How to Choose a Therapist
]This year, you’ve resolved to get help: to learn tools for managing panic attacks, to explore the issues underlying your relationship fiascos, or to decrease your drinking. You’re ready to seek therapy. But now what?
Let It Go
Unavoidable stress is caused by things like weather, delays, other people’s behaviour, and physical pain or discomfort. Avoidable stress is generated when we make every small thing into a big deal.
Mindfulness and OCD
Last weekend, the Quebec Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Foundation held their 11th annual conference in Montreal, a one-day event designed to update the OCD community on new treatments for this problem
MindSpace at 360°dtx
Last week, the MindSpace Clinic had the pleasure of running a professional mindfulness training for staff at a new private addictions treatment centre opening in Montreal.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) is based on a simple premise derived from attachment theory: human beings need emotional connection.
4 Insights From Motivational Psychology That Can Re-invigorate Your Meditation Practice
February is Mindfulness Month at MindSpace.
Montreal Brain Imaging Study Shows Reduced Reactivity with Mindfulness
Research has shown that mindfulness reduces the extent to which we react to emotional events, which is reflected not only in the way we perceive these events but in the way our body physically responds to them.
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry Article on Mindfulness
The cover story of the February issue of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry is about Mindfulness.
Anxiety & Exposure: Facing Your Fear
What’s the take-home message? Cognitive Behaviour Therapy provides tools to modify thoughts and behaviours, which in turn diminishes anxiety and and lifts mood.
5 Remedies for Post-Holiday Blahs
The ebb and flow of my daily routines hardly seem adequate. But it may be exactly what I need.
