On-line Psychotherapy With Karine Peel
of Westmount, Montreal
Karine Peel is a psychotherapist in Montreal Quebec who provides psychotherapy services for adults 18 years of age and older. For more than 25 years Karine has helped French, English, and Russian speaking clients regain a sense of confidence and enjoyment in their life, and to live up to their full potential. Karine’s Approach.
As a skilled psychotherapist, Karine uses a variety of techniques including Psycho-organic analysis, humanistic, and existential psychotherapy to help individuals change destructive habits and to bring joy into their life. Her psychotherapy work includes helping people suffering from depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, grief or bereavement, lack of self-confidence, stress-related problems, or major life transitions (divorce, career change, etc.) as well as personal development work. Learn More About Karine
Over 25 years of experience in psychotherapy.
How Psychotherapy Helps
Psychotherapy involves a range of techniques which are designed to improve the overall well-being of a client, reducing or eliminating bothersome feelings or behaviours, and improving relationships. A trained professional interacts with their client, helping the client to better understand themselves and their own life story. The new vision the client perceives will initiate change in their thoughts, feelings, and behavior; allowing them to overcome stress, emotional problems, relationship difficulties or troublesome habits.
Most forms of psychotherapy use only spoken conversation, though some use various other forms of communication such as writing or art. All are used to discover underlying problems, develop constructive solutions, and find the strength inside the client to achieve their goal. Clients are encouraged to live to their full potential.
Psycho-Organic Analysis (POA)
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
~ Karl Rogers
Psycho-Organic Analysis is a branch of psychotherapy developed in the early 1970s. The originator, Paul C. Boyesen, based this approach on the work of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Wilhelm Reich. Psycho-organic analysis focuses on the body, mind and emotions, and the relationship between them.
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Psycho-Organic Analysts pay attention to the expression of the unconscious mind; to the sense that you want to give to your life, to the integrations you seek to achieve and want to realize your personal and social reality. It is fundamental to meet these choices with absolute respect.
This method of psychotherapy treatment links the body, mind and emotions. The body reflects a person’s current state and previous life history. In good health, the mind and body function in a relatively integrated manner. When this is happening breathing, movement, mood, speech and sense of wellness are harmonious. When we feel ill at ease with any one aspect, it affects the whole of us.
Outwardly there can be success – perhaps there is a secure, well paid job, a family and a pleasant home, but the individual has persistent headaches, or feels constantly tired in the absence of illness, is bored, or feels that something indefinable is missing. These experiences manifest as aches and pains, tight or slack muscle, shallow breathing, inability to relax and sleep, feeling hot or cold, disturbed thinking, inability to concentrate or make decisions, and lack of vitality.
When these symptoms continue for a long time they develop into fixed states, illness and general malaise become normal. Most of us barely know what it could feel like to be really well and certainly have little idea of how to go about feeling more alive. Every trauma, shock, difficulty in life, every unexpressed joy is embodied. Good resolutions and will power have only minimal impact on the body. Mental insight is often not enough. All of your body and mind needs to be involved to reconnect your thinking and feeling.
Psycho-Organic Analysis is a compassionate form of psychotherapy in which you will be encouraged to get to know yourself in your own time and way. Whatever your issues, problems, concerns, the therapist will strive to address these on all levels of your being, body, emotion, and mind, recognizing that many psychological problems have connections in the body.
“Whenever you are immersed in compulsive thinking, you are avoiding what is. You don’t want to be where you are.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
What Are the Benefits of Psychotherapy?
- Helps us become more confident and at ease in social situations.
- Improves symptoms of depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, OCD, phobias and panic disorders.
- Relieves stress due to work, finances, and various other situations.
- Improve overall physical, mental health and wellness.
- Improve sleep, nutrition and physical activity patterns.
- Develop more satisfying relationships at work, home, school.
- Understand and copy with sexual problems, both physical and psychological
- Reduce and manage negative or destructive thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
- Provides effective coping skills to manage difficult situations or major life changes such as divorce, death, job loss.
- Recognize and avoid the triggers that make us angry or cause unhealthy reactions.
- Establish new healthy behaviors and habits.
- Addictions, such as alcoholism, drug usage, and gambling
- Eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia
- Gain better focus, organization & time management skills
- Psychotherapy provides support for any situation or challenge.
“To experience conflicts knowingly, though it may be distressing, can be an invaluable asset. The more we face our own conflicts and seek out our own solutions, the more inner freedom and strength we will gain.”
~ Karen Horney
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As a psychotherapist in Montreal Quebec, Karine Peel is dedicated to helping you better understand your life and resolve issues or situations that are troublesome. Whether you are struggling from years of abuse and trauma or simply need support and stress management techniques, Karine can help you heal and grow.
