by Jeff Packer | Jul 20, 2015 | Addictions, Crisis, Discipline, Eating Disorder, Health & Fitness, Mental Health
What Really Does Addiction Mean Anyway? Addictions impact so many people, upsetting lives and hurting loved ones. Worrying about ourselves and/or others being hooked on work, alcohol, money, drugs, sex, porn, food, cigarettes...
by Jeff Packer | Jun 26, 2015 | Addictions, Anger Management, Conflict, Crisis, Marriage
(submitted by a wife and mother) When Life Throws A Curve Ball??? Why are we always faced with some really tough decisions in life? Life threw me a curve ball back in April and I had to re-evaluate what is really important for me and my well being. My husband and I...
by Jeff Packer | Oct 15, 2014 | Addictions, Anxiety, Mental Health, Parenting, Teens
Photo credit: anitapeppers from morguefile.com Parenting Our Children & Parenting Ourselves Promoting mental health involves building awareness, reducing the stigma often attached with the term and, of course, developing strategies to improve our overall mental...
by Jeff Packer | Jul 7, 2014 | Addictions, Anger Management, Change, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTS Reaction
Photo credit: arebella from morguefile.com ANTS: Our Thoughts or Not ? The following contribution is from a middle-aged woman who suffered severe child abuse, sexual abuse, containment and physical violence as well as the early demise of her mother. Father’s...
by Jeff Packer | May 2, 2014 | Addictions, Change, Mental Health
Photo credit: Mrooczek262 from morguefile.com I am sitting in a make-shift auditorium and am choking back tears. Although I have sat through similar ceremonies numerous times, they invariably move me this way. 8 men and 3 women sit proudly at the front of the room –...
by Jeff Packer | Apr 1, 2014 | Addictions, Anxiety, Change, Depression
Welcome Our Newest Associate-Intern Jeff Packer MSW & Associates is pleased to welcome Dan Blomme to our counselling practice. Studies in counselling psychology, at OISE with the Universtiy of Toronto, along with specialized studies in addictions have prepared him...
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