by Grace McDonald Counselling | Jan 31, 2020 | Counselling, GMC Good Reads
Last year, I completed Level 1 training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and I will be completing Level 2 this year. This kind of therapy helps people with self-regulation and feeling a sense of control over their present moment experience. It teaches you how to move...
by Grace McDonald | Oct 25, 2019 | Counselling, GMC Good Reads
Here’s some good relationship reading by Kim Saft, PhD, LCSW, Certified Imago Relationship Therapist We all get caught in a dance with our partner, a power struggle, that leaves us feeling stuck and frustrated. Kim brings awareness to this dynamic and strategies...
by Grace McDonald | May 29, 2014 | Counselling, GMC Good Reads
How to Choose a Mate The one quality that stands above all others in the search for a mate Published on August 4, 2013 by Alex Lickerman, M.D. in Happiness in this World Photo: Serge Melki When searching for a mate, most of us carry around a list of criteria or...
by Grace McDonald | Apr 5, 2014 | Counselling, GMC Good Reads
A colleague sent this to me, and I had to share it: The below is a totally true story: Gary was a boy in a elementary school in Pittsburgh who was known throughout the school as a big behavior problem. He was disobedient and disrespectful. Gary was the class clown or...
by Grace McDonald | Mar 20, 2014 | GMC Good Reads, Parenting
The Overprotected Kid A preoccupation with safety has stripped childhood of independence, risk taking, and discovery—without making it safer. A new kind of playground points to a better solution. Hanna RosinMARCH 19, 2014 A trio of boys tramps along the length of a...
by Grace McDonald | Jun 10, 2013 | GMC Good Reads, Tip of the Week
Meditation That Eases Anxiety? Brain Scans Show Us How By RICK NAUERT PHD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on June 5, 2013 Research and technology have advanced to the point where scientists can observe the way in which meditation affects the...
