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Cynthia Yoo
Feb 27, 20237 min read
Attachment Trauma - How to Heal From Your Childhood to Parent Your Child with Unconditional Love
Childhood is referred to as a "critical" or "sensitive" period of development. This is because the experiences that children are exposed...
Cynthia Yoo
Jan 27, 202310 min read
Trauma - Definition, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Trauma refers to an injury or a wound. When you experience a physical trauma, your body will do its best to heal the wound - and it is...
Cynthia Yoo
Jan 10, 20232 min read
Depression - Definition, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
What is depression? Depression is different from feelings of sadness. Major Depressive Disorder is a mood disorder that causes...
Cynthia Yoo
Jan 5, 20233 min read
About Psychologists & How to Find One
What are Psychologists? Psychologists are regulated mental health professionals who specialize in mental health assessment, diagnosis,...
Cynthia Yoo
Jan 2, 20233 min read
Anxiety - How Counselling Can Help
The most effective form of treatment for anxiety involves medication and/or psychotherapy. Medication can help regulate the...
Cynthia Yoo
Dec 30, 20223 min read
What Anxiety Looks Like in Children
When children are in their optimal state - calm alertness - we say that they are within their "window of tolerance." Children are feeling...
Cynthia Yoo
Dec 21, 202214 min read
Anxiety & ADHD - The Big Overlap and How To Tell the Difference
There is an excellent article explaining how anxiety and ADHD overlap in terms of symptoms. It explains how they can look the same and...
Cynthia Yoo
Dec 18, 20226 min read
Effective Strategies to Support Your Child with Anxiety
Parents have a natural inclination to take care of, protect, and nurture their children. When you see your child overwhelmed with...
Cynthia Yoo
Dec 6, 20223 min read
When Anxiety Becomes a Problem
Humans have survived as a species because we have developed a natural alarm system that keeps us looking out for signs of danger (i.e.,...
Cynthia Yoo
Dec 3, 20224 min read
Anxiety & Stress - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Stress Stress is meant to help us by alerting us to danger so that we can quickly mobilize our inner resources to survive it. Here is...
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