Meditation

Woman seated cross-legged on a couch in a living room while meditating.

Meditation is a practice technique to train your attention and awareness and detach from reflective, discursive thinking. It is a way to exercise the mind to increase awareness. The practice of meditation originated in the ancient Vedic of India and is described in the ancient Vedic text.  Regular meditation practices help them be kind to […]

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

CBT on wooden blocks with brain.

What is Cognitive Behaviour Therapy otherwise known in the short form as CBT.  The practice of CBT was created in the 1960’s and Dr Aaron T. Beck is credited with the creation, who was a Professor Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania for almost 70 years.  Originally created as a way to recognize and change […]

DBT-Huh?

Do you need DBT with check boxes

In my practice I am trained in a a therapeutic practice called Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT).  This form of therapy is an evidence-based psychotherapy that began in order to treat personality disorders.  Evidence developed that it became helpful with mood disorders and suicidal ideation.  It is also used in self-harm and substance abuse. DBT evolved […]