Blogs

May 27, 2015

Parenting a Child with Anxiety – Presentation

Click the link below to download Dr Emily O’Leary’s presentation from the Parenting a Child with Anxiety Info Night. Parenting Talk

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May 26, 2015

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) Most of us go to some extent to maintain our own level of personal grooming and self-care to meet a ‘desirable’ standard, and experience “off days” where we feel unsatisfied with certain aspects of our appearance. However, it is important to distinguish between this momentary dissatisfaction and routine self- image checking…

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May 21, 2015

Low Self-Esteem

Low Self-Esteem Self- esteem is how we view ourselves in relation to others – it is made up of our sense of self, our self- image, our values, and how we would like to be perceived by others. Most of us can probably relate to times where we have questioned our abilities, compared how we…

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May 19, 2015

Anxiety in Later Life

Despite the common held belief that anxiety disorders only develop in younger to middle aged adults, the prevalence rate has actually been shown to affect 10-20% of the older adult population – proving to be twice as commonly reported as dementia! Of the five different types of anxiety disorders, general anxiety disorder (GAD) and specific…

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May 12, 2015

On Mother's Day: Remembering Mothers Without Living Children

Mother’s Day evokes bittersweet reactions in bereaved mothers everywhere. This pain may be especially poignant for mothers without living children. Too often, their experience of motherhood is largely unacknowledged by society. Mother’s Day can threaten to break the best of us. Says Toni Brabec, whose only baby daughter Olivia died in 2013, “Before, I saw…

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