Author Archives: Natalija

What can I expect at couples therapy?

Systemic therapy is designed to meet the needs of couples specifically so we normally recommend this approach but we can incorporate others also.  Relationship counselling for couples, typically brings couples or partners together for joint therapy sessions but it can also be helpful to seek individual therapy prior to or alongside this kind of therapy. […]

How to deal with hoarding disorder

A person with ‘compulsive hoarding disorder’ (hoarding disorder for short) acquires an excessive number of items and stores them in a chaotic manner. The items stored can be of little or no monetary value and may seem unnecessary of little practical use. Usually hoarding results in unmanagement amounts of clutter. An important distinction between hoarding […]

Is anxiety a mental disorder?

In its purest, primal state, anxiety is an emotion that helps us stay alive and unharmed. It’s what our ancestors relied upon to remain wary of the predators. While we no longer have these kinds of threats in our daily lives anymore, anxiety still has practical uses. For example when we have anxiety about an […]

Do our recurring dreams contain any meaning?

Dreams are fascinating when you really investigate them. Why and how do we experience this stream of apparent consciousness while fast asleep? And, more importantly, what does it mean? We dream during the most active REM stage of sleep, and it’s estimated that we dream between four and six times per night. Many of us […]