Dealing with Problems in a Structured way

Coping with anxiety and stress: With everything that’s going on in the world right now, all the issues that need addressing day-to-day may feel overwhelming. It’s useful identify which of those issues are problems that need to be addressed or solved and which are just worries that are not necessarily backed up by facts. Below...

Identifying and Challenging Worry and Anxious Thoughts

The way we think has the potential to fuel high levels of anxiety and stress. For example, you might be having thought such as “I or my loved ones are going to die” or “There is nothing I can do” or questioning how you are going to cope. Thoughts such as these can be so strong that you believe them to be true.

Handling COVID-19 Stress

During these unprecedented times of global crisis, it is normal emotional to feel scared, worried, and fearful. Within a short time, we had to adjust to ‘an ever-evolving-new-normal’.  We are going to take a moment today to highlight some ways you can stay calm (as much as possible given the circumstances) and deal with the...

The Ultimate Bed Time Routine for Better Sleep

The importance of sleep is often undermined. Sleep is also often the first thing to go when we become  busy with something else. Simply put, we prioritize everything in life over sleep, from kids to Netflix. As a psychologist, I regularly ask my clients about their sleeping patterns (always during the initial assessment and several times throughout the course of treatment).  Nine out of ten times – my clients are struggling to get adequate sleep (either to fall/remain asleep, or get adequate time of “zzzz”). I always empathize the importance of sleep and whenever possible introduce the sleep hygiene as soon therapeutically appropriate.