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Many of you know Cornerstone’s psychotherapist, Natalie Haynes.  While she is currently on maternity leave, Natalie’s interest and belief in the practice of psychotherapy never takes a break.  Please read this introduction below and take a moment to complete the survey by following the link.   I have partnered with an MBA student who is [...]

Cornerstone welcomes Eileen Corbett, Counsellor

Nicole Meier, Naturopath and founder of Cornerstone Health Centre, is pleased to announce that Eileen Corbett, RRP, CCRC has joined our health care team Eileen has over 25 years of professional counselling experience, assisting clients with diverse challenges, including depression, anxiety, addiction, grief, fertility, family dynamics, the workplace, physical disabilities, and life transitions. Eileen is [...]

Therapy Thoughts – March 1, 2010

How do you deny your feelings? Many of us spend a lot of time focusing on our health, our looks, our jobs and our many, many responsibilities. We can find it difficult to give ourselves time to focus on our emotions and our feelings. Some would argue, “Why would I want to feel my emotions? [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 6

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist  B.A., R.P.C, R.I.H.R. Maybe we aren’t so different after all? As the holiday season progresses, most of us will be seeing friends and family.  This can be anxiety provoking for many people.  When there is animosity or personal grievances with friends or family members, social events can be daunting, even unappealing.  One [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 5

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist  B.A., R.P.C, R.I.H.R. How do you support yourself? Christmas can be a crazy time of year with the decorating, shopping and socializing.  It reminds me of how easily we forget about ourselves because we are so focused on giving to others.  Giving to others is a wonderful thing, however, if we only [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 4

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist B.A., R.P.C, R.I.H.R. How do you deal with your emotions? Emotions can range from being happy to sad, joyful to angry, hurt to scared.  Some of us were taught that it is okay to feel the “good” feelings and not okay to feel the “bad” ones.  When unpleasent feelings do come up [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 3

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist B.A., R.P.C, R.I.H.R. Who is your mirror? Do you have someone in your life that you find irritating or annoying? Take a closer look. That person could be a mirror for you. We don’t like to look at the unappealing aspects of ourselves so we see them in the people who trigger [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 2

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist  B.A., R.P.C, R.I.H.R. What holds you back? In her book, “A Return to Love”, Marianne Williamson says “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am [...]

Therapy Thoughts – Week 1

Natalie Haynes Psychotherapist  B.A., R. P.C, R.I.H.R. Is Psychotherapy for you? Psychotherapy literally means “cure for the soul”.  It is process by which a client and a  therapist enter into a confidential relationship in order to heal, increase awareness and work through issues that are impeding them from feeling emotionally well.  People will seek psychotherapy [...]

Cornerstone welcomes Natalie Haynes Psychotherapy

Nicole Meier, Naturopath is really excited to announce that Natalie Haynes has joined our team as our in-house Psychotherapist, as of August 4.  Natalie is available to see clients Mondays during the day, and Tuesday and Thursday evenings.  Please call Donna at the front desk to book an appointment, or call Natalie directly, if you’d [...]