The Impact of Isolation
DR QURATULAIN ZAIDI of MindNLife looks at the mental challenges arising from the pandemic – in particular, for those facing quarantine – and where we might turn for some relief.
Regulating Angst
To cope with anxiety and overwhelming experiences, many people develop distracting strategies which can lead to dysfunctional habitual patterns. It is often when poor behavioural coping becomes symptomatic that people come into therapy. Regular avoidance of...
My Child is Refusing Access; Now What?
Mary was struggling to get her children ready to see their father, Darren, every weekend. It was always the same story. Her twelve year old would cry; she didn't want to go. However, her seven-year-old son couldn't wait to see his dad. Mary was also struggling with...
Cultivating Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs in Your Sex Life
Many couples come to therapy because they have challenges with sexual arousal and desire. They believe that they should be turned on and don’t understand why they are not, or want to be turned on and don’t know how to create that energy. This can cause conflict in the...
What is a Sex Therapy Session?
In my previous post, “What Is Sex Therapy”, I described what a sex therapist is and the conditions sex therapy can treat. Here I’d like to share the process in which a sex therapist assesses a client and how sex therapy actually works. Initially, you'll meet me at the...
Parent Child Reunification Therapy
How to improve parent child communication and relationship during families transition through Separation or Divorce... Every Friday evening, Matt would go to his ex-wife's house to pick up his daughter, Wendy, for their weekend access. His heart was racing, and a...
Understanding Anxiety
Since Covid-19 has taken over daily life, health and social anxiety has been on the rise as we adjust to a new way of living and adapt to our online world. Called, “The Shadow Pandemic”, mental health is being focused on with much more intensity than ever before. The...
The Discipline Dilemma
DR QURATULAIN ZAIDI of MindNLife looks at society's tendency to normalise the act of disciplining children by spanking them, and how we as parents can do better. "Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation."...
On Trauma
Trauma is an experience we go through when we are faced with an event that is deeply distressing and overwhelms our coping abilities. This experience occurs at four levels: cognitive, emotional, physiological, and behavioural. More specifically, if we are dealing with...
Managing Menopause: How to Get Help
It is estimated that as many as 80% of women suffer a menopause-related symptom in their lifetime, of which 25% are severe. Many suffer in silence believing that they just have to live with it. In reality, there are options for help and you don’t have to let the...