by Jeff Packer | Dec 16, 2015 | Addictions, Affairs and Adultery, Change, Children & Adolescence, Conflict, Depression, Diabetes, Eating Disorder, Marriage, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens, Work & Employment
Do You Feel You’re Not Getting Anywhere? How often do we feel frustrated and alone, like no matter what we try life doesn’t seem to get any better. We might change this or that behaviour, for at least a short while, only to end up back in the same...
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 | 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 | 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 | Mar 10, 2014 | Addictions, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Eating Disorder, Family, Love & Relationships, Mental Health, Parenting, Separation & Divorce, Stress
Photo credit: ardelfin from morguefile.com Many families will come to counselling as a sign of support to help a loved one through a difficult time (e.g. addiction, cooperative parenting, disordered eating, anxiety, depression, OCD, etc.). Sometimes families will...
by Jeff Packer | Feb 19, 2014 | Change, Eating Disorder, Family, Mental Health
What a Puzzle One of the most difficult puzzles to put together is how to best help a loved one suffering from an eating disorder. As their family, we want to support them, love them, and even help “cure” them. We watch them struggle and we too will...
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