Collected Writings From Experienced Therapists in Oakville

I truly believe that the time has come for us to stop equating being an adult with being ‘stressed out.’ For generations now we have watched the adult role models around us fall one by one to the ravages of stress. How many of us have had loved ones who were trapped in negative cycles of thinking, or who had difficulty regulating emotion due to the stress they were facing? Aware as we now are, I think we can all see the generational—and even the genetic—impact which each of u

As I think back to growing up in the 1980s, we only had one event which qualified as being ‘socially aware’ - the Terry Fox Run. That was it. There was absolutely no talk of bullying, no talk of sexual identity, no talk of social or racial injustice, and certainly no talk of mental health. There was only one issue that we we all agreed was socially important - cancer. I hear a lot of my people from my generation talk about how the kids today seem to have a social awareness da

I know that the return to in-school learning has been tough for a lot of people, but I must say that I have seen an amazing amount of determination and resolve coming from parents during this time. I mean, what parent would have imagined a year ago that they’d be disinfecting their kids’ backpack every night, creating a daily mask rotation for the laundry, or having to explain what a pandemic is to a 5 year old? Parenting sometimes boils down to being able to adapt 5 minutes