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Friends and COVID

If you think that friends and their behaviour may protect you from COVID, be careful! As much as you love your friends and they may love you, research suggests that it pays to stick to safety precautions.

People wrongly believe their friends will protect them from COVID-19

People may feel less vulnerable and take fewer safety precautions about COVID-19 when they are with, or even just think about, their friends instead of acquaintances or strangers.

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COVID “Reopening Anxiety”

Reopening anxiety ‘quite common’ as COVID-19 restrictions lift, B.C. psychologist says

Feelings of anxiety are perfectly normal as British Columbians adjust to life without some of the province’s longstanding COVID-19 restrictions, according to one expert.

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Counterintuitive Methods for Stress-Busting

Mental health experts debunk 10 stress myths

Mental health experts Stephanie Cook and Teresa Leyro debunk 10 stress myths. They cover burnout, stress eating, nail biting, and more.

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Sick and tired of the pandemic? Here are some tips for coping

Feeling pandemic fatigue? Here’s how to cope according to psychologists | News

If you’re feeling exhausted by the stresses caused by COVID-19, you’re most likely experiencing pandemic fatigue.

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What Causes Zoom Fatigue

Nonverbal Overload: A Theoretical Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue

Volume 2, Issue 1. DOI: 10.1037/tmb0000030

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Conversion Therapy Now Illegal in Canada

Yesterday it became illegal in Canada to conduct conversion therapy, which aims at changing an individual’s sexual orientation. There is ample research that conversion therapy has done irreparable harm, so this is most welcoming news.

Conversion therapy ban receives royal assent, now law in Canada – National | Globalnews.ca

Bill C-4 makes providing, promoting or advertising conversion therapy a criminal offence in Canada. It was fast-tracked through the House of Commons and Senate.

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Coping with Uncertainty

10 tips for dealing with the stress of uncertainty

Findings from the APA Stress in America Survey highlight common ways that uncertainty stresses us out.

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Fee Increase

Please note that on January 1st, 2022, my regular fees will increase to be commensurate with the market rate for psychologist services as set by the British Columbia Psychological Association. This means that the fee for a regular individual psychotherapy session will increase to $225. Couples/family sessions will increase to $235. All sliding scale fees will also increase by $25.

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Psychotherapy is Evidence-Based Self-Care

Therapy Isn’t Self-Indulgent-It’s Evidence-Based Self-Care

You don’t need to justify going to therapy. Because therapy isn’t self-indulgent-it’s evidence-based self-care.

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Commemorating Atrocities against Canadian Indigenous Peoples