WELLSPRING COUNSELLING & PSYCHOTHERAPY
Free mental health videos with Alistair Gordon
Explore practical ideas for stress, emotions, relationships, parenting and personal growth. Choose a topic below and watch at your own pace.
Created and presented by Alistair Gordon, MA, RCC — Wellspring’s founder, UBC Adjunct Professor, published author and developer of CorMorphosis™ Psychotherapy.
Find longer explorations, guided practices and quick ideas from Wellspring’s YouTube channel.
Stress, worry & anger
Explore worry patterns, breathing practices and ways of responding to stress and anger.
2 minutes, 50 seconds
Why your brain worries about the wrong thing
A short introduction to recognising misplaced worry.
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13 minutes, 15 seconds
Finding the concern beneath the worry
A longer exploration of worry and the issue underneath it.
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5 minutes, 53 seconds
Three breathing techniques for calming the body
Breathing practices and the parasympathetic nervous system.
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5 minutes, 53 seconds
Three breathing techniques for anxiety and stress
A breathing-focused resource for practising a calmer response.
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25 minutes
Understanding and managing stress
Alistair explores stress and practical ways of working with it.
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12 minutes, 34 seconds
Understanding and managing anger
Ideas for making sense of anger and responding constructively.
Watch on YouTubeEmotions & personal growth
Learn about emotional needs, patterns of experience and personal change.
6 minutes, 55 seconds
Understanding your core emotional needs
Explore emotional needs, self-awareness and personal growth.
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33 minutes
Core emotional needs: a guided practice
A longer guided practice focused on core emotional needs.
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8 minutes, 12 seconds
How emotions shape your mind and relationships
An introduction to emotions and their role in everyday experience.
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1 minute, 29 seconds
Neuroplasticity and personal growth
An introduction to the brain’s capacity for change.
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4 minutes, 48 seconds
The metaphorical mind
Explore how metaphors shape thoughts, emotions and experience.
Watch on YouTubeParenting & connection
A resource for parents interested in connection and emotional growth.
8 minutes, 23 seconds
Parenting children: connection and emotional growth
Alistair shares ideas about parenting, connection and children’s emotional development.
Watch on YouTubeTherapy & emotional patterns
Explore implicit memory, emotional change and Wellspring’s approach to counselling.
54 seconds
Implicit memory and emotional reactions
A brief explanation of implicit memory and emotional patterns.
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39 seconds
How therapy changes hidden emotional patterns
A short introduction to working with patterns beneath the surface.
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2 minutes, 3 seconds
Psychotherapy for real-life issues
An introduction to counselling and psychotherapy at Wellspring.
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41 seconds
Counselling for real-life issues
A brief introduction to Wellspring’s approach.
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37 seconds
Online psychotherapy with Wellspring
An introduction to Wellspring’s online counselling services.
Watch on YouTubeRest & relaxation
Long-form audio for a quiet wind-down.
8 hours, 59 minutes
Black-screen sleep music and ocean waves
A long-form music and ocean-sound recording.
Watch on YouTubeQuick ideas: Shorts
Brief videos you can explore when you have a moment.
Short
How implicit memory shapes anxiety, shame and anger
A quick introduction to implicit memory and emotional reactions.
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Short
Anxiety without an obvious reason
A short explanation of anxiety and the brain’s survival responses.
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