Sonya Gotziaman, Registered Psychotherapist and Certified Imago Therapist
1311 Portage Avenue R3G 0V3 Winnipeg, MB, Canada

I found this picture and I send it out to everyone who has a complicated relationship with Mother's Day

A colleague of mine, Wendy Kirk (who also provides online therapy) has created an extensive resource list for people during Covid. It's long, but there is a very wide variety of resources here. Wendy Mae Kirk, B.A., M.Div., R.P., C.I.T. individual and relationship psychotherapy Clinical Member of Ontario Society of Registered Psychotherapists...Continue reading

A great list for the holidays. It's not about the money you spend, it's about the time you spend with your family and for yourself. This is also a great list for the entire year, not just the holidays.

Please be kind this week. First and foremost to your self, but also to the people around you. For your self, please remember that this is the first time you've ever had to deal with a pandemic. You may be less productive than normal as your brain processes this, even though you have more "time" on your hands. Kind thoughts to your self are helpful at a time like this. For the people around you, we rarely have a time when so many people's anxiety goes up at the same time. People are adjusting to their new reality, whether it's financial worries, health concerns, being separated from family, etc... Let's all have compassion for the people around us, as we all go through this. Wishing you all a week filled with kindness.

Excellent article on 13 Reasons Why, and how to use it as an opportunity to talk with your teens about mental health

During this strange time, when we are adjusting our lives due to Covid-19, I have opened up many new appointment times for new and previous clients who are struggling and want to work by phone or Doxy (secure video conferencing used by medical professionals). Since I have been working using these platforms for years, I would be happy to work with people who are currently isolated and/or stressed. Wishing you good health for you and your friends and family, Sonya. Since people have been asking, my website is sonyagotziaman.com in case you want to learn more about my work.

I haven't read this book yet but I will be soon, and I'm really excited about it. I believe strongly in developing resiliency and giving our best to "Option B"

Gave a presentation on Parenting Children with Anxiety for a lovely group of parents last night. So happy to see parents making the time to learn about new parenting skills.

Thank you Linnea Butler for writing this article. This is info everyone should have access to.

There are a lot of articles about Narcissists and Sociopaths, and how to "survive them" these days. Here is one I found particularly accurate.

This article mirrors what I often say to clients. BE YOURSELF from the very beginning of a relationship! If it's not a good fit when you are "yourself", then it wasn't going to be what you want long term and you will be happier with someone who you can be yourself with.

Novavita. Help. Hope. Heal. ABOUT NOVA VITA HELP US HELP THEM WE CAN HELP HEALTHY TEEN RELATIONSHIPS...Continue reading

My favourite TED talk so far.

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Here's an article I enjoyed today. Sometimes we do things we think are helpful that may actually be hurting.