and fine arts and hold a Master’s Degree or Master’ level Diploma at minimum in addition to supervised Practicum Placements. They abide by an art therapy specific Code of Ethics and must maintain good standing with an internationally recognized association such as the Canadian Art Therapy Association or BC Art Therapy Association.

 Art therapy in Langley is offered in settings such as schools, counselling agencies, treatment centers, hospitals, correctional facilities and elder care services.

 Art Therapists work with diverse clients and adjust accordingly to the individual’s ability to understand and integrate the concepts brought forward during an art therapy session.

 Children will find the therapy studio as a safe space where they can choose which materials to use and engage with difficult topics in their own way. Meaning-making, metaphor, and storytelling are quite natural to children and so they usually need little prompting to engage in art and play. Art Therapy in Langley assists children in the following ways:

 Promotes freedom of choice, sense of achievement, and sense of mastery, thus increasing self-esteem

 Teens and adults can benefit from Art Therapy in Langley by finding a new way to externalize thoughts and feelings that had long been stuck or buried, reconnect with inner strengths, and develop alternate responses to old stressors and problems.

 Sometimes, adult clients need to unlearn certain expectations of what art making looks like, and often they need help overcoming years of conditioning and value judgments about their artistic ‘skill’ or ‘talent’. The art therapist has the honour and responsibility to guide their client and offer reassurance and validation in this rediscovery of their creative spirit and ability to engage this healing and regenerative part of themselves.

 The following are reasons why adults and teens seek the services of an Art Therapist:

 Often times talking about traumatic events can be triggering and harmful for clients. Trauma work is particularly sensitive and requires careful pacing so that the benefits outweigh the emotional toll of revisiting the hurt. Art therapy offers a way of accessing the sensory memories through manipulation of art materials and allows the client to externalize the experience. The resulting artwork can serve as a symbolic representation and container of the effects of trauma, thus aiding the person in integrating the experience and feelings into one’s life narrative. This can lead to posttraumatic growth and a re-authoring of an individual’s dominant story into one of resilience.

 Integrating narrative therapy and meaning making approaches with CBT for complicated grief. The goal is to use art therapy to help the client integrate their loved ones death in their life story. This can be done by helping the client create a story board of their life including the loss and other important events and thus encouraging the client to visualize the continuity of their life after the loss. Another approach would be to help the client process their somatic responses to the loss through body tracings. Giving shape and colour to the sensations that accompany the grief allows the client to develop language around change and progress. Through various art techniques clients can also create a memorial piece using photos or items of significance and process the thoughts and feelings that emerge in a very intentional way.

 Self compassion has been shown to be a protective factor for mental health. ONEBird is a model which combines the practice of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Art Therapy as a way to reduce suffering.

 ‘For example, after a brief check-in, a typical session opens with discussion regarding a mindful or self-compassionate concept, and is followed by a direct experience of a related practice. Then a creative activity based on the experiential component is completed. Finally, if appropriate, verbal processing of the image and entire experience is conducted. The approach is similar within both individual and group work.’

Counselling Langley

 Crossroads Collective offers a sliding scaled discounted rate on counselling services for those families where finances are a hinderance. We welcome the opportunity to discuss a payment arrangement that works for our clients. We also offer direct billing to Autism funding, CKNW Children’s Charity, Variety Club and other private benefactor grants.

 The first three pillars involve your mental, emotional and physical health. The 4th Pillar encompasses your spiritual healing and well-being. Spiritual health and wellness can manifest in different ways for different people. Perhaps you are searching for greater love & connection, forgiveness, healing, growth, or deeper meaning & purpose in your life. You may have found your way to us while walking in the wake of grief and loss, or perhaps you experience chronic pain or health complications that weigh you down. We seek to provide you with guidance and love that allows you to experience peace, and the ability to live your life to the fullest. Trust your journey; we are glad that you are here.

 If you are seeing this then there is a reason you are here. Something has led you here, perhaps you are looking for healing for something that is physical or perhaps you are searching for a deeper connection to yourself, others or the world.

 Naomi Clarke, our Reconnective Energy Healer can assist you in reconnecting on multiple levels. She has been trained and Certified in this non-touch modality since 2011. Naomi found Reconnective Healing during her own personal journey back to balancing her energy after a near-fatal car crash in 2001. The Energy has consistently assisted her in staying balanced and healthy in her own energy and she wishes to share this incredible energy and its amazing benefits with all her clients.

 Reconnective Healing is closely aligned with the “Energy of Three”. It is recommended to give the Energy up to three sessions per situation.

 Establishing a stronger deeper connection to your own energy the energy of others and your connection to your environment.

 A higher personal vibration often leads to enhanced mood, more energy and deeper clarity.

 A higher personal vibration often leads to enhanced mood, more energy and deeper clarity.

 A more open connection to receiving information from your intuition.

 Roxanne is a Master Shaman who implements her healing modalities and interconnectedness with her Indigenous Metis Healing Roots which is referred to as Shamanic Healing, Roxanne works with clients on an individual basis as the scope of her work is personal profound work, where she explores the energetic imprints and disruptions that are occurring within your Chakras, Soul and Spiritual Path, Roxanne acts as the conduit for the Spiritual and Animal Guides to re-establish the connection to your Souls’ energetic source.

 Here are just a few things that you will uncover throughout your Healing Journey

 Some of the resources that Roxanne utilizes to effect “Soullular” Healing are as follows; Elk Drums, Traditional Native Drums, Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Crystals, Rattles, Elevated Music Frequencies, Magnets, Smudging, Singing, Dancing, Chanting and so forth.

 Guiding you to Healing the disruptions and negative imprints within your energy that are causing illnesses within the Mind, Body and Soul

 Shamanic healing is based in anything we need to do to get the four bodies to communicate to the source, to receive the healing they need. To expand further, Shamanic healing is about being able to connecting with one, or all of the four spirits “the four bodies” in a person; the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

 Healing then requires us to align those bodies with the magnetic energy of source, the creation of energy and be able to heal themselves. This can happen through the use of clearing spirits which do not belong in these bodies etheric entities for example or activating energies within those bodies, or simply having a person look at their dreams. Shamanic healing can also result in teaching someone how to communicate with their spirit. Through shamanic healing, you can learn to communicate with your body to find out what it’s going through and change whatever the body needs. For example, being able to change the body’s temperature, change the direction of the energy or relax certain muscles and so forth.

 At Crossroads Collective, Our Speech Therapy Langley services can be carried out online via video conferencing or in our clinic, depending on each client’s needs. This may also vary depending on the child’s age and communication abilities. Our speech-language pathologist’s role is to provide play-based therapy using objects, pictures, and books to help stimulate speech and language development.

 Speech therapy Langley is the assessment and treatment of communication delays and disorders. Speech-Language Pathologists work with clients to improve their communication skills and provide strategies and techniques to generalize these skills at home. We also integrate and communicate with teachers, parents, and other healthcare professionals where needed.