I provide professional counselling to people in the Niagara Region who are experiencing stress within themselves and in their various relationships. My aim is to help you to help yourself. I am a Master's degreed social worker and began my practice in Chicago in 1969. I am registered and regulated in Ontario (RSW) with offices in Niagara Falls and St Catharines.
Please read my summaries of frequently encountered issues and some of my possible therapy approaches. View my video to consider whether you would be comfortable with me and to decide whether we can work well together. Anxiety in control can be useful, but in excess it can dominate our lives. Therapy explores what works for you to manage your worries and bring balance back to your life.
Please read my summaries of frequently encountered issues and some of my possible therapy approaches. View my video to consider whether you would be comfortable with me and to decide whether we can work well together. Anxiety in control can be useful, but in excess it can dominate our lives. Therapy explores what works for you to manage your worries and bring balance back to your life.
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Young children express themselves best through play. Both parents and therapists may learn a great deal about the child by watching or joining their play or looking at their art or written work. Then they comment or question supportively to explore the child's feelings and support the child's own problem-solving.
In the beginning we believe we have found our other half, the person who completes us, who fills in the missing pieces. Time passes and we note gaps. The partner has some variations we did not expect. He or she does not always appreciate who we are, or understand our needs and accept our limitations.
As they grow, kids need to develop a sense of self. They need to explore, to learn, to master skills. In doing this they move back and forth between testing themselves and reconnecting with the security of the trusted parent. Trying new things can involve the children in pushing against parental restrictions.
There are many ways to address habitual anxiety because there are so many different ways people perceive their world and analyze it. Each person has his own history, habits, and viewpoints. Each person has certain prejudices and habitual reactions which he may not recognize. Then we need time, patience and repeated self-talk and self-awareness to alter our habitual viewpoints.
How can you get out of this depression? First explore whether you can change the situation. You may not succeed initially, but the effort will energize you and lead to other actions. You may move on to arenas you had not considered seriously before, arenas where it turns out that you have more options.
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