Category: Stress Reduction
PTSD: Moral Injury and War
What’s Really Happened to America’s Soldiers? » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names. JUNE 28, 2012 SHARE ON FACEBOOKSHARE ON TWITTERSHARE ON GOOGLEMORE SHARING SERVICES14 Moral Injury and American War What’s Really Happened to America’s Soldiers? by NAN LEVINSON “PTSD is going to color everything you write,” came the warning from a stepmother of… more
Free Computer Basics Tutorial
Free Computer Basics Tutorial. Home > All Topics > Computers > Computer Basics Computer Basics Are you new to using computers? Do you wonder what people mean when they say the Cloud, Windows, Blackberry, Lion, etc.? Perhaps you would just like to know more about how computers work? When it comes to learning today’s technology, Computer Basics has… more
A Wise Path to Work with Sleep Troubles | Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
very good quick article. Rory ****** A Wise Path to Work with Sleep Troubles | Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. By ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, PH.D. I was recently giving a seminar to therapists on the application of mindfulness in psychotherapy. In that seminar the topic of insomnia came up and I couldn’t help it, I outed myself. I let people… more
Love and Mental Illness | GeekMom | Wired.com
Love and Mental Illness | GeekMom | Wired.com By Jenny WilliamsEmail Author February 2, 2013 | 8:00 am | Categories: Bedroom, Health and Beauty,Library, Sex and Relationships, Support Reaching the Skies by ThisWolfWalksAlone on deviantART. (CC-BY-3.0) I haven’t publicly dwelled on my personal life of the past year, but to say it’s been eventful is an understatement. After 14 1/2 years of… more
Got Stress? Here’s a Practice You Can BET On | Mindfulness and Psychotherapy
Got Stress? Here’s a Practice You Can BET On | Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. By ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, PH.D. No matter what time of year it is, stress will likely be a part of it. A little stress is good, it fuels motivation, but there’s a tipping point where it starts to have diminishing returns. When that… more
Psychotherapy may work if blended with Antidepressants – Chicago Tribune
Psychotherapy may work if blended with antidepressants – Chicago Tribune. December 06, 2012|By Kate Kelland | Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Patients with depression who fail to benefit from antidepressant drugs may do better if they are also treated with a type of “talking” psychotherapy called CBT, according to new research published on Friday. In the first… more
When drugs for depression fail, talking therapies help | Fox News
When drugs for depression fail, talking therapies help | Fox News. Published December 07, 2012 Reuters Patients with depression who fail to benefit from antidepressant drugs may do better if they are also treated with a type of “talking” psychotherapy called CBT, according to new research published on Friday. In the first large-scale trial to test… more
When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy | Psych Central
When You Can’t Afford Psychotherapy | Psych Central. By MARIE HARTWELL-WALKER, ED.D. You know you’re in trouble. Maybe you’ve been depressed for what seems like ages. You can’t get motivated to do things. You don’t enjoy doing the things that used to give you the most pleasure. Yoursleep and appetite are off. Sex? You can’t be… more
Top 10 Mindfulness Posts of 2012
Top 10 Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Posts of 2012 By ELISHA GOLDSTEIN, PH.D. Whether this is your first time you’re coming here or you’ve been around for the almost four years I’ve been writingThe Mindfulness and Psychotherapycolumn, I want to share a personal moment of gratitude and say “Thank You” for being a part of this… more
Top 50 health apps: Body&Soul
Top 50 health apps – body+soul. These are pretty good start . . . good ratings. for PMS, meditation, relaxation, exercise, and more. Rory ************************************************** By Charmaine Yabsley & Maureen Shelley Maintaining your health, fitness and happiness goals is only a click away… We review 50 of the best health and fitness apps… more
Screening Tools: eMentalHealth.ca
click here for : Screening Tools Wondering if you or a loved one might have a mental health concern? Use our free, anonymous, clinically validated screening questionnaires to see whether or not there may be a mental health issue. Remember: these self-assessments are for screening only… more
Meditation: lasting effects on brain functioning
Meditation may have lasting positive effects on brain functioning – Syracuse natural health | Examiner.com. Video: Meditation Techniques: How Long and How Often to Practice Meditation The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine writes thatmeditation is recognized as a mind-body practice in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). There are various types of meditation, most of which originated… more
Economics of Providing Psychotherapy
PsychiatryOnline | Psychiatric News | News Article. Susan G. Lazar, M.D. text A A A Mental illness is the leading cause of global disability, accounting for one-third of disability worldwide, according to 2008 data from the World Health Organization. In the United States, costs of mental illness are 7 percent of total health care expenditures, with the indirect… more
Anger Management: Anger Issues and Types
This is a very good article I found on Anger Issues and Types. When a client begins anger management counselling with me they complete 2 questionairres to determine: The main 2 types of anger they experience and, The degree to which they have a tendency to “Turn Anger Inward”. Then we move forward with a… more
Drug and Alcohol Helpline
As a trained therapist, with experience in the addictions field, I help people with substance abuse and addiction issues in one-on-one counselling. Sometimes individuals want (or require) intensive treatment or detox assistance. Here is the contact information for Addictions Services in Ottawa. Rory ************************************* Addiction Services of Ottawa This bilingual organization is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and… more
Organize house and home
FlyLights Shine Your Sink For The Future BY FLYLADY Do you ever feel that you are behind the eight ball when it comes to going into the kitchen to cook? Is your sink filled with dirty dishes and mystery water? Read more… Why Shine Your Sink? BY ASK FLYLADY This is your first household chore. Many of you… more
Mindfulness: Attention and Attunement
Joe Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D.: Reliable Methods: The Future of Self-Transcendence. The three decades since mindfulness meditation was first found to help with anxiety, chronic pain and depression have seen the reversal of a trend that goes back over a century. When Freud founded psychotherapy as “a middle way between philosophy and medicine,” he took pains… more
Stress Relief 5 Easy Resolutions
Ashley Davis Bush, LCSW: Stress Relief For 2012: 5 Easy Resolutions That Will Stick!. The new year is up on the calendar. Will this be another year that you vow to start exercising only to drop your gym membership by Valentine’s Day? Remember the year you were determined to start flossing? Take vitamins? Give up… more
Spiritual Laws of Money & Abundance
Follow The Spiritual Laws of Money and Abundance. By S. Roman & D. Packer in Abundance on February 7th, 2008 Money is neither good nor bad; it is energy. It is the way money is used that determines whether or not it is a positive energy that will benefit you and others. If you come… more
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