If you are having difficulties with behaviours at home, give us a call to discuss your child’s needs. We would be happy to set an Initial Behavioural consultation Langley meeting. Crossroads Collective can also help you find funding through local agencies should you need to access these resources.
The High Conflict Team specializes in working with separated/divorced families who are or have been court involved. The stress and emotional drain of going through separation/divorce is substantial and when a family is also court involved, the additional stress and pressure can feel enormous and unmanageable. As professionals, working with this population requires additional training and specialized knowledge. Our team is dedicated to supporting families through this difficult time.
If you are thinking of working with the High Conflict Team, you know this is not the same as “regular” counselling. Understanding the high level of stress you are experiencing, the court system and the polarizing nature of litigation make this area very specialized. Our additional training and continuing education are specific to the challenges faced by court-involved families.
Parental alienation is the well known term used to describe unfortunate instances wherein there are contact issues or resistance/refusal on the part of a child toward a parent. Regardless of what term is used, these challenges often present with significant emotional upset and families are at a loss as to how to repair the relationships.
If a family is unable to overcome the resistance/refusal of the child(ren), therapeutic intervention is needed. Repairing the parent-child relationships and helping the family to experience healthy relationships is our goal. Each family is unique and our team uses a family systems approach that includes several family members.
When our team works with resistance & refusal dynamics, the parents are required to sign a Services Agreement. After the initial inquiry, the next phases include the intake process, establishing treatment goals, and then providing therapeutic interventions that are specific to the goals and the challenges your family is facing.
Please direct your inquiries to info@crossroadscollective.ca and specify that you are inquiring about work with the High Conflict Team.
Art Therapy in Langley is a wonderful outlet and means of self-connection and personal development.
Art Therapy in Langley outcome research with diverse populations continues to be published in different academic journals in art therapy, psychology, psychotherapy, counseling, special populations, art education, etc.
Neurodivergent and Autistic individuals can find a space to explore, play and be in tune with their authentic selves without the need to fit in or mask. Creatives can engage in an exploration of mediums and art modalities in a safe and supportive space, free of judgment or evaluation.
Art Therapy in Langley is a mental health profession that combines traditional counselling theory with the visual art process and exploration to improve emotional, mental, and physical health. Art Therapy focuses on the client’s ability to use simple art materials to express and resolve trauma and inner conflict and to practice emotional regulation and rediscover joy.
Art Therapists are trained professionals with expertise in counseling psychology and fine arts and hold a Master’s Degree or Master’ level Diploma at minimum in addition to supervised Practicum Placements. They abide by an art therapy specific Code of Ethics and must maintain good standing with an internationally recognized association such as the Canadian Art Therapy Association or BC Art Therapy Association.
Art therapy in Langley is offered in settings such as schools, counselling agencies, treatment centers, hospitals, correctional facilities and elder care services.
Art Therapists work with diverse clients and adjust accordingly to the individual’s ability to understand and integrate the concepts brought forward during an art therapy session.
Children will find the therapy studio as a safe space where they can choose which materials to use and engage with difficult topics in their own way. Meaning-making, metaphor, and storytelling are quite natural to children and so they usually need little prompting to engage in art and play. Art Therapy in Langley assists children in the following ways:
Promotes freedom of choice, sense of achievement, and sense of mastery, thus increasing self-esteem
Teens and adults can benefit from Art Therapy in Langley by finding a new way to externalize thoughts and feelings that had long been stuck or buried, reconnect with inner strengths, and develop alternate responses to old stressors and problems.
Sometimes, adult clients need to unlearn certain expectations of what art making looks like, and often they need help overcoming years of conditioning and value judgments about their artistic ‘skill’ or ‘talent’. The art therapist has the honour and responsibility to guide their client and offer reassurance and validation in this rediscovery of their creative spirit and ability to engage this healing and regenerative part of themselves.
The following are reasons why adults and teens seek the services of an Art Therapist:
Counselling LangleyOften times talking about traumatic events can be triggering and harmful for clients. Trauma work is particularly sensitive and requires careful pacing so that the benefits outweigh the emotional toll of revisiting the hurt. Art therapy offers a way of accessing the sensory memories through manipulation of art materials and allows the client to externalize the experience. The resulting artwork can serve as a symbolic representation and container of the effects of trauma, thus aiding the person in integrating the experience and feelings into one’s life narrative. This can lead to posttraumatic growth and a re-authoring of an individual’s dominant story into one of resilience.
Integrating narrative therapy and meaning making approaches with CBT for complicated grief. The goal is to use art therapy to help the client integrate their loved ones death in their life story. This can be done by helping the client create a story board of their life including the loss and other important events and thus encouraging the client to visualize the continuity of their life after the loss. Another approach would be to help the client process their somatic responses to the loss through body tracings. Giving shape and colour to the sensations that accompany the grief allows the client to develop language around change and progress. Through various art techniques clients can also create a memorial piece using photos or items of significance and process the thoughts and feelings that emerge in a very intentional way.
Self compassion has been shown to be a protective factor for mental health. ONEBird is a model which combines the practice of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion and Art Therapy as a way to reduce suffering.
‘For example, after a brief check-in, a typical session opens with discussion regarding a mindful or self-compassionate concept, and is followed by a direct experience of a related practice. Then a creative activity based on the experiential component is completed. Finally, if appropriate, verbal processing of the image and entire experience is conducted. The approach is similar within both individual and group work.’
Crossroads Collective offers a sliding scaled discounted rate on counselling services for those families where finances are a hinderance. We welcome the opportunity to discuss a payment arrangement that works for our clients. We also offer direct billing to Autism funding, CKNW Children’s Charity, Variety Club and other private benefactor grants.
The first three pillars involve your mental, emotional and physical health. The 4th Pillar encompasses your spiritual healing and well-being. Spiritual health and wellness can manifest in different ways for different people. Perhaps you are searching for greater love & connection, forgiveness, healing, growth, or deeper meaning & purpose in your life. You may have found your way to us while walking in the wake of grief and loss, or perhaps you experience chronic pain or health complications that weigh you down. We seek to provide you with guidance and love that allows you to experience peace, and the ability to live your life to the fullest. Trust your journey; we are glad that you are here.
If you are seeing this then there is a reason you are here. Something has led you here, perhaps you are looking for healing for something that is physical or perhaps you are searching for a deeper connection to yourself, others or the world.
If you are seeing this then there is a reason you are here. Something has led you here, perhaps you are looking for healing for something that is physical or perhaps you are searching for a deeper connection to yourself, others or the world.
Naomi Clarke, our Reconnective Energy Healer can assist you in reconnecting on multiple levels. She has been trained and Certified in this non-touch modality since 2011. Naomi found Reconnective Healing during her own personal journey back to balancing her energy after a near-fatal car crash in 2001. The Energy has consistently assisted her in staying balanced and healthy in her own energy and she wishes to share this incredible energy and its amazing benefits with all her clients.
Reconnective Healing is closely aligned with the “Energy of Three”. It is recommended to give the Energy up to three sessions per situation.
Establishing a stronger deeper connection to your own energy the energy of others and your connection to your environment.
A higher personal vibration often leads to enhanced mood, more energy and deeper clarity.
A more open connection to receiving information from your intuition.
Roxanne is a Master Shaman who implements her healing modalities and interconnectedness with her Indigenous Metis Healing Roots which is referred to as Shamanic Healing, Roxanne works with clients on an individual basis as the scope of her work is personal profound work, where she explores the energetic imprints and disruptions that are occurring within your Chakras, Soul and Spiritual Path, Roxanne acts as the conduit for the Spiritual and Animal Guides to re-establish the connection to your Souls’ energetic source.
Here are just a few things that you will uncover throughout your Healing Journey
Some of the resources that Roxanne utilizes to effect “Soullular” Healing are as follows; Elk Drums, Traditional Native Drums, Crystal Bowls, Tibetan Bowls, Crystals, Rattles, Elevated Music Frequencies, Magnets, Smudging, Singing, Dancing, Chanting and so forth.
Guiding you to Healing the disruptions and negative imprints within your energy that are causing illnesses within the Mind, Body and Soul