Can Talk Therapy Help Anxiety?
Counselling and psychotherapy, or talk therapy, is when a therapist listens to how someone feels, helps them work through their experiences, and gives them an optimistic approach towards life and mental well-being. To treat, evaluate, and support various mental health conditions, counsellors and psychologists use talk therapy to discuss the...
5 Ways to Deal With A Draining Job
When we talk about mental health and self-care, I think it’s sometimes helpful to think of our bodies as machines. Like any complex machine with a lot of moving parts, we break down over time if we don’t take care of them and provide some routine maintenance. Our bodies and...
Signs of Attachment Trauma In Adults
We have this idea as adults that our patterns and behaviours are personal failings—things we should just be able to correct. As a result, we end up feeling ashamed. Some people go Jekyll & Hyde once they’re in a relationship, while others struggle with low self-esteem even when they’re rock stars...
The problem with self-care, and how to fix it
Self-care has become a hot word in what we could call “insta-therapy” and is often an excuse to sell indulgence as healing. Are videos of people using seven types of serum showing up in your scrolling, too? Self-care is an important concept, but it’s being twisted and used against people...
Anxiety, Depression, or FOMO: Gen Z and Mental Illness
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Men, Women, and Emotional Processing
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The First Steps of Conscious Manifestation: What Ekhart Tolle is Missing
The Teenage Brain: What you need to know
Sound familiar? Would you be surprised if I told you that quote was written by Socrates over 2000 years ago? Needless to say, what you are experiencing with your teen is nothing new. If you have a teenager, you probably have been met with disrespect, talking back, risky behaviour, defiance,...
Alone vs Loneliness: The path to self-love
A few years back, I made a comment to my mother about feeling alone. I had been single for a number of years. And even though I was actively engaged in raising my two children alone, completing my Master’s degree, and then starting my private practice, I still had moments...