5 Reasons Why Family Counselling is a Good Idea

Posted in: Family Counselling | September 20, 2013 at 8:53 am , by Richard Haney, Ph.D

Family dynamics can be a rough terrain to navigate. As children become older personalities become stronger, parents relationships can be under strain and lead to divorce and some individuals behaviours may change making it difficult for the rest of the family to cope. There are many reasons family relationships can

The Look of Love: Seeing Through The Spiritual Veil

Posted in: Counselling, E-Pamphlets, Hypnotherapy, Mediation | August 26, 2013 at 8:09 am , by Richard Haney, Ph.D

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“If the Beloved is everywhere, the lover is a veil, But when living itself becomes the friend, lovers disappear.” by Jalaluddin Rumi, 13th Century Sufi Mystic and Poet. In this eloquent comment Rumi seems to capture the essence of how to live one’s life in a field of loving-kindness. We

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ………….

Posted in: Uncategorized | June 24, 2013 at 8:24 am , by Richard Haney, Ph.D

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“To sleep, perchance to dream – ay, there’s the rub.” The above quote from the “To be or not to be…” soliloquy in Shakespeare’s Hamlet seemed to be a perfect way to start this article on sleeping well. In my counselling and hypnotherapy practice, I get 3 to 4 calls

Giving and Receiving

Posted in: E-Pamphlets, Other | May 21, 2013 at 9:21 am , by Richard Haney, Ph.D

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Gift giving is an art form. For it to be meaningful it needs to be done with compassion, sensitivity and wisdom. Some cultures actually delay the opening of the gift and make a ritual ceremony out of the transferring of the unopened gift to the receiver. The surprise gleaned from

Cosmic Zoom: The Supra-Conscious

Posted in: E-Pamphlets, Hypnotherapy | May 21, 2013 at 9:18 am , by Richard Haney, Ph.D

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In 1915, Sigmund Freud explicitly condemned the word, “sub-conscious”. He clearly indicated that there is no “subterranean consciousness”. He posited that we are either conscious OR NOT. When we are not aware that we are fully conscious he called that the “unconscious” or “pre-conscious” state. Many New Age practitioners, and