Catch it — Challenge it — Change it
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) strategies really work. In this post we provide you with one strategy that you can work through on your own. The goal of cognitive behaviour therapy is to teach clients that while they cannot control every aspect of the world around them, they can take control of how they interpret and deal with things in their environment. The following is one CBT strategy...Learn More
Confusion, Fragile Self-Esteem & Emotional Turmoil: The Adolescent Years
Parents have a well-known goal of keeping their children safe while they grow up and explore the world. The parents’ job is to protect, while the children’s’ job is to explore. Naturally, these opposing tasks can create tension. As tension mounts, changes begin to take fold. During early adolescence in particular, teens tend to turn away from their parents, where their attention is focused...Learn More
The Early Bird Gets the Worm ~ Early Psychoeducational Assessment
Many parents worry that getting a psychoeducational assessment means there is something wrong with their child. This is a myth – plain and simple. Unfortunately, due to such misbeliefs, along with other factors such as a lack of information, avoidance, etc., it is often the case that parents don’t send their child for a psychoeducational assessment until further into the schooling years,...Learn More