by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 29, 2024 | Addiction & Substance Misuse, Change, Crisis, Mental Health
How can one decide between a treatment plan that is strict on abstinent behaviours and one that offers stages of reducing addictive behaviours (“harm-reduction”). Some may prefer the latter because, to them, complete abstinence seems unrealistic,...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 28, 2024 | Family, Grief, Parenting, Stress
We are really impressed to see more elderly parents seeking help for their adult children (whether in their 20s, 30s, or 40s). Parenting never ends. As long as you are around, you want to be able to still provide the best for your children, either by providing them...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 27, 2024 | Anxiety, Crisis, Mental Health, Sexuality, Trauma - PTSD
What’s Wrong With Me? “Mrs. A. was a 43-year old woman who was living with her mother and son and worked at a clerical job. She had felt depersonalized as far back as she could remember. ‘It’s as if the real me is taken out and put on a shelf or stored somewhere...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 25, 2024 | Anger Management, Change, Conflict, Crisis, Love & Relationships, Marriage, Mental Health, Problem-Solving, Separation & Divorce, Stress
The Art of Effective Conversation Communication, when performed effectively, (e.g. calmly, lovingly. sensitively. wisely, respectfully) enhances and fosters positive relationships. However, when done poorly, it leads to communication breakdowns which are draining on...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 24, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Family, Mental Health, Separation & Divorce, Stress
The Family Social System “A family is far more than a collection of individuals sharing a specific physical and physiological space. While families occur in a diversity of forms and complexities, each may be considered a natural sustained social system—one that has...
by Finding Solutions Together | Apr 21, 2024 | Change, Conflict, Family, Friendship, Love & Relationships, Problem-Solving, Stress, Teens
A relationship does not have to be romantic to be considered toxic. A toxic relationship may occur in friendships, parent-child relationships, between siblings and in work relationships. When toxicity in relationships can be identified early, we prevent ourselves from...
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