Izumi Therapy - John Taylor
  • Home
  • About
  • Depth Therapy
  • Individual Counselling
  • Couples Therapy
    • Intensive Couples Counselling
    • Sex Therapy
  • Blog
  • Contact
    • Fees
    • Direct Billing
  • Book an Appointment
Select Page
Living Intentionally in a Distracted Age

Living Intentionally in a Distracted Age

Jan 1, 2025 | Feeling good about yourself, Mindfulness

When Life Runs Ahead of Us It is easy to move through life without fully being in it.Days pass in routine, distraction, repetition —not because we choose mindlessness,but because the world rewards speedmore than attention. The beginning of a year can act as a quiet...
The Voice Within: Learning a Gentler Internal Language

The Voice Within: Learning a Gentler Internal Language

Dec 8, 2024 | Emotions, Feeling good about yourself, self-compassion, Uncategorized

When the Harsh Voice Turns Inward At difficult moments, the mind often reaches not for comfort but for criticism.For many, self-talk echoes old messages — inherited from family, culture, school, relationships —voices that once trained us to perform, to endure, to stay...
Mindful Eating: Meeting Food, Emotion, and the Body With Presence

Mindful Eating: Meeting Food, Emotion, and the Body With Presence

Dec 1, 2024 | Emotions, Feeling good about yourself, Mindfulness, Stress, Anxiety

When Eating Becomes Automatic, Absent, or Emotional Many people have moments when eating happens without presence —reaching for food without hunger,finishing a plate without tasting it,or forgetting entirely that the body has needs at all. Compulsive eating, appetite...
When the Light Changes: Understanding Seasonal Affective Patterns

When the Light Changes: Understanding Seasonal Affective Patterns

Nov 17, 2024 | Depression, Feeling good about yourself

On the West Coast, the season turns not only in temperature but in light.Autumn to winter becomes months of cloud cover, rain, shortened days, and muted horizons.For many, this change is not simply noticed — it is felt. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is more than a...
Before We Begin: How to Approach Your First Counselling Session

Before We Begin: How to Approach Your First Counselling Session

Oct 22, 2024 | Counselling, Feeling good about yourself

Preparing for Counselling: Orientation, Not Performance Many people arrive at a first session unsure where to begin. If you are reading this, you already have. Something in you is seeking change, understanding, or relief — and that movement matters. It is normal to...
Spring: A Threshold for Inner Reorganization

Spring: A Threshold for Inner Reorganization

Mar 10, 2024 | Feeling good about yourself, General, Relationships, Marriage, Couple Counselling

Spring Is a Season of Turning Most of the snow has melted; the world unbuttons itself a little; light returns earlier than memory expects. Spring is often thought of as a time for cleaning, tuning, and refreshing what surrounds us — but the outer season also mirrors...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Categories

  • Anger (5)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (1)
  • Communication (9)
  • Counselling (3)
  • Death, Dying, Grief (3)
  • Depression (7)
  • Emotions (28)
  • Empathy (1)
  • Feeling good about yourself (25)
  • General (16)
  • Mindfulness (18)
  • Narcissism (2)
  • Panic (1)
  • Relationships, Marriage, Couple Counselling (33)
  • self-compassion (12)
  • Sex and Intimacy (2)
  • Sleep (1)
  • Stress, Anxiety (21)
  • Trauma (5)
  • Uncategorized (7)

Recent Posts

  • What Lies Beneath Anger: A Depth-Psychology Reflection December 21, 2025
  • Holding the Heat: The Inner Alchemy of Strong Emotion December 6, 2025
  • The Vagus Nerve: How the Body Learns to Slow and Recover November 21, 2025
  • Home
  • About
  • Depth Therapy
  • Contact
  • Couples Therapy
  • Individual Counselling
  • Intensive Couples Counselling
  • Direct Billing
  • Fees

Depth-oriented psychotherapy in Nanaimo.

I work with individuals and couples as they move beneath the surface and engage the inner movements shaping their lives. Grounded in clinical training and guided by Jungian and symbolic understanding, my practice offers a secure, containing space where deeper understanding can take shape.

Serving Nanaimo, Ladysmith, Parksville, and the mid-Island region.

Izumi Depth Therapy logo
John Taylor, MA, RCC — Registered Clinical Counsellor · Registered Psychotherapist
2B-6135 Metral Drive
Nanaimo, BC
V9T 2L7

Phone: 250-618-0216


© 2025 Izumi Depth Therapy