Life Transitions & Relationship Counselling

Are you struggling through a transition in your life?

Are you fed up with relationships that don’t meet your needs?

Do you find yourself

  • Feeling depressed and hopeless after a failed relationship?
  • Suddenly out of a job and feeling at a loss as to what you will do?
  • Feeling trapped by problems you experienced in your childhood?
  • Anxious about an important decision you must make?
  • Drifting though life with no sense of personal fulfillment or direction?
  • Struggling to live with an illness or disability?
  • Constantly in conflict with your intimate partner and others?

Life’s challenges and problems in relationships can sometimes send you into a tailspin!

Life is about change and change can be challenging to say the least. Becoming an adult, having relationships, building a career and a comfortable life are things to strive for and should bring you personal meaning and a sense of contentment.

But sometimes things don’t quite work out as planned and a time of transition can become a major life challenge. You’ve lost control and are confused. You may have trouble sleeping - finding it an effort to get out of bed in the morning. You may feel anxious and worried about the future. Perhaps you are in conflict with people and you might not even like yourself very much anymore.

Counselling can help you resolve life’s difficulties and relationship struggles.

When life is a struggle one of the kindest things you can do for yourself is to reach out for help. At low times like these a caring counselling professional can help you see your problems with fresh insight; teach you new strategies for coping and guide you to a speedy resolution.

"The end of an unhealthy relationship left me struggling with loss, anger, fear, and low self esteem. With Barb's skill and support I grieved, developed better boundaries and confidence, grew in my self-awareness and self-acceptance, and eventually took the risks of going back to school and starting a wonderful new relationship. I will always be grateful to her.”

SM

I have over twelve years of experience in counselling and psychotherapy and am trained in a variety of therapeutic approaches that can help you overcome your problems.

As we work together in therapy you will:

  • Come to like yourself and even love yourself again.
  • Strengthen your self esteem and regain your personal dignity.
  • Be content with your place in the world.
  • Recognize and accept the amazingly creative ways you learned to cope with past stresses in your life. You will discover new strategies that will be more effective for your current problems.
  • Improve your ability for decision making. Gain the confidence to take that new job ... leave your marriage … start a family.
  • Know what you want from life and use your new self-assertion skills to achieve your dreams.
  • Accept your own strength of character and come to terms with difficult health challenges.
  • Learn to communicate better with yourself and others. Know what you want and how to build happier relationships with family members, friends and work colleagues.

Getting to know your self intimately can be frustrating and scary but also exciting and immensely fulfilling.

“I've struggled with serious relationship dysfunction for years.

I had psychotherapy for six years but unfortunately this type of therapy only helped me to cognitively understand my problems, leaving my emotional state frozen and vulnerable.

Barbara is not only an enlightening human being but her style of therapy is revitalizing. She has taught me how to use my body as a tool for self healing, which has helped me regain my sense of self.

The 3 most important key tools that I have gained are the ability to; 

  • reassure myself
  • manage stress and anxious feelings with breathing techniques, and
  • set appropriate boundaries for my self by knowing and respecting my own energy field... these are all very inspiring!

Barbara has heart-warmingly shown me the key that has led me to a world of reality with purpose; rather than a world of fantasy with serious consequences. Her counseling style is invigorating (like a great book you just don't want to put it down). I have regained my sense of inner confidence and today I feel revitalized. With the guidance of Barbara using Bodynamic counseling, this has been the most empowering tool I have gained in my life time.”

Sincerely, NR

Counselling has helped me and I can help you.

I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor and have been in private practice in Vancouver for over twelve years and I love helping people grow! I truly value the challenges we all meet on our journey through life and appreciate that while they may be difficult times they also provide us with opportunities for personal development and fulfillment – you can grow to be more confident, more assertive and happier, as well as having rich, rewarding relationships.

I understand how important it is to have someone to support and guide you through challenging times and have benefited enormously from finding those people in my own life. My own experiences with personal counselling and human potential workshops over the years have given me the experience and empathy I now bring to my work in helping my clients.

Find out more about counselling for difficult life transitions and problems in relationships at my How I Work page.

Please call my voice mail - 604.838.6048 - to schedule a no-charge 15 minute telephone consultation. Let me know the best times to call you back so we can talk and see if we will make a good match.

Find out more about my personal experience with difficult life transitions and troubled relationships on my About Barbara page.

You deserve to know you will be well supported.

If there are privacy concerns to consider when I call back, please let me know how best to deal with them.

Registered Clinical CounsellorI look forward to hearing from you.

Barbara Picton B.S.R., M.Ed., RCC.
Registered Clinical Counsellor (# 842)

671 F Market Hill (False Creek) Vancouver BC  V5Z 4B5 (Tuesday and Wednesday)
201-2678 West Broadway, Vancouver BC  V6K 2G3 (Thursday)

Voice mail: 604.838.6048
Email: barbara@barbarapicton.com
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