A client walks into her therapists’ office in obvious distress. She is nearly incapacitated with grief, and is barely able to find the chair she always uses to sit and talk to her therapist. She is so upset, she is nearly suicidal; believing that the world is so filled with evil there is no sense […]
5 Tips For Success In Your New Year’s Resolution
February 1, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Often, coping with stress is about not setting yourself up for failure. For example, setting goals for yourself that you know you’re unlikely to reach can make every day more stressful. As we head into a New Year, this becomes more problematic, especially if your New Year’s Resolution centers on something you’re fairly certain you […]
Stress Counselling Toronto
December 30, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Virtually everyone experiences stress from time to time and, while a small amount of stress can motivate us, too much stress or prolonged stress, can be damaging to both your physical and mental health. Stress typically begins as pressure – from yourself or others – and if you are unable to cope with this pressure, […]
Top 10 Tips For Coping With Holiday Stress
November 24, 2014 By Leave a Comment
With Thanksgiving and Christmas just around the corner, it’s time for my annual missive on coping with holiday stress. This year, instead of generalities and platitudes (of which I may have been guilty in the past), I would like to offer a list of 10 specific steps you can take to help you manage stress […]
Do You Need Help Coping With Stress?
November 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
The issue with stress is that it exists as a problem that feeds on itself, and over time lowers your ability to cope. Because of this, the sooner you seek help for stress management, the better. As stress is often viewed as simply a normal part of life, it can be difficult to know when […]
Toronto Stress Management Coach
May 28, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Based in Toronto since 2007, my counseling practice employs a variety of techniques and strategies for stress management, mind mastery, and life management coaching. I bring more than 20 years of experience in the mental health field to the task of helping you find peace and happiness in life, as well as an eclectic mixture […]
How To Be A Better Role Model For Your Children
May 13, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Many years ago NBA All Star Charles Barkley was famously quoted as say, “I am not a role model.” Of course we all knew at the time, as did Mr. Barkley I’m sure, that what he’d said was incorrect, for sports stars and other celebrities are indeed role models to children whether we, or they, […]
PTSD In Children
September 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Are natural disasters, such as hurricanes, tornados, and wildfires, more frequent today than in previous decades? Have man-made disasters and traumatic events, such as bridge collapses, school shootings, and war, become more prevalent recently? Has the world become a more frightening place for children than it was “back in the day?” It is truly anyone’s […]
Why We Resist Change To Our Belief Systems
September 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Children learn many things while growing up, both good and bad. Behaviors are learned and beliefs are deeply implanted from a very young age, both consciously and unconsciously. As a result, these beliefs and behaviors become the foundation upon which we build our lives as adults. Changing the very foundation upon which you live is […]
Cultivate Kindness This Spring
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We are in the season of growth and renewal, the season in which everything is new and beautiful, and where anything is possible. The Universal Life Force is bursting at the seams with a life renewing energy and what we, as individuals, should be doing is cleaning out the negative energy we hold towards others, […]
