Mi misión es que te salgas del baúl, y te pongas al volante.
Si necesitas un catalizador en tu vida, estoy aquí para acompañarte, asesorarte y apoyarte en el proceso de crear la vida que necesites o desees.
Tengo experiencia de vida como Latinx, como inmigrante, y como profesional, y el training para saber ayudarte.
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HIGH-ACHIEVERS
GENTE DE ALTA SENSIBILIDAD (HSPs)
INMIGRANTES/NEWCOMERS
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WHEN TO SEEK HELP
When you need to overcome obstacles to your goals such as feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or stressed, you do not have to do it alone.
I will help you optimize your life and move on.
When you need support to get rid of persistent moods, navigate life transitions, fix relationships or feel like yourself again, you do not need to go at it alone.
I will stand by you until you feel better.
When your job is a bad fit, your boss is a nightmare, or you are performing poorly, don’t let your career take a dive. My engaged and dynamic services are here to help you get back on your feet.
I will help you re-start your engines.
When you hope to gain insight into your life, I offer support, guidance and insight specifically and imaginatively targeted to help with your particular situation.
I will help you find your way.
When systems of oppression and privilege get you feeling down, we can figure out ways to reduce their impact and work around the problems you face.
I will be your ally.
Mis servicios de psicoterapia y asesoramiento le ofrecen el apoyo perspicaz, intuitivo y experto que necesitas.
Comienza el camino AHORA!
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WHY SEEK HELP
Las personas que utilizan mis servicios son personas de alto funcionamiento que han logrado hacer malabarismos con los desafíos de la vida con mucha destreza.
Pero... cosas que nos pasan nos pueden desmoronar todo... o nos confunden tanto que le perdemos el sentido a todo.
Le puede pasar a cualquiera.
La razón para buscar mi ayuda es simplemente estratégica: soy un experto en ayudar a recuperar el equilibrio y volver a encarrilarse.
He ayudado a un gran número de personas como tú a recuperar el sentido de dirección en la vida y su fortaleza interna. He ayudado a muchos otros a recuperar el sentido de vivir.
Primero hagamos que te sientas mejor y luego evitemos que te vuelva a suceder.
Cuando deseamos mejorar nuestro cuerpo, vamos a un entrenador físico.
Cuando queremos que nuestra salud mejore, no dudamos de ir al médico o al naturópata.
Cuando nuestra mente o nuestras emociones nos deprimen, o las cosas se ponen abrumadoras, podemos ir a un psicoterapeuta para que nos ayude. ¡Sí, puedes hacerlo!
¡Es así de simple!
Recupera el poder de dejar de sufrir.
CON LO QUE TE PUEDO AYUDAR #1
El agotamiento es una reacción normal al estrés y más común de lo que todos piensan. Muchos profesionales exitosos sufren de agotamiento y no se dan cuenta.
El agotamiento es el resultado de estar expuest@ a altos niveles de estrés durante largos períodos de tiempo. Eso le puede hacer mucho daño a la carrera de uno y a su salud.
El burnout se expresa en condiciones tales como la falta de sueño, bajos niveles de energía, bajo estados de ánimo, cierta ansiedad, indiferencia, errores en el trabajo, agotamiento y dudas existenciales.
¿Suena familiar?
Primero, controlaremos tu estrés, luego te enseñaremos cómo minimizarlo. Hay muchas maneras de prevenir esta condición. Junt@s encontraremos la manera que más te ayude.
IEs posible sentirse abrumad@ cuando tenemos muchas cosas en la mente. Especialmente, esto puede suceder si estás acostumbrad@ a pensar en cómo resolver las cosas por adelantado. Su mente le puede estar dando vueltas en círculos al problema y sin encontrar una solución. Puedes comenzar a ver cada nuevo día como el día del juicio final. Eventualmente, te vas a dar cuenta de que no necesitas vivir sintiéndote abrumad@. Hay muchas maneras de salirse del patrón. ¡BASTA!
Primero, desahogarse con un terapeuta puede ser todo lo que necesites para sentir alivio inmediato. Segundo, puede aprender formas de calmarse y desconectar el sistema que crea sensaciones de miedo y angustia. La parte del cerebro que piensa claro y estratégicamente puede funcionar una vez que eso suceda. También puedes aprender a comprender y aprovechar tu capacidad de estrategia y resolver cosas en el futuro, en lugar de sufrir por ello. Déjame ayudarte a desahogarte.
Cuando las personas se sienten sobre estimuladas o sobrecargadas, piensan que es "ansiedad". Preocuparse por circunstancias reales no es un trastorno de ansiedad. ¡Es una "preocupación" normal! Un momento de tranquilidad, una siesta o poder tomarse un momento sol@, aunque sea por un poco tiempo, puede hacerte sentirte refrescad@. ¡Pruébalo!
La ansiedad, por otro lado, surge de preocuparse mentalmente de cosas futuras que no han pasado . Ver solo los peores resultados futuros de las situaciones es reaccionar ante cosas imaginarias (cosas que aún no han sucedido y que nunca sucederán). Puedes liberarte de esa carga.
Si lo que tienes es un sentimiento de sobrecarga, primero te ayudaremos a encontrar algo de alivio. Si es ansiedad, nos enfocaremos en neutralizar tus emociones y que aprendas a mantenerte tranquil@. Luego, nos enfocaremos en ayudarte a resolver los problemas que son reales, si eso es necesario.
Si estás en una relación con otro ser humano, es imposible evitar el conflicto. El conflicto es parte de las relaciones. La diferencia pasa por si te estás reconciliando y divirtiéndote después, o si sientes más frustración. O tu relación puede sufrir altibajos o correr el riesgo de irse cuesta abajo. Eso puede ser difícil para cualquiera.
A veces es difícil incluso iniciar una relación de cualquier tipo, o encontrar nuevos amigos. COVID nos sacó de quicio a todos, pero algunos nos acordamos que era complicado incluso antes. Las “apps” para citas sólo aumentan el tenor del problema. Puede ser que quieras hablar con alguien al respecto, pero te resulta incómodo hablar con amigos cercanos o tus familiares. Esto no es inusual en nuestros tiempos.
¿Necesitas hablar con alguien? Hablar con alguien capacitado para escucharte, como una terapeuta, te puede ayudar.
Desahogate de tus preocupaciones. Podrías llegar a descubrir lo que causa el problema o encontrar nuevas formas de hacer las cosas. Podrías aprender a pedir lo que deseas, establecer límites efectivos y comportarte con amor y ética, incluso si ahora te sientes destinad@ a sufrir.
¡No tiene por qué ser así, y tú lo sabes!
BURNOUT
ABRUMAD@/BAJONES
ANGUSTIA Y ANSIEDAD
RELACIONES de PAREJA
No dejes pasar más tiempo.
Libérate!
WHAT I CAN HELP WITH #2
CAREER+WORK ISSUES
Recover from burnout. (It is much more common than you think)
Manage transitions and career moves.
Balance work and your life goals.
Learn to be more focused, productive, and less stressed.
Manage ADD/ADHD for a rewarding and effective career.
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
Learn to love yourself.
Enjoy rewarding relationships.
Develop boundary-setting skills
Learn strategies for interpersonal effectiveness and assertiveness.
Enjoy more love & intimacy.
Overcome loneliness and social-life issues.
Stop judging and start loving.
ADULTING
Become a viable adult.
Get help where you didn’t.
Get the instructions you needed.
Enjoy the adventure.
Express your gifts.
Identify where you got stuck.
Learn to let the past be.
Unload the old baggage.
Grow-up with better self-regard
LIVING AS A SENSITIVE PERSON
Maximize the gifts of strategic thinking, creativity and depth of processing
Minimizing overload and burn-out.
Develop strategies for life, love & work that help high sensitivity persons bloom.
Get a balanced understanding of this personality trait.
NAVIGATING TRANSITIONS
Get unstuck from patterns you want to leave behind.
Make the best of transitions and make-overs.
Find your life’s meaning by living the way you are “called” to live.
Figure out the life you want.
Create conditions for success.
Recover your creativity.
IMMIGRATION
Accept how it is and make “you” happen.
Make peace with your choices.
Maximize opportunities.
Resolve inter-generational conflicts.
Process grief, losses and guilt.
Understand the effects of bias against immigrants.
Learn to overcome cross-cultural road-blocks.
EMOTIONS THAT GET IN THE WAY
Emotions can be intense, and you can regulate them. Learn how to!
Free yourself from depression.
Overcome and dismantle anxiety, fear & panic.
Deal effectively with traumatic experiences that get in the way.
Live inspired, calm and with joy.
STRUCTURAL “-ISMS”
Overcome the nasty effects of racism, patriarchy and heterosexism in your life.
Prevent the emotional fallout that results from marginalization and oppression.
Avoid self-hate and internalized negativity from eating you up.
Understand how intersectionality affects your agency, and own your power.
Advocate for yourself and others
Learn to work around systems of privilege.
CHRONIC MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS
Get out of the trunk and into the driver’s seat.
Stop letting whatever it is interfere with your goals. Learn to manage it.
Gain a balanced understanding of the condition. Then get your life in order.
Get and stay well.
Live the life you were meant to live.
YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE TRUNK, AND INTO THE DRIVER’S SEAT.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
You want help to feel more effective, calmer and joyful? Psychotherapy has the potential to help you feel liberated and to unleash your imagination to create the life of freedom and self-fulfillment you always wanted.
Research shows that the relationship you have with your therapist is the most powerful element in the process, no matter what modality we choose.
I use my skills as a facilitator and catalyst, to help you stimulate the change you seek and help you remove encumbrances as you go about it. I go about it listening carefully and connecting with you In an authentic, courageous and powerful way helps you feel heard and validated.
Gentle interventions based on my knack for understanding how fellow humans experience their lives are effective and sometimes unexpected, but always focused on your goals.
My repertoire includes modalities like CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, insight-based Psychodynamic therapies, as well as somatic and image-based modalities. Image-based modalities channel your psyche's own ability to heal, integrate and find insight, when talk is not effective.
I apply the best technique I have with imagination, intuition, warmth, and effectiveness. I use humour when it is called for, and we will laugh together.
When appropriate, I will share with you my awareness of how your experience of agency and empowerment is affected by your identities, intersectionality and privilege. Sometimes it can be a wonderful source of relief to understand how systemic issues impact the problems you face.
I am very interested in how cultural background interfaces with people’s experience of life events, so I use my expertise and analytical skills to point them out when needed. I have worked with individuals of many cultures and backgrounds, and I keep learning.
Presently, I offer live-video psychotherapy sessions. I may offer in-person sessions after August 2023.
Read more about my way of working in: Philosophy
THE WALK
I continue my family’s tradition of helping those who have been marginalized, and those with less privilege.
Following the path of at least four generations of activists, I have advocated for peace, for human rights, and for LGBTQ2S+ rights. I have contributed to society with my work as an artist, teacher, and psychotherapist. Every day, I work to reduce suffering in the world and to make it a better place.
I wake up happy, and I go to sleep in peace. Would you like to learn how? I love to share what I know.
To read more about my work with the effects of structural oppression based on racialization, heteronormativity, patriarchy, capitalism and other social constructs…CLICK HERE)
Ariel Blau
BIO
I have a formidable passion for helping my clients energize a joyful, loving and creative life. This is the result of more than 20 years of experience helping people bloom as psychotherapist and teacher.
My formal education includes a Master’s degree in Social Work from New York University, a Master’s in Fine Arts from Brandeis University, and a great number of workshops, certificates and seminars.
My passion for helping others is matched by my enormous drive for continuous learning. I have more than 15 years as a student of mindfulness and loving-kindness, which I use to help others.
I was fortunate to complete my professional clinical training at Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and later serve as Lead Clinician at the Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven before going into private practice. I am registered to practices psychotherapy as with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
This is an abbreviated bio, for a longer one click here.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I respectfully acknowledge the land where we are meeting is the traditional and ancestral land of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples. This land continues to be home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
The territory is the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy) and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties.
Toronto is the meeting place and home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island. We are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory.
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