Julia Wright from CBC Information Morning talks mental health An important listen from Julia Wright at CBC this week. She interviews Kelly Lamrock, Child and Youth Advocate for NB, about the status of the mental health commission report following the suicide death of Lexi Daken. Lamrock underscores the importance of securing more funding for the training of psychologists to address the massive shortage of professionals and resultant lengthy wait times in our province. This is an issue that our College and Professional Affairs Committee has been working diligently on for years. Please give th ..read more

An excellent read originally posted by Dr. Ahona Guha. As we enter the third year of the pandemic, many of us have now contracted the virus or know people who have tested positive. In addition to the health risks associated with catching COVID, there can be emotional ramifications — especially if you happen to spread the virus to someone else. Many people who inadvertently transmitted COVID have described feeling intense guilt and shame, especially if they infected someone who has additional risk factors. It is helpful to consider the psychological processes inherent in managing this guilt ..read more

Stress management/self-care: Carving out time for myself to recharge, getting outside for at least 15 minutes every day, yoga, listening to podcasts, listening to music.   Parenting: I LOVE positive parenting techniques. Positive parenting sometimes gets a bad wrap for being anti- consequences, but that's not true at all. Its more about focusing on the positive behaviours as a way to reinforce those. It is also about teaching kids that feelings are okay/acceptable (ie., "I see you're mad that Ipad time is over. It's okay to be mad! It is NOT okay to hit". It is a whole field of psycholog ..read more

Stress management and self care tips.  When a problem comes up, pause and step back, and ask yourself how important it really is……. our first sense of things is that they always seem bigger issues (with more consequences for us) than is usually the case. In stressful times, selective self-disclosing to someone you trust as to what is troubling you and how it makes you feel, tends to help settle you, plus facilitates helpful support from your confidant. Similarly journaling in troubling times can be helpful - again describing both the issue involved and naming the emotion you are feeling ..read more

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Perfectionists MacLean's magazine recently published an article entitled: "Perfectionists tend to procrastinate: York U. psychologist," outlining research by York University psychologist and Canada Research Chair Gordon Flett. According to Flett, students are more likely to procrastinate when they feel others are expecting them to be perfect. In this research, he found that procrastinators tend to have negative thoughts and put a disproportionate amount of attention perfectionism, fear to fail and guilt. Therefore, Flett provided some suggestions on ways for students, like me, to move past th ..read more

Evidence-Based Treatment As an aspiring future psychologist, I am soaking up some knowledge regarding the different types of psychological treatments available. If you look around other sections of our website (which we encourage you to to!) you will notice that the SJPC Psychologists emphasize the fact that they provide evidence-based treatment (EBT) for psychological disorders. The following blog post will provide some information about what they mean by EBT and why this is important to consider when choosing a therapist. What is Evidence-based Treatment? EBT is defined as treatment that ..read more

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Julia Wright from CBC Information Morning talks mental health An important listen from Julia Wright at CBC this week. She interviews Kelly Lamrock, Child and Youth Advocate for NB, about the status of the mental health commission report following the suicide death of Lexi Daken. Lamrock underscores the importance of securing more funding for the training of psychologists to address the massive shortage of professionals and resultant lengthy wait times in our province. This is an issue that our College and Professional Affairs Committee has been working diligently on for years. Please give th ..read more