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 | May 31, 2014 | Anxiety, Change, Eating Disorder, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
Photo credit: ManicMorFF from morguefile.com We may fear heights (acrophobia), close spaces (claustrophobia), spiders (arachnophobia), or even public places (agoraphobia). But how do these fears develop? Psychotherapists may believe that presenting phobias act as a...
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...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 25, 2014 | Addictions, Anxiety, Children & Adolescence, Eating Disorder, Mental Health
Photo credit: Pwin from morguefile.com Narrative Approaches Help Conquer Disordered Eating The approaches found most effective to recover from eating disorders and “disordered eating” behaviours include (but are not limited to) cognitive-behavioural,...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 29, 2013 | Anger Management, Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Depression, Family, Holidays / Vacation, Mental Health, Problem-Solving
“I complained of a decline in vital energy; a weakened ability to enjoy the fulfillment of needs or of aesthetic desire. Even the most reasonable goals had become difficult or impossible to set, and when established, impossible to fulfill…I complained of sleep...
by Jeff Packer | Dec 7, 2013 | Anxiety, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Eating Disorder, Family, Holidays / Vacation, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Teens
Food Issues May Increase Over Holidays Presents are great, laughter with family and friends is nice, but some of us believe that the real enjoyment of the holidays is the abundance of food. Special meals and traditional dishes are prepared this time of year. Some of...
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