Welcome to the Empowerment Library

Healing doesn't just happen within the four walls of a therapy room. It’s a continuous journey of reclaiming your story. Here, you’ll find a curated collection of resources, therapeutic insights, and practical tools designed to support you between sessions. Whether you’re looking for a deeper understanding of trauma or a moment of grounding, these resources are here to help you feel seen, heard, and empowered.

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Resources & Insights

How to Build Emotional Capacity and Why You Should Care

By Empower Counselling Services Winnipeg

Emotion Regulation

Posted: October 19, 2021

Emotional capacity is exactly what is sounds like: our ability to tolerate and experience emotions. Many people find it easy to experience positive emotions, while finding it significantly more difficult to tolerate challenging emotions. What is a challenging emotion for one person my not be...

What Is Trauma Treatment? Understanding the Path to Healing

By Empower Counselling Services Winnipeg

Trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD

Posted: October 13, 2021

Some wounds can’t be seen on the surface. They live in the nervous system—in the way your heart races when nothing’s wrong, in the way your muscles tighten when you want to speak, in the way you pull away even when you crave closeness. This...

How Trauma, PTSD and CPTSD Develop: Common Causes

By Empower Counselling Services Winnipeg

Trauma, PTSD, C-PTSD

Posted: October 5, 2021

Most of us won’t get through life without our own fair share of stress and heartache. But some people experience not just stress, sadness or grief, but events that the body experiences as traumatic. The first thing that many people think of in relation to...

Why EMDR Works When Talk Therapy Feels Stuck

By Empower Counselling Services Winnipeg

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Posted: September 29, 2021

EMDR works by reprocessing trauma at a deeper level than talk therapy alone. While traditional therapy helps you understand trauma, EMDR therapy helps your brain resolve it by working with your nervous system—not just your thoughts. Trauma isn’t stored in words—it’s stored in the body....