Healthy Foundations Counselling
1159 Alloy Drive, Suite 203 P7B 6M8 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

https://www.encompascare.ca/therapist/leanna-probizanski/

Free Online best practices for self compassion

"Learning how to talk about suicide in a hopeful and respectful way has the power to save lives. Our resources will teach you how to start these difficult conve...rsations. -- If you or a loved one needs help right now, you are deserving and can call 1.833.456.4566. If you require immediate, in-person emergency care, call 911, or go to your nearest emergency department." See more

Humor prevents your relationship from becoming rigid and brittle. It’s important that you and your partner can share and enjoy each other’s sense of humor. It c...an act as a great regulator when you are under stress and can strengthen the bond between the two of you. Attempt to make your partner laugh as an exercise. Try lots of different ways to get them to laugh. Explore their sense of humor and look for what they find funny. Determine what they don’t find funny and what they find offensive. Find out if your partner is a producer of humor, an appreciator of humor, or both. Don’t make jokes at your partner’s expense, joke about things that aren’t funny to your partner, or tickle them.

As a psychologist, I was trained to believe that trauma was a singular big event. Something that involved severe abuse or neglect. When I started my practice,... I noticed a pattern with people who had ‘normal’ or ‘supportive’ families yet they struggled with severe anxiety or depression. Low self worth. Chronic fear of others think of us. Many were in toxic relationship patterns + had so much confusion around why they felt stuck. I noticed the same patterns in myself. Yet nothing ‘big’ happened to me. The next few years, I spent studying the patterns I saw + realized trauma is so much more than what we’ve been told. Trauma is an event where we are chronically denied our authentic nature as children, + are left to cope with our emotions without guidance in how to process them. This is where we learn to betray ourselves for love. This is where we learn that who we are is not acceptable + the ego comes in to create a sense of self based on the unconscious desires of a parent. We start to chase external approval because we’ve lost the connection to self. We seek relationships that mirror our earliest childhood experiences. If we had a parent who denied our reality (ex: an alcoholic father who we witnessed drinking + our mother, in denial herself, told us was just not feeling well) we have no trust in our own perception. We choose partners + situations where our reality continues to be denied. Unconsciously, we learned this as part of what relationships are. Our path to healing begins with an understanding that all of our behaviors, thoughts, patterns, + beliefs are simply our conditioning. They are not who we are. They’re a reflection of the past. Nothing is wrong with us. We are not damaged, or ‘mentally ill.’ As we become more conscious, we can make choices beyond our conditioningin alignment with who we actually are. We are resilient humans who have learned how to cope. Humans who can now learn how to become empowered to thrive#selfhealers

As of Monday, November 16, the COVID-19 Assessment Centre will operate from the new location on the first floor of the Medical Centre at 984 Oliver Rd. There is a separate entrance from the A1 Eagle parking lot. Individuals coming for a test may not enter via the 'normal' entrance of the Medical Building. The on-site Assessment Centre continues to serve symptomatic people. The COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Confederation College is available for symptomatic school-related appointments in the mornings, and in the afternoons for asymptomatic people who require a test for special circumstances, such as visitors to Long-Term Care. Same-day appointments for either site can be made online at www.tbrhsc.net or by calling 807-935-8100.

To find out more about our mental wellness resources, go to https://edu.ymhc.ngo/product-category/education-resources/ Our COVID mental wellness journal workboo...k is https://edu.ymhc.ngo/product/in-this-together/ We believe that all students, families, educators and community organizations should have these "tools for wellness" as proactive approaches to supporting young people. #mentalhealth #youthmentalhealth #mentalwellness #ymhc Students can't wait for people to take their mental health seriously. Let's not wait until they are struggling before we do something. See more

The New York Times discusses how the pandemic has affected children and particularly children who struggle with #anxiety. #CognitiveBehaviorTherapy is often the treatment of choice for childhood anxiety, as it helps patients identify and challenge problematic thinking. #CBTWorks

Children’s Mental Health Ontario has 4,000+ child and youth mental healthcare professionals ready to help parents and their children. #KidsCantWait