OCD - Get Out of My Head!
What is OCD? OCD is made up of obsessions, compulsions, or both. Obsessions are recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges or images that...
The Disaster of Doomscrolling and How to Stop
It seems like every day there is another devastating and shocking world event taking place. It made me once again think about the effects...
Managing Performance Anxiety
Whether just before a big presentation, sitting down to write a test, moments before running onto the sports field, most of us have...
Understanding CBT
You are lying in bed just about to fall asleep and suddenly you hear glass shattering downstairs. Someone is breaking in!! Your body...
How to Manage Chronic Pain with Mental Wellness
As a Psychotherapist who regularly works with chronic muscular-skeletal pain, I am accustomed to hearing questions like, “I am in pain,...
Understanding Anger
If you’ve ever had difficulty managing your anger, then you can attest to the overwhelming flood of emotion that feels totally out of...
A Worthwhile Investment
I’m aware this has the potential to read like an advertisement for therapy; that’s not my intention. My intention is to discuss a very...
What to Expect When You’re Expecting (To Attend Your First Therapy Session)
As a psychologist, I have the privilege of walking alongside individuals as they seek relief from their distress. It has been awe...
You'd Never Say "It's Just Cancer - Get Over It!"
With Bell’s recent Let’s Talk day, mental health stigma has been on my mind. Mental health difficulties arise when genetic, biological,...
Tense No More!
When we are feeling emotional stress or anxiety, our body responds in several ways – one of those responses is muscle tension. Stress...
