therapy Archive
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer I am reading yet another wonderful book. Morrie Schwartz sheds some wisdom on what it is like to be diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease, (ALS) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer Poetry—- a form of creativity, but it serves another purpose as well. Poetry, like music, is an outlet for feelings and emotions. It is a way to get a point across in …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer I am currently reading the book ‘Mindsight’ by Daniel J. Siegel, MD who is a clinical professor of psychiatry at UCLA School of Medicine and co-director of the UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center. The …
by Victoria Brewster, MSW – SJS Staff Writer How were you educated at school whether undergraduate or graduate? Was it a ‘just the facts’ orientation or an empathic, client-centered model? Is there room for both? Sometimes we have to …
By Victoria Brewster, MSW SJS Staff Writer I attended an all day workshop on NLP-Neurolinguistic Programming yesterday here in Montreal. NLP at its most basic, is a form of Behavior Modification. It has been around since the 1970’s- think Fritz Perls, Milton …