Deconstruction

In today's episode, Rachael speaks with Zara Neukom as they engage in a captivating conversation exploring the transformative modality of Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). Zara shares her personal journey to AEDP and how it has become her clinical home, offering insights into its depathologizing framework and emphasis on the inherent healing capacities within each individual. Throughout the discussion they touch upon themes such as embracing the unfelt, navigating the intensity of healing, and reorienting towards the experience of embodiment. Based in Kelowna British Columbia, Zara Neukom is a dedicated psychotherapist whose practice centres around relational and somatic approaches. With a focus on facilitating deeper connections to one's body, accessing innate wholeness, and privileging lived experience, Zara's work embodies a commitment to holistic relational healing.  Learn more about Zara on her Website. Click to learn more about Alchemy and Rachael. Help us amplify the message! Please Rate and Review the podcast on Apple and Spotify!

In this episode, I finish my talk with the master somatic practitioner and my dear friend, Tanya Wishlove. Here, she talks about the ways our bodies are hardwired for our benefit and survival. She shares how through SE practices, we can move through stuck processes looping in our system releasing them: coming home to ourselves.

In this episode, I talk with the master somatic practitioner and my dear friend, Tanya Wishlove. Tanya has been practising SE for over 15 years. She has studied trauma-informed somatic practice for over 5 years, and is currently in the 3rd year of a 4-year training program that further addresses the power of the body and nervous system to transform parasitic patterns of behavior. We spent time talking about the way trauma overwhelms the nervous system and how to unlock and heal it through somatic practises.

In this episode, I finish my talk with the brilliant entrepreneur Ryan Langford. We talk about somatic experiencing, the healing power of touch, curiosity, and wonder. Content Warning: Suicide and Abuse. https://kelownatraumatherapy.com https://www.hopeguide.com/story https://www.alchemycounselling.ca

In this episode, I talk with the brilliant entrepreneur Ryan Langford. We discuss the idea of "what is wounded in relationship only heals in relationship" which is a core component of the therapeutic modality I use: Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP). We also cover topics around embodiment, witnessing, and collective healing. Content Warning: Suicide and Abuse. The interview starts at: 8:53 minutes. https://kelownatraumatherapy.com https://www.hopeguide.com/story https://www.alchemycounselling.ca

Welcome back! It feels so good to be back in this space after a couple years off. This episode speaks the the 'why' beneath the purpose of this podcast and lets you know what you can expect for the season ahead.  Check out Beyond the Wound., the religious trauma summit I will be co-hosting.  https://www.beyondthewound.com/ My practice's website https://www.alchemycounselling.ca/

I am back after a bit of a break! This week's episode, my partner Jon interviewed me. I hope you enjoy getting to know me a little better. This episode focuses on my research, psychological conceptualization, and my therapeutic modalities. Part II focuses more on my own journey, my career moving forward, and the reasoning behind the name "Deconstruction". I recently graduated with my Masters of Counselling Psychology, and this fall it will be 10 years that I have been studying Psychology in some capacity. Therefore, it felt right to take some time to reflect on all that I have been learning. On top of studying Psychology, I have worked in the mental health field for many years. I started out worked as a Behavioural Interventionist while simultaneously working for the Crisis/Suicide hotline. I then worked for the coolest organization in the world: CRIS Adaptive Adventures. Look them up. Then I worked as a family preservation worker. For this job, I worked with parents in order to help them get their children back when they had been/ or were at risk of being removed from their homes by MCFD. From there, I went on to work as a Clinician at the Adult Withdrawal Management Unit, Adult Psychiatric Inpatient Unit, Opioid Substitute Treatment Program, Nechako Youth Treatment Centre, and with the Intensive Case Management team. I also got to spend a short time at the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect clinic. Finally, I ended up at my most favourite job in the world: The Early Psychosis Intervention Team. Here I got unbelievable access to psychiatric training by phenomenal psychiatrists and a psychologist. On top of the medical school level training, (our program was affiliated with UNBC's medical program so we always had med students and psychiatry residents) I was able to work with the most incredible, resilient, and fascinating individuals. I was unbelievably lucky to have the opportunity to work closely with some of the most rare and severe psychiatric disorders in society. I cannot even begin to explain the learning and growth this job fostered. On top of that, I worked in collaboration with the best team in the world (Love you EPI). These last last 8 months for my practicum, I have been working as a psychotherapist in private counselling, school counselling (middle school and University), and non-profit counselling settings. While a jarring difference from the clientele I was used to working with, it expanded my repertoire of knowledge and expertise. I loved working with this population just as much as the more severe cases; humans are Fascinating! All that to say: I. Love. Psychology. Enjoy.

The Decolonized Christian is an Instagram handle that seeks to educate people, from an anticolonial perspective, on the (often overlooked) colonial history of Christianity. The page also amplifies post-colonial voices. It is a platform that provides resources to help people, particularly Christians, to begin the journey of decolonizing their minds and their actions, so that in turn they can help decolonize the church. I thoroughly enjoyed this insightful conversation! If you find yourself being triggered by any of the content discussed, I really encourage you to sit with those feelings in gentle curiosity and explore them. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you want resources to further your growth journey. Instagram: the_decolonized_christian Blog: https://thedecolonizedchristian.com/

You Are Collective is an Okanagan-based, mental health social enterprise. They focus on creating empowering apparel, supportive resources and content, and collaborating with community partners to keep the conversation going around mental health and illness. You Are Collective donates a minimum of 10% of each item purchased from a collection, revenue from workshops and events, plus any additional donations to the #1MillionCampaign. $6,500+ YAC partners with a variety of small businesses and organizations to create collaborative events, apparel collections, and resources to help support + connect the community. 5,600+ The #1MillionCampaign aims to fund 1,000,000 sessions of traditional and non-traditional counselling services across Canada. 120+ https://youarecollective.ca/ Facebook: You are Collective Instagram: You are Collective #1millioncampaign

This episode I got to sit down and chat with the author of the book "A Thought is A Thought" Nikki Hedstrom. Nikki is a first-time author from Vancouver, Canada with a passion for helping people and creating change. She has been working in the advertising industry for the past 15 years, creating immersive brand experiences, using interactive displays and meaningful dialogue to engage and shift minds. She has leveraged this skill to help make the discussion about thoughts and how to create activities that help households reduce anxiety. Her methodology and concepts stem from the work of Eckhart Tolle, Brene Brown, Don Miguel Ruiz, Maya Angelou, Byron Katie, Jen Sincero, stoicism, along with many others whose work is to reduce human suffering caused by our thoughts.  Introduction to Tapping: https://athoughtisathought.com/how-to-help-an-anxious-child#tapping-eft Free worksheets: https://athoughtisathought.com/buy-the-book Recommended Reads as mentioned by Nikki Hedstrom: https://athoughtisathought.com/resources How to buy the book: https://athoughtisathought.com/buy-the-book Find Nikki at Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest -  @athoughtisathought Website: athoughtisathought.com