Making Love Last

Dr. Michael Dadson Launches Couples Groups 

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Couples Group Program is being launched by renowned mental health expert, Dr. Michael Dadson. It addresses the critical need for couples to develop the interpersonal skills required to deepen intimacy and make love last in a relationship.

LANGLEY, BC, Feb. 14, 2023 /CNW/ - Top rated Langley, BC marriage counsellor, Dr. Mike Dadson, announces a new "Couples Group" program to address the most difficult issue facing couples today.

Dr Michael Dadson on Couples Counselling

According to Dr. Dadson:

"There is a natural process and evolution in relationships. Communication and the art of sending, listening, and receiving the messages, build your relationship from the inside out."

The Problem: Couples can lack interpersonal skills to establish deep and lasting intimacy which allows the relationship to grow through time. 

Love hurts and especially romantic love. Relationships, particularly, are one of the most meaningful ways for humans to find purpose, contentment and happiness.  Dr. Michael Dadson reminds couples that "resolving your differences through collaborative decisions allows you to  stay on the same team!"

Dr. Michael Dadson relates"My experience with couples is that, often, couples care deeply about one another. They want the relationship to work, but often there is a gap or failure in the communication process where there are things that aren't spoken that need to be spoken".

If you have questions about couples counselling and are looking for answrs, visit Dr. Dadson's :Langley Couples Counsellilng website here.

In the video below, Dr. Dadson reviews why counselling can be helpful for couples.

The Approach: Couples Working Groups

Intensive Work Group for Couples: "Making Love Last"

Led by renowned men's mental health specialist, Dr. Michael Dadson:

·         Date: For upcoming dates please call 778-554-0174)

·         Duration: 2 days / 8-hour sessions (16 hours total)

·         Location: 20103 40 Ave #107, Brookswood, Langley, BC V3A 2W3

·         Cost: $1,099.00

·         Size of each group: 10 couples

Who Can Benefit from the Group:

·         Couples needing to learn when forgiveness is and is not necessary

·         How to rebuild lost trust

·         Healing the past and embracing the future

Couples having difficulty or who are suffering from a wide variety of issues, including the following, can benefit from Dr. Michael Dadson's Couple's workgroup:

• ·         Family / couple conflict or trauma
• ·         Depression
• ·         Anxiety
• ·         PTSD
• ·         Adjustment issues
• ·         Anger management

Since early 2020, Mike Dadson has voiced concern for couples, and points out that communication skills are critical to resolve conflict, mend ruptures, and deepen security and closeness in a couple's love life.

According to Dr. Michael Dadson:

"Communication and the art of listening, sending & receiving messages, will build your relationship from the inside out. How a conversation is started, often predicts how it will end.  Learning the 4 essentials to conflict resolution and how to have a difficult conversation with someone who matters" is important.

Dr. Michael Dadson recommends that couples focus on communication skills before a rupture becomes a crisis:

"Listening leads to understanding."

1.      Pause, reflect, consider the motional state of mind.

2.      Attending to the micro-relationship messages in the eyes, the face, the tone and volume.

3.      Learn to interpret the message from the other person.

4.      Reflect and check to see if the interpretation is correct.

5.      The goal is to help partners to not only be understood but to feel understood.

In his practice at Gentle Currents Therapy Counselling Clinic, Dr. Michael Dadson helps clients with trauma, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, with a focus on couples counselling, first responders, and male mental health.

Due to Dr. Dadson's specialization in working with men, he finds that couples will often seek out his services as he can help women understand:

"Men process emotions differently due to their biology and cultural conditioning".

ABOUT:

Dr. Michael (Mike) Dadson, in Langley, British Columbia, is the Senior Clinical Director at Gentle Currents Therapy - Counselling and Neurofeedback Therapy. Dr. Dadson is a widely published author, ranking among Langley's top rated marriage counsellors.

YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh0aBsdOfzU
Website:   https://www.gentlecurrentstherapy.com

EXPERTISE:

Trauma recovery, PTSD, relationship counselling, men's mental health, addressing stress, anxiety, and depression

Dr. Michael Dadson's licences and certifications include:

·         Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC), BC Association of Clinical Counsellors

·         Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Counsellors

·         Certified: QPRT Suicide Risk Assessment and Management, Observed and Experiential Integration (OEI), Myers-Briggs Personality Type Assessor Therapist and Trainer, Strong Interest Inventory Assessor

• ·         Crime Victims Assistance Counsellor
• ·         Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level One and Level Two
• ·         Enactment Therapy Level One and Level Two
• ·         Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Level One

SOURCE Gentle Currents Therapy

For further information: Email: info@gentlecurrentstherapy.com

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6 Results Couples Can Expect From Counselling

Dr. Michael Dadson reviews what a couple can expect when they get counselling.

There is no quick or instant fix in couples counselling. It takes time to unravel the emotional patterns that can cause us to feel stuck and hopeless in a relationship. 

It is not uncommon for couples to have several sessions. However, Dr. Dadson indicates:

When there are deeper issues of trust, anger management or trauma, months of therapy is not uncommon until a couple will start to experience significant changes or improvements in a relationship. However, with commitment from both partners, research has proven that couples counseling or couples therapy can lead to long- term positive changes in a relationship.

Dr. Dadson relates:

“Depending on the issues you face as a couple, your goals 

as a couple and your progress rate, will all vary the results 

you can expect to see in couples counseling.”

For further details on the results couples can expect from counselling, 

visit my Couples Counselling Blog here 

 www.Langleycouplescounselling.com . 

Results couples can expect to see in therapy:

Improved communication

Increased intimacy

Resolution of specific issues

Increased empathy and understanding

Increased problem-solving skills

Increased gratitude and appreciation for the work your partner 

is willing to do to improve your relationship. 

.Dr. Michael Dadson talks about the benefits of counselling in the above video. 

To watch additional videos about counselling and mental health visit, Dr. Mike Dadson's Youtube channel here.

Dr. Michael Dadson is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and is a registered member Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association.

Michael Dadson's Academic Publications here 

For information about trauma counselling visit me at my trauma webiste www.traumatherapyclinic.com 

To unserstand the types of therapy used in counselling visit www.drmikedadson.com .

Signs it is Time to Physically Leave Your Relationship

Dr. Michael Dason advises:

Counselling can help in the worst situations in life and if there is violence in the home there is help. Counsellors do need to take action but only by the threat of immediate death, the immediate risk of a child’s well-being and by court orders imposed by judges with legal grounds. 

There is a pattern of violence toward you or your children.

Your children are being sexually abused.

There is regular verbal abuse and shaming of you or your children.

There have been threats made to your life or your children.

You or your children have been traumatised by your partner and your partner will not seek help

                                                       Dr. Michael Dadson on Couples Counselling

Visit me at wwww.Langleycouplescounselling.com to learn more.

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"Men in Crisis"-Dr. Michael Dadson Launches New Men's Group

To address the Ongoing Men’s Mental Health Crisis Dr. Mike Dadson is launching a new Men's Group in Langley, BC.

For more information about the new Men's Group" visit me at my clinic web site here:

https://www.gentlecurrentstherapy.com/mens-groups 

Problem: Cultural Conditioning

Cultural conditioning is a major barrier, preventing men from entering into mental health care.

According to Dr. Michael Dadson:

"Often men are conditioned to function in the workplace for long hours, in some cases more hours on the work site than at home with their partners and children. Much of their time is spent in a place where emotions do not hold much value if any."

Due to this mindset, men are not aware or can have no awareness of the importance their emotions play in their own mental health or that of their family and those they love.

It is common for men to be "ill equipped", lack understanding or have little experience when relating emotionally to others as emotions are not usually expressed or understood in their place of work. 

Just ask almost any man how comfortable he feels about crying with a co-worker or expressing feelings of being overwhelmed to a boss.

Extensive research exists demonstrating that men’s mental health issues are minimized and that men face tremendous barriers to seeking help. In many cultures, men are socialized to work and provide for their families as their primary responsibility.

Sadly for men, emotions or relationships are not valued even today, unless the in male-dominated workplaces.

Dr. Dadson explains issues related to anxiety and depression in men in the video above.

The Approach: Working Groups for Men

Often in men's team sports, the effort of one individual is not enough and a coach or a team facilitator, is vital or necessary. When dealing with men's mental health issues this is often the case. Dr. Michael Dadson's extensive research involving the effectiveness of working groups for veterans is demonstrated in the informative publication:

  “Evaluation of a group intervention for veterans who experienced military-related trauma,”

To view the press release regarding the new lead by renowned men's mental health specialist, Dr. Mike Dadson, follow this link:  Intensive Work Group for Men: "Growing Our Mental Health" ,

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Dr. Michael Dadson Asks Some Important Questions About the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard Trial

 Langley, British Columbia

Amid the media frenzy surrounding the Johnny Depp Vs. Amber Heard trial, Dr. Michael Dadson, poses important questions regarding their allegations.

If Heard’s allegation are true and she is a victim of single direction domestic abuse, then she draws attention to a very serious and dangerous reality for many people, usually women.

What if it isn't true?

Sadly, some young men have lost their lives to suicide under the weight of allegations that have later been disproved. A whisper, an affidavit, a media story, an internet post, can lead to levels of online bullying that can decimate a person’s life and that of their children, causing lifelong mental and physical health issues, and the inability to make a livelihood.

Read more on EINnews here:

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/570955322/dr-michael-dadson-comments-on-johnny-depp-amber-heard

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Free Counselling Sessions for BC Disaster Survivors (limits apply)

Dr. Michael Dadson (Mike Dadson), is offering two free counselling sessions (for the first 20 registrants) with Gentle Currents Therapy for families or individuals who have been affected by the recent disastrous flooding, or those who have experienced a traumatic loss due to Covid19. Follow this link for more details.

According to Dr. Michael Dadson:

"Right now, right here, in the Lower Mainland, we have twin acute stressors: we have the disastrous flooding, and we also have this long-term marathon of a pandemic, which has people tired of the constraints on their lives."

Mike Dadson recommends three mental health tips during times of crisis:

1. Be as kind and civil as possible to others in your community
2. Be willing to ask for help, especially if you have any suicidal thoughts
3. Remember that this, too, shall pass and there is a way forward for all of us

About Counselling with Gentle Currents Therapy

Dr. Dadson earned his Ph.D. in counselling psychology from the University of British Columbia. Michael Dadson has been a Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) with the British Columbia Clinical Counsellors Association since 2000.

4 Professional Links for Dr. Michael Dadson

1. Three Best Rated Counsellors in Langley, BC
2. University of British Columbia – Final PhD Defence (CNPS)
3. Psychology Today profile
4. Google Scholar Articles 

To learn more about Dr. Dadson's specialties follow this link.

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