by Jeff Packer | Mar 25, 2024 | Change, Crisis, Problem-Solving, Stress
From Blame to Ownership “I started working at sixteen. Wanting to make my own money and buy my own things. The only lessons on saving (if you’d like to call it that), came from my mom saying that I should put a little away and give some to the church. My young...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 15, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Mental Health, Stress
What is Going Through Your Mind? How am I going to pay the bills this month? Am I spending enough time with my family? What do I really want to do with my life? Sometimes our daily routine can gradually appear redundant, unpleasant, and lacking excitement. But we’re...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 13, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Crisis, Depression, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress
CBT- Breakthrough to Reduce Anxiety Anne’s presenting problem was preoccupation and fear that she had breast cancer. Five days a week, she would spend up to 80 per cent of her day thinking about the possibility that she might have cancer or that she had the symptoms...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 11, 2024 | Addictions, Change, Children & Adolescence, Crisis, Family, Friendship, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens
“My brother stays home Sunday to Wednesday, and parties the remaining days of the week. Sounds like fun, right? Sometimes he’s attending multiple parties per night. He stumbles into the house. On occasions, I find him passed out in the car in our driveway. He came to...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 6, 2024 | Anxiety, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Depression, Family, Grief, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Stress, Trauma - PTS Reaction, Work & Employment
or… Post-Traumatic Stress “Reaction” (PTSR) “The anger, the rage, the hurt, and the cold loneliness that separates you from your family, friends, and society’s normal daily routine are so powerful that the option of destroying yourself is both real...
by Jeff Packer | Mar 5, 2024 | Conflict, Crisis, Love & Relationships, Mental Health
Relationships can be pretty scary! Sometimes the thoughts, feelings, and recurring arguments for change in our relationships can feel very unsettling, like a never-ending roller coaster. The experience is sometimes thrilling and exciting and other times daunting and...
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