Thoughts on Record: Podcast of the Ottawa Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Dr. Barbara Minton - Healing Through Music and Neuroscience

13 Apr 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Barbara Minton, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist who integrates...

Dr. Deborah Dobson - Social Anxiety

30 Mar 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, we sit down with psychologist and CBT expert Dr. Deborah Dobson to discuss her new book Living...

Dr. Rana Pishva, C.Psych - Life in Transition & Navigating Change

09 Mar 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Life transitions—whether expected or sudden, joyful or painful—have a way of shaking loose our assumptions ...

Dr. Alissa Jerud - Emotion Savvy Parenting

16 Feb 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Parenting is often described as the most important job in the world — but it may also be the most emotionally...

Dr. Douglas Flemons - Rethinking Empathy

27 Jan 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Empathy is widely viewed as the cornerstone of effective therapy—but what if we’ve been misunderstanding it...

Dr. Jesse Finkelstein - A DBT Guide to Navigating Stress, Emotions, and Relationships

06 Jan 2026

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jesse Finkelstein to discuss Real Skills for Real Life, co-authored with ...

Drs. Robyn Walser & Darrah Westrup - You Are Not Your Trauma

01 Dec 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode of Thoughts on Record, we’re joined by Drs. Robyn D. Walser and Darrah Westrup—two of the w...

Dr. Shirley Hershko - ADHD in Women

17 Nov 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode of Thoughts on Record, we sit down with Dr. Shirley Hershko, one of the foremost voices in the ...

Melissa Fulgieri, LCSW - Healing Relational Trauma

03 Nov 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this conversation, we speak with psychotherapist and author Melissa Fulgieri, LCSW about her powerful book H...

Patrick Ney - When At the Zoo Watch the Humans

20 Oct 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Parenting can often feel like a relentless series of checkboxes—milestones to hit, skills to teach, problems ...

Dr. Maelisa McCaffrey - Clinical Documentation

06 Oct 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! 🎙️ Episode OverviewClinical documentation: every therapist’s frenemy. For many mental health professiona...

Dr. Claire Sira & Tom Hudock: Feeling Loved With Adult ADHD

08 Sep 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, Dr. Claire Sira and Tom Hudock join me to discuss their new book Feeling Loved with Adult ADHD...

Dr. Niko Kukushkin - One Hand Clapping: Rethinking the Human Mind

11 Aug 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this conversation, neuroscientist and author Dr. Nikolay Kukushkin joins us to explore some of the deepest q...

Dr. James Cordova - The Mindful Path to Intimacy

15 Jul 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Clinicians will often hear their clients express deeply felt needs, only to admit they’ve never shared them w...

Dr. Meredith Gansner - Depression, Diagnosis & Digital Culture in Teens

16 Jun 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Digital media is changing the way young people experience—and express—mental health struggles, particularly...

Dr. Heather Wheeler - Perfectionism in High Performers

02 Jun 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! At first glance, perfectionism looks like an asset; however, the same internal drive that fuels greatness can a...

Dr. Chris Taplin - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

05 May 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Dr. Chris Taplin,a psychiatrist and founder of Ottawa’s TMS Life clinic, joins us for a deep dive into one of...

Dr. Joe Pierre - Why We Believe What Isn’t True

21 Apr 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Joe Pierre, psychiatrist and author of False, to explore why people believ...

Dr. Scott Waltman & Kasey Pierce: Stoicism for the Modern Mind

07 Apr 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Scott Waltman and Kasey Pierce coauthors, along with Trent Codd, Ed.S of T...

Dr. Betsy Chung - Building Emotional Security Within Relationships

24 Mar 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Building emotional security and navigating conflict with intention often defines the success of our closest rel...

Donna Jackson Nakazawa: Healing Adverse Childhood Experiences

10 Mar 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In this episode, we sit down with Donna Jakson Nakazawa to explore a topic at the core of many people's th...

Dr. Yona Bouskila - Do We Have Freewill?

24 Feb 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Many of us accept freewill as an undeniable truth, assuming that we are the architects of our own decisions and...

Dr. Sharon Martin - Better Boundaries

10 Feb 2025

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Whether it's in our personal relationships, at work, or even with ourselves, boundaries are essential for ...

Dr. René Mõttus - Personality Predicts Life Satisfaction

11 Nov 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While most of us intuitively believe that our assessment of our lives is largely objective and a direct result ...

Amanda Petrik-Gardner, LCPC - Excessive Reassurance Seeking

28 Oct 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Compulsive reassurance seeking can be a challenging issue for both clients and therapists to manage. Clients ar...

Dr. Nina Josefowtiz - Behavioural Activation for Depression

14 Oct 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Behavioural activation is one of the best, if not the best treatments for depression. Clinical psychologist and...

Dr. Lindsay Gibson: Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People

30 Sep 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Navigating relationships with emotionally immature parents can evoke very strong reactions, which can be diffic...

Dr. Russell Ramsay - Assessing and Treating Adult ADHD

08 Jul 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Assessing & treating adult ADHD can be both very challenging as well as highly rewarding for client and cli...

Dr. Alec Pollard: When a Loved One Won’t Seek Mental Health Treatment

24 Jun 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Many clinicians experience a sense of helplessness around effectively managing calls from loved ones of an indi...

Emma Lauer, LCSW: DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive People

10 Jun 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Dialectical behavior therapy or DBT is a wonderful suite of tools that help people to be more effective with re...

Dr. Stephanie Catella - Building Emotional Intelligence

27 May 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In addition to being a topic that appears frequently in the realm of pop psychology, emotional intelligence is ...

Dr. Holly Swartz - Social Rhythm Therapy for Bipolar Disorder

13 May 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Bipolar disorder is often thought of as a mental disorder that is treated exclusively with medication when in f...

Dr. Leslie Becker-Phelps: Insecure in Love

29 Apr 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Challenges related to attachment in relationships - especially in the context of romantic relationships - can e...

Drs. Matt Browne & Chris Kavanagh - Decoding the Gurus

15 Apr 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! The last decade has seen the ascendency of a number of "public intellectuals" who have come under inc...

Dr. Kiran Vadaga - Mindfulness of Feelings from a Buddhist Psychology Perspective

01 Apr 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Mindfulness is an area of clinical and intellectual focus which has grown tremendously in popularity and includ...

Dr. Mark Solms - Understanding Consciousness to Optimize Therapeutic Outcomes

18 Mar 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! CBT interventions are often favoured for being empirically supported; however, it is not always clear how effic...

Dr. Georgia Ede - Change your Diet, Change your Mind

04 Mar 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! There has been increasing discussion of the metabolic basis of mental disorders and the potential benefit a low...

Anna Motz - If Love Could Kill: The Myths & Truths of Women Who Commit Violence

19 Feb 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Female involvement with the criminal justice system can prompt significant internal dissonance as well as chall...

Dr. James Hollis - Living a Life of Meaning

05 Feb 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Host note: folks, I invite you to pay very close attention to what Dr. Hollis has to say...could change your li...

Dr. Kevin Gary - Coping With Existential Boredom

22 Jan 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Existential boredom is a challenge for many that can lead to a pathological engagement with shallow amusements ...

Dr. Randy Nesse - Depression & the Art of Giving Up

08 Jan 2024

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Understanding the evolutionary significance of depression can quite helpful in its conceptualization and treatm...

Dr. Marie-Hélène Pelletier - Helping Clinicians to Develop Resilience

04 Dec 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! For many mental health clinicians, crafting resilience is an afterthought to managing the day-to-day demands of...

Dr. Fiona McAndrew: Music, Peak Experience & Depth Psychology

20 Nov 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Music is an under-explored tool with respect to the provision of psychotherapy as well as the crafting of peak ...

Dr. Susan Clayton - Climate Anxiety

06 Nov 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Mental health professionals have increasingly been seeing clients seeking services related to anxiety and depre...

Sheila Rubin, MA & Bret Lyon, PhD: Embracing Shame

23 Oct 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Shame is among the most powerful of human emotions and can drive a number of both functional and dysfunctional ...

Dr. Jeff Perron - The Psychology of Happiness

09 Oct 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Happiness is an elusive and frequently controversial topic of discussion.  Dr. Jeff Perron joins us for an ext...

Dr. Katharine Phillips - Body Dysmorphic Disorder

25 Sep 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! For many clinicians body dysmorphic disorder or BDD is shrouded in mystery and can be an intimidating and trick...

Summer Break!

07 Aug 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Hello everyone - hope you are well!  We just wanted to quickly let you know that we’ll be taking a scheduled...

Silken Laumann - Strength in Vulnerability & the Power of Storytelling

24 Jul 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Strength in vulnerability combined with an internal sense of safety are among the most powerful psychological t...

Dr. Keith Dobson: Major Depressive Disorder

10 Jul 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Despite being among the most common of mental disorders that a clinician is likely to encounter, major depressi...

Dr. Stephen Hupp - Pop Psychology & Pseudoscience

26 Jun 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Many clinicians pride themselves on practicing within an evidence based framework; however, within psychology t...

Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman: Hidden Potential of the Unconscious Mind

12 Jun 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman returns for an encore discussion on Thoughts on Record to discuss his most recent book ...

Dr. Richard G. Heimberg: Social Anxiety Disorder

29 May 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Despite anxiety in social situations being a fairly normative experience, we know that the symptoms and disabil...

Dr. Miri Forbes: Symptom Overlap & Repetition in the DSM-5 Framework

15 May 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Diagnostic frameworks like the DSM are often regarded as definitive, having an almost canonical-like quality. ...

Anna Gabriel & Michael Hermann: Do Everything Better With Music

01 May 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While many of us regularly use music to enhance our well-being or increase performance, we are often unaware of...

Dr. Christine Purdon: A Deep Dive on OCD

17 Apr 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While OCD is a generally a very recognizable form of mental disorder, there are many nuances and complexities w...

Dr. Bernard Beitman: Meaningful Coincidences - Synchronicity & Serendipity

03 Apr 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Despite typically being scientifically-minded individuals, many clinicians have often wondered about aspects of...

Dr. Daniel Z. Lieberman - Dopamine: The Molecule of More

20 Mar 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! At the moment there is no more talked about neurotransmitter than dopamine. Our collective obsession with dopam...

Drs. Melissa Tiessen & Karen Dyck: Imposter Syndrome in Clinicians

06 Mar 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Imposter syndrome combined with the somewhat curious & paradoxical phenomenon of over-identification with b...

Dr. Chris Palmer: A Novel Metabolic Theory of Mental Disorders

20 Feb 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Given that mental health treatment outcomes have not improved dramatically over time despite a wealth of resear...

Kent Bassett & Dr. Lilia Graue: Exploring Psychological Models of Chronic Pain

06 Feb 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Evidence-based, psychological models & treatments for chronic pain are an exciting development in the under...

Luke Burgis - Wanting - The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

23 Jan 2023

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Psychological suffering appears to be greatly facilitated by unfavourable comparisons that we make between ours...

Truth, Control & Coping: A Fireside Chat With Dr. Pete Kelly, C.Psych

26 Dec 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Effective coping almost always hinges on an accurate appraisal of the stressful event that is being navigated, ...

Dr. Melisa Robichaud: A Masterclass in Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)

12 Dec 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) can at times be difficult to differentiate from the anxious distress that ca...

Dr. Tom Murray: Let's Talk About Sex (but only on Saturdays, using proper anatomical terms & with the lights off)

28 Nov 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! As is the case in many areas of life, for those who are perfectionistic, sex and sexual expression can be areas...

Dr. Susan Rogers: The Neuroscience & Psychology of Music

14 Nov 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Music has a unique ability to evoke emotion and articulate a feeling or sentiment where words can fail.  Moreo...

Tabitha Carvan: This Podcast is NOT About Benedict Cumberbatch

31 Oct 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In a world in which we are increasingly wary of quick dopamine "hits" that frequently lead to feeling...

Dr. Julian Ford: Differentiating Borderline Personality Disorder & Complex PTSD

17 Oct 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) & borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often confused a...

Drs. Sheila Rauch & Carmen McLean: The Neuroscience of Prolonged Exposure for PTSD

03 Oct 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy is among the most effective, empirically supported treatments for posttrauamtic...

Dr. Stacey Kosmerly: Therapists Seeking Therapy

19 Sep 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Many of those who work in mental health services are personally connected to challenges related to mental healt...

Dr. Lisa Cohen: A Novel Model for the Conceptualization & Treatment of Personality Disorders

25 Jul 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Host note: Just a quick note that we'll be taking a breather until the fall to enjoy the rest of the short...

Dr. Renske Visser: A Conversation About Death & Dying

11 Jul 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Death & dying are topics that clinicians frequently tackle both directly (as manifested around a fear of de...

Scott Nations: The Role of Cognitive Distortions in Investing

27 Jun 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Investing and management of finances is often a source of considerable distress for many individuals.  Investo...

Dr. Sandra Kooij: Understanding, Assessing & Treating Adult ADHD

13 Jun 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Assessing & treating adult ADHD can be both very challenging as well as highly rewarding for client and cli...

Dr. Joe Pierre - The Nature, Psychology & Danger of Conspiracy Theories

30 May 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! The past 2 years appear to have precipitated an unprecedented rise in the dissemination and propagation of misi...

Dr. Jennifer Heisz: Exercise for Mental Health & Wellbeing

16 May 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Engaging in regular exercise is a frequent recommendation of mental health clinicians as a way to address sympt...

Dr. Rob Whitley & Mr. Jean-Francois Claude: Men's Mental Health

02 May 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While at times a difficult topic to broach, men's mental health reflects an important area of both clinica...

Dr. Lisa Cohen: Suicide Crisis Syndrome & the Narrative Crisis Model of Suicide

18 Apr 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Unfortunately, many mental health clinicians will experience a client’s suicide in the course of their career...

Dr. Sean Fitzpatrick: Integrating CBT with Jungian/Depth Psychology

04 Apr 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Jungian/Depth psychology provides a wonderful framework for exploring questions related to meaning and the self...

Dr. Daryl Chow - Deliberate Practice in Psychotherapy

21 Mar 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Following registration as an autonomous professional, a psychotherapist could potentially go decades providing ...

Dr. Yoni Ashar: Pain Reprocessing Therapy

07 Mar 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Chronic pain is emerging as one the most misunderstood aspects of the human experience.  Owing to this misunde...

Dr. Uma Naidoo: This is Your Brain on Food

21 Feb 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! The interface between nutrition and mental health is a fascinating area of study that is of great interest to b...

Dr. Jeff Perron, C.Psych: Monetary Policy & Bitcoin - The Macroeconomics of Well-Being

07 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Owing to a rapidly changing world, many clinicians understandably feel it is increasingly difficult to keep tra...

Dr. Kristen Ellard: Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

24 Jan 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While a number of empirically supported, disorder-specific treatment protocols exist, it is frequently the expe...

Dr. Michael Greenberg: Rumination Focused ERP

10 Jan 2022

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Rumination in the context of OCD, anxiety & depression is often conceptualized as an automatic & intrus...

The Fascinating Origins & Complexity of Depression - A Fireside Chat with Dr. Pete Kelly, C.Psych

20 Dec 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While low mood & sadness are very frequently adaptive responses to life's challenges, there are times ...

Hope Arnold, LCSW, MA: Radically Open DBT for Overcontrol/OCPD

13 Dec 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Clinical presentations characterized by "overcontrol" of emotions (e.g., OCPD, chronic depression, ea...

Dr. Philip Grandia, C.Psych: Working With Clients With An Intellectual Disability

29 Nov 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Clients with both an intellectual disability and mental health diagnosis are among the most vulnerable members ...

Dr. Andrea Ashbaugh: What is Mental Illness (and How Do We Know)?

15 Nov 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Conversations around the conceptualization, development & implementation of diagnostic frameworks around me...

Imi Lo: Reflections on Psychotherapy & Conceptual Frameworks

08 Nov 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While most psychotherapists identify with one predominant theoretical orientation, in practice it is common for...

Dr. Sidarta Ribeiro - The Oracle of Night

01 Nov 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Dreams have long been a source of fascination, mystery & intrigue, yet there is now an abundance of scienti...

Dr. Danielle Dick: The Child Code

25 Oct 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While many parenting books and websites emphasize the critical role of the parent in influencing a child's...

Dr. Hannah Zeavin: Deep Thoughts on Teletherapy

18 Oct 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of psychotherapists were forced to migrate their practice ...

Dr. Brett Litz: Adaptive Disclosure - An Effective Treatment to Address Traumatic Loss & Moral Injury

11 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While trauma perpetuated by traumatic loss or imminent threat to one’s life is familiar and salient to most p...

Drs. Karen Dyck & Melissa Tiessen: Navigating the Workplace Hazards of Providing Psychotherapy

04 Oct 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While self-care is widely acknowledged as being critical to effective and sustainable engagement in the provisi...

Melinda Wenner Moyer: How To Raise Kids Who Aren't A**holes

27 Sep 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! In many contexts - both in-person and online - it can often feel like reasonable behaviour, the ability to cons...

Summer Break!

09 Aug 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Hello everyone - hope you are well!  We just wanted to quickly let you know that we’ll be taking a scheduled...

Katja Pantzar: The Finnish Way: Finding Courage, Wellness and Happiness Through the Power of Sisu

02 Aug 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Finland is consistently ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world by the United Nations.  Author &a...

Rebecca Schwarzlose, Ph.D.: Brainscapes: The Warped, Wondrous Maps Written in Your Brain

26 Jul 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! While we typically take constructing and making sense of our internal and external world for granted, the brain...

Ralph Blumenthal: The Believer: Alien Encounters, Hard Science & the Passion of John Mack

19 Jul 2021

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Comments or feedback? Send us a text! Once considered a fringe topic, aliens and the possibility of alien encounters are now the subject of considera...