Blue Monday presentation at SAIT Our team had the opportunity to share coping strategies with some of the staff at SAIT January 15, 2018. ...read more
New Year’s Resolutions – 660 News & Refresh Counselling Calgary
Tips for your New Year's Resolutions - Refresh Counselling Calgary In an interview with 660 News Calgary, Robyn Manzano gives a few tips on how we can do better this year with our New Year's Resolutions. Clip 1 Clip 2 Contact us for your free 20 Minute Consultation ...read more
Impact of stress
IMPACT OF STRESS "The Christmas season can have several moments of stress. The impact of stress can be overwhelming for people. To help, we have posted an interview originally conducted with one of our Phsychologists, Karyn Zuidhof." Click here for Link to original Interview Interview with Karyn Zuidhof on News Talk 770 original air Date 2016 Transcript of the interview Interviewer: Well I feel we’ve all had to deal one time or another with a ...read more
Understanding Counselling: Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Understanding Counselling: Solution Focused Brief Therapy Lauren Chan, MA (R. Psych) Are you feeling stuck, and in need of a positive change? A therapy that you might be interested in exploring to help you do just that is Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT). Rather than focusing on the problem, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy focuses instead on solutions. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is a strengths-based therapeutic approach, emphasizing the resources that people ...read more
3 Tips To Prevent Procrastination – Inspower.co
Find out how to prevent procrastination with these tried and true tips. Think about a room where everything is scattered around. After organizing the room, you Source: 3 Tips To Prevent Procrastination - Inspower.co ...read more
Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works
Kids can’t always put their feelings into words Source: Child’s Play: How Play Therapy Works | Psychology Today By Tomás Casado-Frankel, LMFT I am frequently confronted with parents’ concerns regarding the effectiveness of play therapy as a form of treatment. They say, “But it’s just play!” Play therapy is not just play. The treatment might be fun for the young patient—yes—but there is a lot that’s being expressed and understood. Play therapy is meaning-full! Young children ...read more
How social media is affecting teen anxiety
Yes, that means a break from Instagram. WHY GEN Z-ERS SHOULD UNPLUG TO RECHARGE THEIR MENTAL-HEALTH BATTERIES Being a teenager was hard enough when the only social technology used on a daily basis was a clunky desktop computer in the classroom (for fighting cholera on The Oregon Trail, duh). Now teens never get a break: When they’re not texting their friends, they’re scrolling through Instagram, and the constant state of connection is messing with their mental health. According ...read more
Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things
Give up the bad habits that rob kids of mental strength. Source: Mentally Strong Kids Have Parents Who Refuse to Do These 13 Things Raising a mentally strong kid doesn't mean he won't cry when he's sad or that he won't fail sometimes. Mental strength doesn't make you immune to hardship and it's not about suppressing your emotions. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Mental strength is what helps kids bounce back from setbacks and it gives them the strength to keep going, even when ...read more
Choices
Karyn Zuidhof, MA (R. Psych) September 29, 2017 I hate feeling overwhelmed. You know the feeling, the one where you feel like you are barely keeping your head above water, and you are reacting to people and situations in a rash, and sometimes volatile manner. No matter how your partner, kids, or boss did or said something, you take it as an attack. There are so many things on the to-do list it’s nearly impossible to decide where to start, so you find the couch and some ...read more
Prioritizing Self Care
Lauren Chan, MA (Registered Psychologist) September 22, 2017 As the summer is coming to an end and the business of schedules and routines falls back into place, it’s often easy to forget about prioritizing what is truly essential for all of us: self care. What exactly is self care? It is the process of attending to one’s personal health and well-being. For the sake of simplicity, we can classify self-activities into four main categories: ...read more