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Attachment Styles - How They Affect Your Relationships and How Therapy Can Help
The main four attachment styles: secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant, will be briefly outlined.

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May 3, 2023


Emotionally Focused Therapy - Essential Concepts to Improve Your Relationship
Couples can strengthen their bond by understanding attachment, using emotions as a guide, validating, and prioritizing repair.

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May 3, 2023


Spring Cleaning for Mental Health
Spring is a great time to declutter and organize your home, and this process can also have positive effects on mental health. In this...

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May 3, 2023


What is Brainspotting? - Unlocking the Power of the Mind: A FAQ
What is Brainspotting therapy for?
Brainspotting is a therapy used to treat a range of emotional, stress, anxiety and trauma-related issues.

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Apr 5, 2023


What Is Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Therapy?
Psychoanalytic therapy aims to help people gain better understanding of the thoughts, feelings, and conflicts that influence their behavior

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Apr 5, 2023


Living With Chronic Illness - 7 Things You and Your Loved Ones should Know about
A chronic illness diagnosis wreaks havoc not only on the physical health of a person, but also on their mental health. Research indicates...

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Mar 6, 2023


How Do I Find the Right Therapist for Me?
When it comes to therapy, many people have a lot of knowledge about the various therapeutic modalities (e.g., cognitive behavioural...

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Mar 3, 2023


Unlocking Our Happy Chemicals: 4 Neurotransmitters and 7 Activities to help you harness them!
The brain’s happy chemicals are exactly what they sound like: chemicals that help us feel happiness. Dopamine, Oxytocin, Serotonin, and...

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Feb 14, 2023


Do I have Trauma? Most Canadians Have Experienced Trauma, But there is Hope
Most Canadians have experienced a traumatic event. In fact, according to Statistics Canada (2021), the number is close to two-thirds of...

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Feb 3, 2023


What is Quiet Quitting?
Quiet quitting is a commitment to fulfilling one’s job roles and responsibilities, while not going above and beyond the call of duty.

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Jan 12, 2023


10 Tips to Enjoy a Stress and Anxiety Free Holiday Season
More than 3 million people in Canada suffer from anxiety disorders. Anxiety and stress are often very consistent problems, but they tend...

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Dec 6, 2022


Am I Drinking Too Much? Should I Seek Alcohol Addiction Counselling?
The recent pandemic, financial stress, wanting to escape reality for a night, peer pressure and social norms are all some reasons why...

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Nov 3, 2022


Affordable Therapy Vaughan and York Region / GTA. What is Reduced Fee/Sliding Scale Therapy?
If you’re thinking of seeing a therapist or are new to therapy altogether, you might be curious about a lot of different things,...

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Nov 3, 2022


What Is Solution Focused Therapy? (SFT)
OVERVIEW It is quite a common belief that if you have a problem, you need to deal with it by talking. Although necessary and helpful,...

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Oct 5, 2022


How to Manage Back to School Anxiety This Fall
Tips for Managing Anxiety When Going Back to School It's no secret that returning to school following summer break is easier on some...

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Aug 29, 2022


What is Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
This article is part of a series of blogs that are meant to highlight the different modalities of therapy our Psychotherapists at Your...

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Aug 1, 2022


What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)?
This article is part of a series of blogs that are meant to highlight the different modalities of therapy our Psychotherapists at Your...

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Jul 1, 2022


What is Attachment Theory and Therapy?
Attachment Therapy is a therapeutic model that helps people who are struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse, or neglect that...

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Jun 6, 2022


What is Acceptance Commitment Therapy?
This article is part of a series of blogs that are meant to highlight the different modalities of therapy our Psychotherapists at Your...

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Jun 6, 2022


The Four Communication Red Flags and How to Address Them. - John Gottman
Relationship Advice from a Psychotherapist using Gottman Relational Theory - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Ever wonder what are the...

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May 6, 2022
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