Upcoming Workshops
Unplugged: Internet Addiction and Youth
The Internet has exploded to become a daily part of our lives. For the majority of individuals, the internet represents an incredible information tool and unquestionable opportunity for social connectedness, self-education, economic betterment, and freedom from shyness and paralyzing inhibitions. For them, the internet enhances their wellbeing and qualitity of life. For others, however, it…Read more
Evidence-Informed Treatment with Oppositional Defiant Youth
Overview: In this module participants explore a variety of evidence-based tools to support parents and family members of children and youth at risk. By applying a variety of modalities of intervention, such as cognitive behavioural treatments, multi-systemic therapy and brief solution-focused ideas (including discussion of the use of medication) to real-life cases, this module aims…Read more
Recent Journal Entries
Responsibility
Responsibility begins with the willingness to be the cause in the matter of one’s own life. Ultimately, it is a context from which one chooses to live. Responsibility is not burden, fault, praise, blame, credit, shame or guilt. In responsibility, there is no evaluation of good or bad, right or wrong. There is simple what’s…Read more
Love After Love
The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love again the stranger who was your self. Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart to itself, to the…Read more
The Rules for Being Human
When you were born, you didn’t come with an owner’s manual; these guidelines make life work better. 1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life. 2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in…Read more
Hold Me Tight Conversations
Do adults bond with their partners in the same way that children develop attachments to their parents? Love Guru, Dr. Sue Johnson shows groundbreaking evidence to suggest that they do in her new book “Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Life Time of Love.” I just spent the last week with Dr. Sue at…Read more
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