An Integrative Approach to Personal Transformation
Dr. Denise E. Hall (Psy.D.) CCC.RRP
Occupational Health Specialist,
Psychotherapist,
Vocational Consultant

“When I let go of what I am I become what I might be” – Lao Tzu
Finding Clarity and Direction in Uncertain Times
Like a lotus flower
we too have the ability
to rise from the mud,
and bloom out of the darkness
and radiate into the world.
Unknown
Awareness, information and development
HOW TO NAVIGATE THE NEW YEAR: Setting goals, intentions or “leaning in”.
Some of us think holding on makes us strong but sometimes it is letting go. Herman Hesse Let go of becoming but never let [...]
REVISITING THE PAST: Regrets For the Road Not Travelled
I just finished reading the Midnight Library by Matt Haig where Nora, the protagonist in the book, is so overcome with regrets that she takes [...]
PRAISE FOR PATIENCE: A lost virtue
I have been thinking about how a year of the COVID pandemic has forced people to make changes or maybe not! A year of mask [...]
RECOVERING FROM CHALLENGING EXPERIENCES
This has been quite a tumultuous time so far! How do we process change and uncertainty, change that affects routines, threatens our work and financial [...]
Articles about Therapy and Change
HOW TO BE AUTHENTIC: Knowing your truth
'Beyond our ideas of right doing and wrongdoing there is a field I will meet you there. When the soul lies down in that [...]
HOW IMPORTANT IS SETTING BOUNDARIES?
Boundaries are different in each culture. Individualistic societies tend to set boundaries individually and collectivist societies set boundaries around the group or family. Personal and [...]
THE PROBLEM WITH WORRY
There is a conversation in the movie Bridge of Spies when Tom Hanks says to Mark Rylance "Aren't you worried" and he says "Will it [...]
FINDING COMPASSION WITHIN
Every part of us that we do not love will regress and become more primitive – Carl Jung I have been thinking for a [...]
Podcasts
STANDING UP TO PERFECTIONISM
The podcast "Standing up to Perfectionism" explores how we can take back our lives from a master that is relentless in holding us up to [...]
USING ANGER CONSTRUCTIVELY PODCAST
Anger is a complex emotion and it can be used destructively or constructively. This podcast explores how awareness of anger 's purpose in our lives [...]