We all know self-care is essential, but how do you squeeze it in when your schedule is packed? The good news is, self-care doesn't have...

Building resilience in kids is all about helping them bounce back from life’s ups and downs. Children benefit from having strong,...

"The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness." - Dalai Lama Simply put, gratitude if an art of appreciating...

Walking through the doors to seek help is not an easy choice. It may mean admitting that one may need help and it could also feel like...

One of the reasons why people seek therapy is if they are experiencing intense feelings like anger, disappointment, bitterness...

This happened once morning a few weeks ago, I woke up and wasn’t feeling too well. I was experiencing aches and pains in my body and...

Anger is a natural human emotion. We all experience it from time to time. But when anger spirals out of control, it can have devastating...

Psychotherapy is a form of treatment of mental health concerns and emotional challenges. In colloquial terms it is also called talk...

Recently, there has been a significant increase in the number of employees requesting stress leave from work.  This change has been...

Midlife can be a time of significant transitions and challenges at many different levels, from career changes to empty nests to health...

Middle age is supposedly an age of transition and could create crisis in one’s life. It can feel like a rude awakening for many who may...

The Ontario government has recently announced school closure and other restrictions in the wake of the new Covid-19 variant, I feel...

Some years ago, I was approached by a parent seeking counselling support for her son who was experiencing socio emotional difficulties...

My first rendezvous with western education system was when my sons started schooling in Canada. Early on I started to notice the...

The western philosophy of life believes in individualism, independence, logic and reasoning whereas eastern philosophy is grounded in...

Using a culturally informed approach in individual and family therapy I was listening to Ted talks on this topic, and most of them were...

The pandemic has been an eye opener of sorts. No one had expected that this notorious virus will bring devastation to humanity to the...

In my clinical practice, I have worked with many parents whose child has received a diagnosis of a developmental disability like Autism...

I was quite young when I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, the diagnostic process was long and time consuming. However the effects of...