<![CDATA[TRAUMA THERAPY & SOUL MEDICINE in Vancouver, BC - Blog]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:58:16 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[How to Battle Bullying]]>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 20:23:29 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/how-to-battle-bullyingBullying is the game about winning and loosing. What if victims knew how to get to a point where bullies are not interested in playing this game with them?
]]><![CDATA[Imperfect Parenting]]>Sat, 30 Dec 2017 00:20:40 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/imperfect-parenting
]]><![CDATA[Drumming music for meditation]]>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:17:05 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/drumming-music-for-meditation
]]><![CDATA[Colour Therapy & Music Therapy]]>Fri, 22 Dec 2017 19:13:21 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/colour-therapy-music-therapyBeautiful meditative music and images to help you open your heart! 
]]><![CDATA[What is somatic expereincing?]]>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:14:53 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/natures-lessons-in-healing
]]><![CDATA[Counselling process]]>Tue, 14 Nov 2017 05:57:44 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/counselling-process30 minute Consultation
This meeting gives you an opportunity to come in, meet me, find out more about my approach to counselling, and ensure a good fit between you and I. It's an opportunity for you to ask me questions about counselling process. Some of the questions that I am usually asked at our consultation are the following:
  • Time and day/s of session/s.
  • Duration of the session (usuall  50 minutes) 
  • How many sessions are available 
  • What approach I use
  • Fee
  • How long you notes will be kept for, who can see them, and how they will be disposed of.
  • Complaints procedure 
  • Confidentiality 
This free consultation is not free counselling.  it is best described as an opportunity to decide if I am the person you wish to begin your counselling with.  It is very difficult to choose a counsellor based on a photo online or a quick chat on the phone. This free consultation offers you  a chance to make a more informed decision. 

First Session
Your first counseling session might feel like the first day of school - you feel anxious, excited, fearful, hopeful, sad, happy... a whole range of emotions. In this session clients often discuss issues, feelings, and thoughts that brought them to counselling. I often help clients identify their counselling goals. 

Second Session
Second session often begins with a brief review of the first session and further clarification of your counselling goals and we begin exploring how to reach these goals. We explore what we need to do in the session and what you need to do outside of the sessions for achieving your counselling goals.

Following Sessions
We begin each session with a focus on your progress. We also discuss important issues and roadblocks, as identified by you. We will regularly discuss your progress and talk about what is working for you in counselling and what does not seem to work.

Last Session
Your counselling process is complete when you feel that the concerns that brought you to conselling have been addressed and resolved. However, you might have many other reasons for terminating counselling and I always honour and support your decision. I believe that you know best!
]]><![CDATA[The Power of Vulnerability]]>Sat, 06 May 2017 03:59:48 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/the-power-of-vulnerability
]]><![CDATA[How does trauma impact spirituality?]]>Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:16:15 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/how-does-trauma-impact-spiritualityTrauma happens when we do not have enough resources to cope with physical, emotional, cognitive or spiritual stress. Spirituality is your relationship with something that is greater then yourself, you can call it God, the Universe, Divine, Nature. This relationship with Something Greater Then Yourself is present regardless your religious practices. You can be Jewish or Muslim, you can practice Christianity, Buddhism, or Nature Based Traditions like Wicca or Shamanism and you will have a relationship with something greater then yourself. This relationship can be loving, neglectful, varying, or full of fear. Whatever this relationship is it is often changed by trauma.
]]><![CDATA[Holding Space, A Gift of Presence ]]>Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:34:31 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/holding-space-a-gift-of-presenceMy baby is learning to crawl. Watching her struggle is a lot like watching people moving through emotional pain. There is a pull in my stomach, a physiological response, an impulse to jump in and help, make the struggle go away. I take a deep breath and offer her space, my compassion and presence. I watch her struggle as I breathe deeply and I witness her mastering the movement and succeeding. Just like with people moving through emotional suffering, the impulse to jump in and save is there, but so is the breath. I breathe as I choose to offer my presence instead of rescue. And in this space magic happens. In this space people find passage through suffering, and as they move through the threshold they step out of pain and into their power.
]]><![CDATA[100 and going. Lessons for life!]]>Tue, 21 Mar 2017 20:59:05 GMThttps://www.katyasivak.ca/blog1/100-and-going-lessons-for-lifeThis is a beautiful video and what I got out of it is the following:
  1. Laugh at life
  2. Chew your food
  3. Don’t talk so much
  4. Run with the young crowd
  5. Love keeps you young!

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