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Reject the Silent Battle: 3 Responses to Anxiety & Depression
In the past year reports of anxiety and depression have increased at widespread rates for clear reasons. The world has been swept with grief, loss, and a complete shift in what we once defined as normalcy. The onset of depression or anxiety disorders are largely...
Successful Co-parenting: Removing the Ego
Successful co-parenting requires emotional intelligence. This specific skill may be the best means for putting forth a common goal: raising good kids to the best of your ability. Co-parenting means something different for each family. Competing with your ex-partner,...
Gaslighting is Control
If you feel controlled, it might be because you are. Gaslighting aims to control.
Distraction Coping
Have you ever watched the videos where an infant becomes mesmerized by their pediatrician’s sensory distractions before they receive a vaccination shot? The baby becomes enamored by the doctor’s quick movements, gentle touches, and playful demeanor. Before they...
Stuck in The Loop of Feeling Languished
Whether purchasing a car, graduating from college, or reaching a personal milestone that was set far before the Covid-19 pandemic began - people are commonly feeling what they describe as an indifference to what they once looked forward to. It isn't quite that these...
Managing Anxiety and Mood Disorders: An Opportunity to Reimagine Your Life
Managing an anxiety disorder can feel like an uphill battle, where a single misstep may translate as a devastating trigger. Anxiety disorders are prevalent among adults, and the various ways anxiety manifests can often feel debilitating. Finding ways to separate...
Pandemic Bereavement: Is Denial Turning A Corner?
A realization is growing that the global pandemic is not going away anytime soon. A realization that, like any emergency, this pandemic has its casualties. In the wake of such losses, it is important we remember to grieve. Because in some ways, we've forgotten....
Is “Languishing” Lifting the Stigma of Mental Illness
Is Languishing Lifting the Stigma of Mental Illness? Languishing has emerged as a buzzword for 2021, and everyone seems to be talking about it. It may not be a diagnosis, but it perfectly describes that indistinct feeling so many people seem to have. It conjures an...
What Is Your Anger Trying To Tell You?
My therapist once told me that anger can happen when we are tired of being sad. Is this true for you? Does our compounded sadness turn into rage? Frustration can result from various impositions and limitations on our lives. Anger often stems from unfair treatment,...
Recognizing Social Workers during Ontario Social Workers’ Week
The first week of March marks Social Workers’ Week when social work professionals get recognized for their daily efforts to enhance others’ mental well-being. With over 18,000 social workers in Ontario, Social Workers’ Week celebrates these essential workers and their...
Free Therapy For Eligible First Nations and Inuit
Did you know that if you are First Nations or Inuit, you could get free therapy with The Family Enhancement Centre? Here are some frequently asked questions about the non-insured health benefit for First Nations and Inuit. Who is eligible? First Nations with a status...
COVID Loss and Grief in a Pandemic
(Trigger alert: if sad articles make you depressed, you may want to skip this one.) "COVID loss" is a thing. (So is COVID anxiety.) In 2020, an average of about 40 Canadians passed away every day due to complications from Coronavirus. According to Google Trends, about...
Co-Parenting Through COVID
Let's face it, co-parenting already comes with challenges. And COVID-19 has brought unique challenges for dual household families that make cooperative parenting after divorce or separation even more difficult. The best...
How to Combat Complacency in Your Relationship
When a relationship begins, there is always an influx of emotions. Both partners are so smitten with another. There is a genuine eagerness to spend quality time, communicate, build intimacy, and strengthen that bond. However, in many relationships, as the years...
6 Struggles Parents Face While Co-Parenting
After divorce, communicating with your partner can be challenging. With the various emotions running high, these feelings can make interacting more complex. Conflicting opinions, compounded with these reactions, function as obstacles limiting how both parents...
Reject the Silent Battle: 3 Responses to Anxiety & Depression
In the past year reports of anxiety and depression have increased at widespread rates for clear reasons. The world has been swept with grief, loss, and a complete shift in what we once defined as normalcy. The onset of depression or anxiety disorders are largely...
Successful Co-parenting: Removing the Ego
Successful co-parenting requires emotional intelligence. This specific skill may be the best means for putting forth a common goal: raising good kids to the best of your ability. Co-parenting means something different for each family. Competing with your ex-partner,...
Gaslighting is Control
If you feel controlled, it might be because you are. Gaslighting aims to control.
Distraction Coping
Have you ever watched the videos where an infant becomes mesmerized by their pediatrician’s sensory distractions before they receive a vaccination shot? The baby becomes enamored by the doctor’s quick movements, gentle touches, and playful demeanor. Before they...