Finn owns and operates Imagine Therapy based out of her Fall River home. She has just recently started the business after her family moved to the area. It has been a lifelong ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI had mental health issues when I was a teen so that\u2019s what got me interested in it,\u201d said Finn during an interview with The Laker News at a popular coffee shop in Fall River. \u201cIn terms of the business itself I guess it\u2019s my belief in what works.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said she has been part of and worked at places where therapy was a one-size fits all approach, something she is not fond of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI really don\u2019t think that works,\u201d she said. \u201cIt works for some, but for others it can be really uncomfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThrough my career I have tried tot rain and get life experiences in many things, and I\u2019m at the point now where I think I can tailor it for different people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Finn said as an occupational therapist she is trained at looking at what is meaningful for that person and working on their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe why I want to do this is because I am passionate about helping people, and it feels like a no brainer,\u2019 she said. \u201cWe all struggle with our mental health in a way and there are ways to manage it, so why aren\u2019t we doing that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said when people can\u2019t do or want to do what they must do, then mental health becomes a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finn said her family landed in Fall River almost by accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe found a house, liked the area, loved the schools, and suddenly we\u2019re here,\u201d she said, her British accent coming through \u201cIt\u2019s actually a really lovely community, so welcoming. It\u2019s a really nice place to live.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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She has an office location on the beach in Lawrencetown, but she feels a lot of her work will be virtual or nature based as well. She has spoken to a couple of places for office settings if she needs it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Services that Imagine Therapy provides includes working with children, teens, and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMost of my mental health work has been with teenagers, but adults and children too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finn offers Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), which works well with people who suffer from anxiety and works well for those who are diagnosed with depression too; work on trauma; sensory processing, especially with kids who have autism and ADHD; and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If people want to get started there\u2019s a free 30-minute consult which can be booked through her website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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She had some advice for teens who are having mental health problems given the stresses of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe first bit of advice I would give is to be gentle with yourself because there\u2019s so many things going on right now,\u201d said Finn. \u201cBesides COVID stress, there\u2019s school exams, and school-based stress, social aspect of a teen and navigating relationships, social media can be a challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One neat thing that Finn offers is nature-based therapy sessions. She spoke about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something that many of us know, that being outside in nature is good for us,\u201d she said. \u201cEven being outdoors for 10 minutes can lift our mood. It\u2019s therapeutic and some doctors who prescribe it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI want to use that because it, nature, is all around us here in beautiful Nova Scotia. So, part of my work may be doing some of my sessions outdoors, using what we\u2019ve got around us, or maybe we\u2019re doing therapy remotely over a laptop but talking about how we can use nature.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nature seems to help heal some of what ails us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNature really is a mood booster,\u201d said Finn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information about Finn and Imagine Therapy, check out their website at: https:\/\/imaginetherapy.ca\/<\/a> or their Facebook Page by searching for: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ImagineTherapyCanada\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”95″] [adrotate banner=”93″] FALL RIVER: Having had mental health issues herself as a teenager led Helen Finn down the path to wanting to run her own business that dealt with the issue. Finn owns and operates Imagine Therapy based out of her Fall River home. She has just recently started the business after her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,12],"tags":[1543,2,1544,1545,471],"class_list":["post-17578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","tag-cbt","tag-fall-river","tag-helen-finn","tag-imagine-therapy","tag-mental-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ElRDRhCXEAETF4U-768x1024.jpg\")
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