Recognizing Depression Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness and loss of interest. It is also called major depressive disorder or clinical depression, it affects how you feel, think and behave and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. You may...
Struggle With Generalized Anxiety? ACT Is The Answer
Evidence-Based Treatment For Generalized Anxiety Disorders I support individuals experiencing generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress syndrome and depression using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). This empirically-proven method of intervention focuses on discovering and understanding your values. We then refine these down to your CORE values and it is from here...
ACT for Parents Raising Children With Autism
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy has been used as a successful intervention tool for parents raising children with autism. This is supported by primary research and published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, March 2018, (Fung et. al.) Divorce rates amoung parents raising children with ASD is 91%. Parenting...
Three Tools For Self-Regulation
First off, What is Self-Regulation? Self regulation involves controlling one's behaviour, emotions, and thoughts in the pursuit of long-term goals. More specifically, emotional self-regulation refers to the ability to manage disruptive emotions and impulses. The reason I am writing about these tools, is because I have had to use...