We miss you in this significant, colorful, exciting, and turbulent show for the election of 2009 in Iran. You were murdered because you were defending human rights and social justice. You were silenced in a brutal death because you were straight forward, honest, and brave. You were not the only one who perished from our…
Author: Poran Poregbal
My name is Poran Poregbal. I am a licenced - registered clinical counsellor and registered social worker. My practice of counselling psychology is based on a culturally and trauma-informed basis. I am offering individual and couple counselling sessions.
I am offering treatment for symptoms of Emotional Disorders such as Anxiety, Depression, Obsession, Phobia, Trauma, and Post Trauma Stress.
In my practice of Counselling Psychology, I do pay attention to my client's history, sense of self, level of motivation for change, resiliency level and the existence of past traumas in life. At times, a couple of sessions of clinical counselling helps individuals to appreciate their patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We can learn to understand the meaning of our emotions and to develop kindness to ourselves. Change of habits and mindset requires hard work; Still possible.
Woman in the Refuge Camp
In our refugee camp I met this woman everyday disturbed clearly sad She had no name she had lost her soul A soul without peace her peace out of see she walked and walked inside the borders of the green land to turn days into the nights and nights into the days The motionless life…
Bullying
In our Iranian community we have no discussion about bullying. Translation of this word in our language does not show the seriousness of this topic. Bullying is mostly misunderstood as “jokes” or as “just being funny” type of action. In our culture it is easy to laugh at or ignore many hard topics such as…
Resiliency and Hope
Internal Emotional Check Up: Resiliency Resiliency is about having the strength of helping someone else although you feel miserable and distressed. Resiliency involves sacrifices, hard work, hope, optimism, and survival skills. You may possibly be in awe of how you would regain your strength after hardships have turned your life upside down. There are stories…
Domestic Violence
In the discussion about domestic violence we Iranians are behind or it is easier to say that we have never really dealt with this heavy topic. As much as women rights are a political concern causing fears for men in control, yet women’s rights in relationship is backed up with a complex load of multiple…