Welcome
Stress is an inevitable part of lives. How we react and respond to it will depend on our personalities, what we have had to deal with in our lives, and from our learned responses resulting from all the experiences of daily living. In today's world it can be difficult to balance all the competing demands placed on us by career, family and personal goals.
Susan Woods, MSW, LICSW has been a psychotherapist since 1989 and is the Director at Silver Birch Counseling and Psychotherapy which is located in the town Stowe in the heart of the Green Mountains, Vermont. Ms. Woods works with a variety of psychological/emotional conditions and is interested in helping people develop wiser choices, take better care of themselves and live healthy more adaptive lives. Ms. Woods teaches Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) groups.
Mindfulness is an approach that increases our natural ability to pay attention non-judgmentally and calmly. In so doing we come realize how often the mind is on 'automatic pilot', ruminating about the past or worrying about the future. Mindfulness practice allows us to see clearly that thoughts and emotions are transient events and loosens the hold that thinking and moods have on our choices and behaviors. The outcome is a fresh and different perspective, widening the range of options we can choose from and developing a different approach to our difficulties and suffering.
Ms. Woods has served as consultant on a number of clinical trials that utilized MBCT interventions and is a published author in the training of health professionals in mindfulness-based approaches. She provides consultation and supervision to health professionals in mindfulness-based approaches and leads workshops and professional training programs in MBCT. Ms Woods is a certified yoga teacher and teaches mindful yoga and meditation classes.
Silver Birch Counseling and Psychotherapy offers:
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