Insight Counselling & Therapy Centre
4620 Manilla Rd SE # 61 T2G 4B7 Calgary, AB, Canada

Please share our holiday fundraiser with your friends and family. This will be a lovely event to get everyone into the giving spirit of the holiday while helping those in need

A lovely testimonial from one of our partners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMu0224cSJ8&feature=youtu.be

Have someone in your life who is difficult to buy gifts for? Consider giving the gift of a donation to Insight Counselling and Therapy Centre this holiday season! Any amount can assist individuals in the community to get the mental health help they need but may not be able to access at full cost. Instead of an object they will never use, a loved one can know that this gift helped to support those in need.

http://www.cbc.ca//ontario-health-minister-eric-hoskins-ps Exciting news out of Ontario!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-K2JTTdcmY

Some interesting new research and thoughts on schizophrenia https://sciencr.com/the-concept-of-schizophrenia-is-coming/

https://www.psychologytoday.com//the-anxiety-busting-prope What sort of rituals do you engage in?

Food for thought: Some common cognitive distortions that can affect the way we think about situations. See any there that seem familiar to you?

Like apps? Try one of these to boost mental health or find space to talk to others http://www.psychiatryadvisor.com/top-10-mental-health-ap//

http://lethbridgeherald.com//province-provides-funding-fo/ What a great initiative! Can't wait to see this spread across the province

Having trouble being assertive with your needs? Try an assertiveness script to help you ask for what you need in your relationships. It looks like this: I think: Tell the person your facts and understanding of what is going on in the situation. You are not making a judgment or assumption about the other person, this is not an attack. Example: "I think we haven't been spending a lot of time together lately, I only saw you yesterday and on Tuesday the week before" I feel: This ...is more likely to be used with a friend or family member rather than a clerk at a store. You are to give a brief description of the emotions triggered by the situation. Use "I" statements that are not accusatory. Example: "I feel rejected and lonely" I want: Ask for a behavioural change not a change in attitude. You can't expect someone to change their beliefs because you don't like them, but you can ask them to change what they do and how they behave if it is hurting you. Ask for only one change at a time and something that can change now. Be very specific and concrete. Example: "I would like us to try to spend three nights per week together" Self care solution: This step is optional. You are not threatening the person but giving them encouragement. You are telling them what you'll do to take care of yourself if they don't comply with your request. This shows you are not helpless and can solve the problem and it is not intended to punish them. Example: "If you can't spend that much time with me I will make plans with my friends on those evenings so that I am not feeling so lonely." Put it all together and it looks like this! "I think we haven't been spending a lot of time together lately, I only saw you yesterday and on Tuesday the week before. I feel rejected and lonely. I would like us to try and spend three nights per week together. If you can't spend that much time with me I will make plans with my friends on those evenings so that I am not feeling so lonely" Give it a try and see what you think! Taken from the Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey Wood, and Jeffrey Brantley

Generalized anxiety is different from worry!

Insight Counselling and Therapy Centre invites you to join us for our 2017 fundraiser: Music for Mental Health #yyc #mentalhealth Please see the event page for more information

https://www.theatlantic.com//has-the-smartphone-d/534198/

http://www.cbc.ca//trauma-dogs-sheldon-kennedy-abuse-1.421

IDEAS two-part series looks at mental illness, past and present, theory and practice, from asylums to labs in neuroscience.

https://youtu.be/_zQ8hYnayqM

Take a look at how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours interact http://www.allaboutdepression.com//CBT_Workshop/CBT_03.html

Stay cool out there! https://www.psychologytoday.com//heat-wave-temperatures-ma