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Happy New Year, everyone!

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Hello everyone! Wow. It has been a minute. As some of you may know, I am currently up to my eyeballs in alligators, balancing life and work while I complete a doctoral degree in psychotherapy. It's a challenging but exci...

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Happy Holidays, Everyone!

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I made this image myself - with my puter : )

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One of the conversations I have a lot in the therapy room is about motivation and procrastination. Questions I hear include: why can I not do the things I want to do and know are good for me? Am I just lazy? Is there som...

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The most common thing I hear in the therapy room is, \"Help! I can't turn my brain off!\"

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Hello! It's been a while. (First new year's resolution - write more blog posts!)

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Inevitably, we all land in difficult times.

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Hello there!

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I thought it would be useful to start this list of resources for mental health services in the area.

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Hello again!

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I have had many conversations over the years about how - when we’re in the midst of an emotional moment - our brains offer us only one storyline. And that storyline is not usually the one where we all live happily ever a...

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At one time or another, we all experience a voice in our heads that says all kinds of terrible things to us. This inner critic can be a source of overthinking, self-doubt, and shame.

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Hello!

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In this article, 'dragons' refer to our negative internal narratives. We all have them and they don't seem to be working in our favour...

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A lot of conversations that take place in the counselling room involve family conflict, both past and present.

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I have dabbled in Buddhism from time to time and every time I revisit its philosophy I am reminded of how comforting I find the 2500 year old ideas - and how relevant they are, present day.

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I talk a lot about mindfulness in sessions because I've personally found it to be a helpful practice when working with strong emotions, overthinking, and stress. The idea of mindfulness is to come back to the present mom...

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In recent weeks, I have found myself feeling a little more down and stressed than usual. As some of you may know, I have two teens at home and one of them has had some difficulty coping during this pandemic. It's hard wo...

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Every time I meet with someone new I feel like there are a bunch of ideas and practices I'd like them to start exploring and creating for themselves right away.

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I have been thinking about my own mental health a lot over the past few weeks and something has occurred to me...

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When we're anxious it's often because we're spending a lot of time trying to control things that are out of our control.

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A while ago, a client came to me to talk about his experiences with anger and irritation. He wasn't happy that he felt this way and was open and honest with me about the fact that he had spent a lot of his life feeling t...

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Does anyone else get caught in thought reruns? - Cycling through a situation again and again, not able to think of anything else?

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As we try to keep our cool during this highly unusual and distressing time in our lives, I've noticed that anxiety has popped up in weird ways in my life. This realization reminded me of something I have come to know abo...

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