Amy Phillips Therapist MA RCC

06/17/2021

Beautiful documentary and dialogues on trauma and resilience with Gabor Maté, Resmaa Menakem, Esther Perel, Dan Siegel, and more! Encore happening this Friday-Sunday for the film and talks :)

Watch The Wisdom of Trauma Movie Premiere on June 8-14, Featuring DR. GABOR MATÉ Plus a 7-day teaching series on trauma with leading experts!

10/10/2020

A dear friend shared this with me the other week and I just listened to it, so helpful on framing the ongoing impact of the pandemic, the need for play, and harvesting the gift of dissent.

In this episode, I share my thoughts on the power of dissent, what happens when we max out our surge capacity during a crisis, and how time spent without purpose can refuel and reconnect us.

07/23/2020

Inspiring new article on IFS Therapy :)

IFS therapy is upending the thinking around schizophrenia, depression, OCD, and more

06/14/2020

I love this! Yes to this and grounded action that we can take to move in this direction ❤️

This is "Junauda Petrus Reads Her Poem: Give The Police Departments to the Grandmothers" by Penumbra Theatre on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos…

04/24/2020

Love this!

04/12/2020

Great webinar on how to work with the parts of us that are up right now and how to bring healing to ourselves and the collective at this time.

Listen as IFS Founder, Richard Schwartz confronts the challenges we face internally and as a society from the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring experiential medit...

03/30/2020

A ray of hope and gratitude from the other side: reflections from a teacher in China reflecting on lock down that is now over.

We are just finishing our 7th week of E-Learning, seven weeks of being mainly housebound and seven weeks of uncertainty. We are healthy, we are happy, and we are humbled.

We are allowed to move around freely now with a green QR code that we show when we get our temperature taken.
You get your temperature taken everywhere, and it's just become part of the routine.
Most restaurants and shopping centres are now open, and life is coming back to our city.

As we watch the rest of the world begin their time inside; here are some of my reflections on the last seven weeks:

1. Accept that you have no control over the situation.
Let go of any thoughts of trying to plan too much for the next month or two.
Things change so fast. Don't be angry and annoyed at the system. Anxiety goes down, and you make the best of the situation – whatever that might be for you.
Accept that this is what it is and things will get easier.

2. Try not to listen to/read/watch too much media. It WILL drive you crazy.
There is a thing as too much!

3. The sense of community I have felt during this time is incredible.
I could choose who I wanted to spend my energy on – who I wanted to call, message and connect with and found the quality of my relationships has improved.

4. Appreciate this enforced downtime. When do you ever have time like this?
I will miss it when we go back to the fast-paced speed of the 'real world'.

5. Time goes fast. I still haven't picked up the ukelele I planned to learn, and there are box set TV shows I haven't watched yet.

6. As a teacher, the relationships I have built with my students have only continued to grow.
I have loved seeing how independent they are; filming themselves to respond to tasks while also learning essential life skills such as balance, risk-taking and problem-solving, that even we as adults are still learning.

7. You learn to appreciate the little things; sunshine through the window, flowers blossoming and being able to enjoy a coffee in a cafe.

To those just beginning this journey, You will get through it.
Listen to what you are told, follow the rules and look out for each other.

There is light at the end of the tunnel.

03/24/2020

Great piece on how to work with our anxious parts at this time 💗

(This is a podcast centered around the Internal Family Systems Model I practice)

Derek Scott and I decided to meet to talk about how we can support our community during difficult time. IFS brings many gifts to our bodies, minds, emotions, and to the world. Self leadership supports our parts feelings of helplessness and uncertainty, and then we can support the people we come in c...

03/21/2020

“Take this time to learn mindfulness...a new language”

Some great tips on how to manage anxiety and take advantage of this time.

Note: The second half is more for clinicians, but the first half is helpful for everyone 😊

Sending care to you and yours! 💕

For many clients, the COVID-19 virus has ignited the flames of anxiety. And for those who already struggle with anxiety it’s pouring fuel on the fire. Problem is, many of our go-to strategies for reducing anxiety can’t always be practiced in quarantine or isolation. So how can we help clients ma...

03/12/2020

As some folks know, I see clients over the phone and via video conferencing (Skype). https://www.amyphillipstherapist.com/online-counselling
You can be supported in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak from the comfort of your own home.
I also do free 20-minute consults remotely 😊

Online or telephone counselling based in IFS (Internal Family Systems)

02/01/2020

Great segment (on day one) by Dick Schwartz on using IFS with chronic pain. It’s free to watch today and tomorrow (2/1 and 2/2) 😊

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