Cyber bullying is a growing concern as more children and adolescents worldwide have access to more sophistocated technology. Cyber bullying is complicated by the fact that often parents and teachers do not truly understand the…
Remember, if you are in crisis, get help immediately. You may already know how to do that locally. If not, I have a link here to crisis lines worldwide. Also, if this is your first…
Today’s depression homework activity is about scheduling and routine. It is a way to find order in the chaos that often becomes our lives when we are depressed. For many people, having a schedule or…
Dedicate a private notebook/journal to your depression homework. This can be for your eyes only or it can be something you share with a counsellor or psychologist. Today’s activity is listing your passions. Passions are…
Depression homework is a series of tasks that you do on your own with the goal of recovering from depression. It is not like school homework in that there is no grading and no “right”…
Someone asked me how to overcome depression. This was my answer: There are many things you can do to start overcoming clinical depression, and which ones work best for you will depend on your personality:…
If You Are Depressed: Get Your Thyroid Checked! If you are depressed, make sure you have gotten your thyroid checked. There is a strong link between the thyroid and depression: sometimes when people are hypothyroid, they…
There are a lot of books on hypnosis out there, but there is a wide variation in the quality of the information available in those books. Some provide the latest hypnotherapy techniques while others are…
I recently had a question from a person who was having difficulty opening up to her counsellor. She could not even look her counselor in the eye and felt she was her counselor’s worst client. Opening…
I wanted to take some time to write about loss because it is pervasive in our lives and yet many people do not stop to acknowledge it or even think about it. Here, I am…