Psychologists and Counsellors

Mental Health Resources created by Boyd & Associates in Coquitlam BC, to help the community strengthen resilience and well-being.

In the Spotlight

Anxiety Protects You – But it Can Over Protect

Everyone feels anxiety at times, and when a real threat - like a truck is barreling your way - is present, you ought to feel anxious! But for many people who lack strong inner security, anxiety becomes like an alarm that trips too easily. You're ...

Age-Related Hearing Loss and Mental Health

Mary is 67 and she came in to discuss her fear that her 69-year-old husband had something terribly wrong with his behaviour. She noted that he was experiencing depression, irritability, isolation, confusion, anxiety and, at times, what appeared to be unprovoked rage. He would interrupt ...

Masking and Autism: How to Create Space for Acceptance and Authenticity

Most of us are familiar with the social skill of masking. Perhaps it is going to an interview-you dress a certain way, watch your posture, choose your words carefully, and observe the reactions of those around you more carefully. Most people find these experiences tiring ...

Level Up Your Mental Health with Gaming

More than ever, gaming is part of our life context, especially for youth - though you may be surprised to learn that the average gamer is 34 years old and has children. It is a powerful media capable of telling intricate, artistic, interactive stories; a ...

Addictions

The High Cost of Disconnection

An attractive 16 year old girl was describing how hard it was for her to go to school ...

Smartphone Addiction

The headline in the Globe and Mail read, "Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So ...

Orthorexia Nervosa: When Healing Becomes Unhealthy

Sally scrolls through her social media and an article catches her eye. She clicks on the link and ...

My Teen is Cutting: What can I do?

Liz and Dan recently received a call from the school counsellor informing them their 14 year old daughter, ...

Family & Parenting

Masking and Autism: How to Create Space for Acceptance and Authenticity

Most of us are familiar with the social skill of masking. Perhaps it is going to an interview-you ...

7 Tips to Help You Process Tough Emotions

What exactly does it mean to "process your feelings?". It is certainly very common advice, and generally we ...

Managing Holiday Celebrations with Children after a Loss

After the death of a person or pet dear to your child, the holidays, especially the first ones, ...

Parenting Gen Z

The current teen and young adult population are Generation Z. They have grown up in the era of ...

Depression

The High Cost of Disconnection

An attractive 16 year old girl was describing how hard it was for her to go to school ...

The Surprising Impact of Journaling

Who knew? A study done at the University of California, Los Angeles using Functional Magnetic Brain Imaging (fMRI) ...

Managing Holiday Celebrations with Children after a Loss

After the death of a person or pet dear to your child, the holidays, especially the first ones, ...

No Bones About It: Dogs are good for our health, even in the therapy room!

"Please bring him back if you can, he makes such a positive difference." a client says to me ...

Marriage Moments

Watch the video series from a Pre-Marriage seminar given by psychologist Denis Boyd, M.A.

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