Registered Psychologists for Therapy Counselling
for Mental Health Counseling in Vancouver
Registered
Psychologists in Vancouver. More than thirty
million Canadians and Americans seek professional counselling and therapy in dealing with their problems
- such as
job worries, marital and family problems, illness or injury,
death of loved ones, anxieties, loneliness, and depression.
Millions more
suffer from stress-related injuries. Psychologists are health
care professionals who are well-suited to assist people
in resolving
these problems. Some of the services registered psychologist
Paul James provides to adults in Vancouver are:
Individual
Counselling in Vancouver for anxiety, depression,
guilt, rage, sexual problems, and a wide range of disabling
fears - Couples
Counselling in Vancouver to resolve relational conflict,
sexual issues, and problems of emotional distance - Treatment
of addictions -
such as alcohol, other drugs (including medications), gambling,
food, and sex.
Psychologists receive extensive education and training devoted
to emotional health. Doctoral-level psychologists have a
minimum of nine
years of post-secondary education. They also have practicum
and/or internship experience as part of their training programs.
They are
expected to participate in continuing education and to stay
current.
Unlike many other counsellors, psychologists as health care professionals are regulated under the Health Professions
Act . What
this means is that Registered Psychologists are accountable
to the College of Psychologists to follow ethical principles
and
professional standards of practice in Vancouver and the province
of BC. In order to promote oneself as a psychologist, one
must by law
be registered with the College. Registration entitles psychologists
to use the designation "R. Psych." after their
names.
Within the
context of a warm, compassionate, therapeutic relationship,
I counsel adults with a variety of emotional difficulties
such as:
Depression
Anxiety - including panic/anxiety attacks
Harassment/bullying in the workplace
Grief/loss
Anger - including anger management
Alcohol and drug dependency
Addictive behaviors
Self-defeating behavior
Childhood abuse - physical, emotional and sexual
Trauma - including accidents and assaults
Low self-esteem
Guilt
Lack of assertiveness
Stress - including stress management
Relationship conflict
Communication problems
Difficulties with trust/intimacy
Separation/divorce
Affairs
Sexual Problems including low sexual desire, sexual addictions,
performance problems
The goal of individual
Counselling is to resolve these emotional
difficulties and to become a healthier self. As a healthier
self, one
is less conflicted internally, less encumbered by imagined
limitations, and more free to pursue one's goals and to tolerate
love.
I believe that relationships are the ideal context in which
partners may confront themselves and grow into fuller personhood.
In
relationship therapy, I challenge partners to draw on the
best in themselves, to look to the best in each other, and
to gradually
relinquish their defenses in order to tolerate more intimacy
and loving sex.
In working with adults, I strive to establish a warm, compassionate,
therapeutic relationship in which the client's experience
is
understood, respected, and validated. Although I use a range
of interventions for specific problems (e.g., EMDR for trauma),
my primary
approach is depth-cognitive-affective-behavioral. Based on
the work of Robert Firestone, this approach addresses the
psychological
defenses that underlie emotional problems, the negative thought
process (negative inner voice) and associated emotion that
maintain
these defenses, and the importance of corrective suggestions
for behavioral change.
For further information about my approach, and how it applies
to individual and couples, see the links provided. I welcome
new clients,
and invite you to contact me by email or by telephone.
Dr. Paul James - 604- 873-0222 |
