Julia Blackstock PSYCHOTHERAPY
I am a Registered Psychotherapist, licensed by the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
I work with clients using an emotion-focused, experiential approach called Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).
This innovative and evidence-based approach has been shown to lead to long-term change in a relatively short amount of time with a variety of issues such as: anxiety, depression, conflict in relationships at home or at work, difficulties forming attachments, functional neurological disorder (FND), medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) or chronic pain, grief, stress or the after-effects of trauma.
Clients often come to therapy feeling quite stuck: “What I am going through is really tough, it is not getting better and the things I have tried haven’t worked.” Read more about working together using ISTDP here.
I work with clients using an emotion-focused, experiential approach called Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP).
This innovative and evidence-based approach has been shown to lead to long-term change in a relatively short amount of time with a variety of issues such as: anxiety, depression, conflict in relationships at home or at work, difficulties forming attachments, functional neurological disorder (FND), medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) or chronic pain, grief, stress or the after-effects of trauma.
Clients often come to therapy feeling quite stuck: “What I am going through is really tough, it is not getting better and the things I have tried haven’t worked.” Read more about working together using ISTDP here.
Why Focus on Emotions?
The ability to feel and experience emotions as biophysical processes in the body is directly tied to our capacity to adapt to our surroundings; others have described emotions as a kind of a compass for daily life.
The emotion/physical pathways inside us are not really an optional part of our makeup-they have been around throughout human development. So, it can be helpful to be able to identify all of the emotions you are feeling, to notice how they affect your body and to be aware of the physical impulses associated with them- and to be okay with all of that. This is not to advocate for knee-jerk reactions to our emotions. We need all parts of our brain to be able to adapt to the complex world in which we live and to create intentional responses and decisions.
The choice we face is whether or not to be aware of these emotion processes. Tuning into our emotion-driven processes is an important part – and sometimes the missing piece – of being able to live well.
The emotion/physical pathways inside us are not really an optional part of our makeup-they have been around throughout human development. So, it can be helpful to be able to identify all of the emotions you are feeling, to notice how they affect your body and to be aware of the physical impulses associated with them- and to be okay with all of that. This is not to advocate for knee-jerk reactions to our emotions. We need all parts of our brain to be able to adapt to the complex world in which we live and to create intentional responses and decisions.
The choice we face is whether or not to be aware of these emotion processes. Tuning into our emotion-driven processes is an important part – and sometimes the missing piece – of being able to live well.
