Everyone has a role in suicide prevention. Outlined in this blog are ways that you can support suicide prevention through: Knowing the warning signs; Risk factors; and How to support someone in a mental health crisis What are the warning sings? Warning signs are things…
There are two broad umbrellas that cover the different techniques and modalities used by therapists: top-down approaches and bottom-up approaches. Generally, more traditional talk therapies fall under the top-down umbrella while more body-based therapies fall under the bottom-up umbrella. This post is going to focus…
Is your mood being affected as we head into the cooler months? As summer comes to an end, it’s important to know that seasonal changes can often affect our mood. Here’s what our therapists recommend to manage low mood during changing seasons: 1. Create a…
In our last blog we discussed the trauma response – fight, flight, freeze, fawn. The trauma response is a survival instinct that dictates how we will act when we are faced with a highly distressing and life-threatening situation (eg. physical/emotional/sexual abuse, accident, natural disaster, etc.).…
Our bodies are fascinating. They have a built-in survival mechanism that is automatically set off when we are faced with danger. This is an incredibly intelligent system that in a matter of seconds assesses the situation and selects the most adaptive of four options –…
This week we focus on the Myth that couples therapy is for “failed” relationships. The ones with serious problems that couples on the brink of divorce find themselves in. Before we go any further, I’d like to point out that those who are separating or…