Mental Health Care in Canada | Psychotherapy Matters

TruReach: CBT in an App

Contributed by Jeff Perron on January 16th, 2017
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada / Therapy: Cognitive Behavioural

Happy New Year! PM celebrates the first official blog entry of 2017 with an announcement by Jeff Perron, Programs Manager at TruReach Health, who is offering PM members and their clients FREE access to a new CBT app called TruReach. … Continue reading →

What is Depression?

Contributed by Vicky Nguyen on March 7th, 2016
Content: How To Find a Therapist, Mental Health Care in Canada / Issue: Depression

Chances are, you’ve heard someone say “I’m depressed today” to describe a terrible mood that lifts at the end of the day. You may also have heard someone say “I’m depressed” because they have been sad for many days for … Continue reading →

Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic (PMVC): A Clinical Social Worker’s Perspective

Contributed by Vicky Nguyen on February 19th, 2016
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada, Personal Stories, The Practice of Psychotherapy

This is the third in a series of blogs that will introduce you to an innovative approach to mental health care pioneered by Psychotherapy Matters: the Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic or PMVC. We hope to report regularly on the … Continue reading →

Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic (PMVC): A client’s perspective

Contributed by Vicky Nguyen on February 10th, 2016
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada, Personal Stories / Issue: Depression / Therapy: Individual therapy

This is the second in a series of blogs that will introduce you to an innovative approach to mental health care pioneered by Psychotherapy Matters: the Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic or PMVC. We hope to report regularly on the … Continue reading →

Psychotherapy Matters Virtual Clinic (PMVC): A Psychotherapy Provider’s Perspective

Contributed by LAURA LUZ on February 4th, 2016
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada, Personal Stories

I had some grave concerns about one of my clients. She was in her teens and was experiencing increasingly destructive thought patterns. Over recent months, she spiraled into unpredictable states of moodiness, apathy, depression and inability to focus. She blamed … Continue reading →

Psychotherapy Leaders: Dr. Molyn Leszcz on Group Therapy, Part 2 of 2

Contributed by Vicky Nguyen on January 13th, 2016
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada, The Practice of Psychotherapy / Therapy: Group therapy

Dr. Leszcz is a world-renowned expert in group psychotherapy and an extraordinary leader in Canadian psychiatry. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Group psychotherapy Association among other prestigious recognitions. Amongst his many publications, Dr. Molyn Leszcz co-authored with … Continue reading →

Psychotherapy Leaders: Dr. Molyn Leszcz on Group Therapy, Part 1 of 2

Contributed by Vicky Nguyen on January 6th, 2016
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada, The Practice of Psychotherapy / Therapy: Group therapy

Dr. Leszcz is a world-renowned expert in group psychotherapy and an extraordinary leader in Canadian psychiatry. He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Group psychotherapy Association among other prestigious recognitions. Amongst his many publications, Dr. Molyn Leszcz co-authored with … Continue reading →

The Writer’s License

Contributed by Allan Steingart on June 21st, 2015
Content: Mental Health Care in Canada / Issue: Anxiety or panic or obsessions / Therapy: Cognitive Behavioural

Foreword by the Editor of the Psychotherapy Matters Blog: Dr. Bernard contributed this post after writing it for a course that he took at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies on Creative Non-Fiction taught by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall. Psychiatrists rarely–if ever–admit to … Continue reading →