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Emotional Abuse: Signs & Seeking Help

Emotional abuse often occurs within the home. Both females and males can be the recipient or the aggressor.

Cultural Integration and Mental Health

New immigrants to Canada may require counselling in their native language. Dalton Associates offers psychological services in 35 languages.

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Commonly referred to as S.A.D. It typically is characterized by low mood during the winter months. There are treatments that can help.

Cognitive Therapy And Role Play – The Perfect Match

Simply put, cognitive therapy deals with those emotions, behaviours and beliefs which are not serving you. We try to change the thought process in order to bring about change. Psychiatrist Aaron Beck developed cognitive therapy in the 1960s. The theory behind the process is that “wrong” thinking triggers a self-defeating behaviour or inappropriate response to a situation.

Learning Self-Compassion – Soft Breath

by Private: Debbie Homewood

Thousands of years of spiritual practice and decades of medical research tell us that one of the most important life skills is being able to give yourself the gift of compassion. For many of us, this is the hardest thing to do. There are many reasons why we find it so difficult, yet if we persevere, we can begin to find a way to treat ourselves compassionately, and this makes all the difference in dealing with the suffering that is inevitable in our journey through life.

Dude, What’s Your Mood?™

by Private: Stephen Douglas

Welcome to dude, What’s your Mood?™, a fun game for the whole family that creates a language to discuss moods and feelings that everyone can make sense of. This game is suitable for all children of reading age and their parents. For younger children, choose feeling words they understand and you can read through the game along with that child.

Understanding Emotions and the Anger Funnel

by Private: Stephen Douglas

Everyone experiences anger from time to time. It is always ‘okay’ to feel anger (or any emotion, for that matter). Emotions are signals from the body. What we need to consider is what we do with that emotion. In this short article, we will discuss why we have emotions, what role each emotion serves, and why sometimes anger can become ‘stuck’ beyond its purpose and cause us difficulty.

Movie Therapy “The King’s Speech”: An Adlerian formulation

by Private: Louise Giroux

“The King’s Speech’, an Academy Award winner historically based, can be reviewed through the lens of Adlerian Psychology. As mental health practitioners, we adopt a modality, a theory, a general road map, for our treatment of clients. I am an Adlerian, but not exclusively. Using one approach limits the effectiveness of the therapy. Rogers and Freud are among the modalities from which I glean now and again.

Bullying

Bullying can take many forms but it is aggressive behaviour that is intended to cause people personal injury or discomfort. Both the bully and the victim can benefit from outside help.

Couples Counselling

Developing a healthy relationship with your partner can be very rewarding but it is also challenging. Our hectic lives increases the stress on our relationships.