How to Improve Your Body Image
[Read the transcript below] Hi there, it's Dr. Courtney Raspin here, and it's Mental Health Awareness Week. This year's theme is body image, and it couldn't be more important than now to address this because we know that so many people struggle with body...
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How Much Therapy Do You Need?
How much therapy do you need to help you to feel better? Is one session enough to help you, or should you decide to see a therapist over a longer period? The duration of therapy varies greatly depending upon your presenting difficulties, personal goals, and the...
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Do You Engage in Unhelpful Thinking Styles?
Unhelpful thinking styles are a part of everyone’s thoughts. The technical term for them is Cognitive Distortions, which might also give you a clue as to what they do. Put simply, they distort our thoughts. They're unhelpful self-statements and judgements. The way...
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How to do a Binge Postponement Trial
[Read the transcript below] Hi there, it's Dr. Courtney Raspin here and today I wanted to talk to you a little bit about binge postponement and how you can do a binge postponement trial. In my last blog, I talked to you about what a binge is, how you can...
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3 Critical Steps to Control the Urge to Binge Eat
When someone has an unhealthy relationship with food, taking steps to control the urge to binge eat is often overwhelming and can be one of the biggest challenges when overcoming an eating disorder. Binge eating can occur for several reasons: as a result of a...
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How Therapy Can Help You With Change
[Read the transcript below] In my last vlog I talked to you about some of the major obstacles to change. Today I'd like to follow that up and talk to you about how therapy, and your therapist, can actually help you navigate those tricky obstacles. Because,...
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What is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) and How Does it Help?
At Altum Health, we offer a selection of therapies we feel best match the needs of our clients. One type of therapy we offer is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). There are several forms of CBT, so what is CBT and how does it help? In this blog, we are going to talk...
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Change is Hard
[Read the transcript below] Now, most people come to therapy because they either want to start doing something, or they want to stop doing something. And, intellectually, you know what practically needs to happen in order to change. The solutions are...
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A Survival Guide to Christmas with an Eating Disorder
Christmas is often a source of anxiety and can be overwhelming to those struggling with mental health issues. Couple Christmas with an eating disorder and fear about all the food and drink that surrounds the holiday season, and...
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