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April 6, 2024
Being happy is more than not being depressed
Although slightly technical, this nice article on happiness is a real eye opener: it’s called What We Know Now About How to Be Happy . Even if…
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April 6, 2024
Compassion: The new component of Motivational Interviewing (MI) spirit
With the arrival of the latest edition of their book, authors William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick have added compassion, an inherent forth component of Motivational Interviewing…
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April 6, 2024
Motivated client seeks coach: present them with an Action Plan!
We often set ourselves big objectives: goals that seem (paradoxically) out of reach even if we stretch as far and high as we can. Much…
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April 8, 2024
New West Island Psychologist website
We’re happy to present our new website providing information on PsyMontreal’s new West Island psychologist clinic, such as a description of the psychotherapy and coaching…
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April 8, 2024
How is problem drinking treated?
Treating alcoholism was once limited to the peer support group Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) founded in the United States in 1935. AA has seen competition in…
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April 8, 2024
Drinking and Problematic Drinking
Drinking and Problematic Drinking 1. Alcohol: Are all drinks created equal? Alcohol is the most widely-consumed nonprescription drug in North America. A standard drink contains…
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April 8, 2024
How would CBT by a psychologist help my depression?
What is Depression? There are various types of depression that psychologists see in daily clinical practice. First, there is Major Depression. Some of the symptoms…
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April 8, 2024
Fear of rejection and the need to be liked
Many years of research and hundreds of studies have shown that human beings have a need to be social and form relationships with other people.…
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April 8, 2024
Phobias: what are they?
Phobias: what are they? Let’s begin with a description of what it might feel like to have a phobia of taking an airplane trip: “I’m…
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April 8, 2024
How is Social Phobia treated?
First, people who have social phobias should speak about their symptoms with their family doctors. The doctor should do an exam to make sure that…
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