Z. Harry Galina, Ph.D.
Dr. Galina received a Ph.D. in Psychology (1986) from Concordia University and spent five years as Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology at Tulane University ( New Orleans) and four years on staff in the Psychology Service at the Veterans Administration Medical Center ( New Orleans). He was a part time lecturer at Concordia in 1982-83 and since 1990 is a part-time professor at Concordia. Also, since 1990 he has been on staff at the Applied Learning Centre in Montreal where he is a consultant and clinical psychologist.
Dr. Galina specializes in reducing stressful responses in clients. His main psychotherapeutic orientation is Cognitive-Behavioral. This method of change has been shown to be one of the most efficacious forms of therapy that can give long-lasting effective change. Dr. Galina has also been trained in the techniques of NLP for fast change and has been certified in “energy” psychology techniques. Sometimes called bimodal sensory activation, energy psychology utilizes the resources of both the body and the mind to establish durable and enduring reframes and counterconditioning that can profoundly create a different state in a person’s life. Clients are shown how to utilize the mind-body connection so they can practice solution focused responding on their own.
Many people come to therapy so that the therapist can change someone else in their lives. We all would like to do that, however, this is impractical and doesn’t work well. The best way to change someone else (or at least change the effect they have on you) is to change your behaviour. This often leads to the change you want. Some of the new “meridian therapies” offer a new relaxation and calming techniques that modify anxiety and stress responses. They also foster body awareness and enables positive cognitive shifts. These unique exercises calm you so that you can think more clearly about your problem.
Dr. Galina's mission is to provide the highest quality of care possible and he accomplishes this by keeping up to date with the latest advances in the field of psychotherapy through his university teaching and making new leading-edge therapies available to his clients so that they can become empowered to turn difficulties into opportunities and move past psychological pain and self-limitation.
He is known as caring, compassionate, understanding person with a supportive attitude toward the people he helps. He strives to keep to keep his clients to feel safe and comfortable enough to discuss all of their important issues. He respects his clients and their inner resources and abilities to move toward psychological health.
Clients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Attention Deficit Disorders and Relationship Difficulties have all benefited by the techniques that Dr, Galina’s utilizes.
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