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Susan Meindl


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Formation et expérience

MA Counseling Psychology, McGill University, Montreal
Member: OPQ, OPPOCCQ, and CCA
Fluent French speaker.
Office de la Langue Francais professional level accreditation
Spoken and understood German

Description de la pratique clinique

I'M NOT SURE IF THERAPY IS FOR ME…?
People considering psychotherapy often approach the experience with thoughts such as “I do not want to dwell on the past”…”I shouldn’t blame everything on my parents”… “Therapy is too indulgent”… “I do not want to become too dependent on seeing a therapist,” etc. As a psychodynamic psychotherapist I am sympathetic and aware of these concerns.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT...THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE CONNECTED.
I believe that the past should be approached with compassion, the present examined with courage and curiosity, and the future faced with practicality…and hope.
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THERAPY IS A TOOL.
As you free yourself from the entanglements of the past you are better able to be independent and make better choices that address deeply felt, authentic needs and desires. Learning what makes us tick helps us develop personal responsibility and agency. It requires courage and curiosity but the reward is genuine change. Hopes, dreams and values provide motivation and are creatively related to plans and goals.
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I work closely, compassionately and creatively with my clients to create productive change on a spectrum of issues ranging from:

• Distressful emotions such as stress, panic attacks, anxiety and depression.
• Personal issues of grief and loss, self-esteem, relationship to important others, identity questions and problems of blocked creativity.
• Life transition issues such as divorce, parenthood, retirement, career change, professional or grad school burnout or "imposter syndrome".
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I UNDERSTAND THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE INDIVIDUAL ISSUES THAT ARE NOT EASILY CATEGORIZED AND WOULD NEED TO BE ASSESSED IN OUR FIRST CONVERSATIONS.

Méthode d'intervention

THE APPROACH IS "CONVERSATIONAL"
Psychodynamic psychotherapy therapy might be described as described as a type of learning laboratory: A place in which the therapist can help the patient step back and look at his or her inner world as well as problems in every day life- in the here and now.
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DAY-DREAMS, NIGHT-DREAMS, LIFE-DREAMS
Interested individuals may choose to place a particular emphasis on the examination of unconscious products such as dreams and fantasies or may wish to incorporate work with their creative products: drawings, paintings or poetry.
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As a mature person I have experienced the most important aspects of adult life. As a psychologist, I bring a strongly positive and optimistic spirit to therapeutic relationship.
• My psychodynamic theory is informed by Jungian Psychology and Relational Analysis.
• My cognitive approach is based on Schema-Focused Therapy and Self-Determination
Theory

Autres services

Available to write newspaper and magazine articles on psychological, psychodynamic, lifestyle, life transition and women's issues.
To read examples of my work, Google: Susan Meindl, e-zine articles

Horaire des consultations

Week days and evenings.
Please call to discuss appointment availability.
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MEETING AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK PERMITS THE THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIP TO BECOME "INTIMATE."
In an intimate relationship it feels safe to explore personal material. Waiting more than a week in between sessions can make it more difficult to bring up intense material.

Tarif des consultations

Fees will be discussed upon consultation.
Receipts issued for insurance.

Pour en savoir plus long


TO READ ARTICLES WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOTHERAPY LINK GOOGLE: Susan Meindl, e-zine articles
An Example: JUNGIAN APPROACH TO PSYCHOTHERAPY
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"We all walk in shoes too small", Carl Jung
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Jungian psychotherapy is a style of psychodynamic “talk therapy” which has the same theoretical basis as Jungian analysis. Carl Jung, the originator of this style of therapy was a contemporary of Freud and shared with him a belief in the power and importance of unconscious processes in shaping our responses… an understanding which has since been supported by cognitive research.
A Jungian approach to therapy combines the best current scientific psychological knowledge about human behavior and thinking habits and interweaves it with a respectful appreciation of philosophical and spiritual wisdom.
Compassion, non-judgmental attention and empathy create a therapeutic environment where, curiosity, self-revelation and self-exploration are safe and supported and where self-understanding can grow. Jungian therapy begins with a gentle but thoughtful discussion of the history of an individual’s experiences…in their family of origin, their social and work lives and in current intimate relationships. As the patterns and origins of past choices become visible, alternative directions can be considered, implemented and adjusted. Often new meanings can be ascribed to old experiences and a better relationship can be formed with the past and the people in it. Acceptance of the part that we play in creating the things we experience rekindles a sense of agency. Recognition or revival of deeply held personal values lends a sense of purpose and meaning to life.
Consideration of unconscious products like dreams or fantasies, and personal artistic productions such as drawings, paintings, photographs or poems are used by some individuals to deepen their understanding of their personal concerns and to develop a vocabulary of personal metaphors which describe their own, unique experience and aspirations. Comparison of personal experience with ancient human patterns of experience as they have been concentrated and refined for us in myth, legends, sacred texts and fairy tales from around the world, re-assures us as individuals of our essential humanity by showing, as we pass through the trials and triumphs of our lives, that others have walked this road before us and found solutions and resolutions.
Carl Jung once said, “We all walk in shoes too small.” Too often we settle for too materialist and narrow an interpretation of what our lives can and should contain. Every human life is complex and fascinating and many people are deeply moved and touched in therapeutic conversation. They are surprised to discover their own depths and re-discover their own potential. Psychotherapy in a Jungian mode is a great adventure, a quest and an opening to a world of wonders

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