Broadview Psychology Blog and Webinars

Parenting stress: What is it and six tips to manage its impact By Tamara Meixner, MA, Ph.D. Candidate One year has passed since the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a global pandemic. With this, families began distancing from everything familiar, and the ensuing effects on parents have been – to put it mildly – […]

By: Sharon Chan, M.Sc. (PhD candidate)  Ask someone what colour shirt they are wearing and the answer comes with relative ease and with minimal discomfort. Yet ask for the description of a person and some will inevitably shy away from using colour to label skin tone, as salient of a descriptor as it might be, […]

By Lynn Nguyen In a matter of days, the streets of Ho Chi Minh City transitioned from its typical raucous, of honking motorbikes and vendors hawking their wares, to eerie silence of blowing wind and tweeting birds. You may think this is a description of pre and post-lockdown from COVID-19 measures. However, this transition occurs […]

By Laura Davidson, MSW Student As the acceptances for Graduate school came out, the hope for classes to be in-person was the first thing on my mind. How will I learn the material and practical skills through zoom? Should I defer the program by one year? With all of these questions looming above me, I […]

By Dr. Leann Lapp, Ph.D., C.Psych “My mother just died.” “My child has been diagnosed with a serious illness.” “I didn’t get the job I was promised.” “My partner wants to leave me.” We have all gone through hard things, because life is full of them.  Hard things are unavoidable.  There are the heart-stopping events, like break-ups, […]

By Dr. Christine Klinkhoff, Psy.D, C.Psych As fundamentally social creatures, humans seek relationships with others. Building connections offers us a sense of satisfaction and gives life purpose[1]. The ongoing pandemic has made it challenging to connect with the people in our social circles and has placed a strain on relationships. While connecting online through Zoom […]

We are pleased to announce that Broadview Psychology will be starting a 10-week virtual Social Anxiety group starting on February 2nd! The group is for adolescents and will be facilitated by Stephanie Voth, MSW RSW, and Lynn Nguyen. The group is aimed towards a better understanding of what social anxiety is, what it looks like, […]

By Jenny Gomez, M.A. “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?”  – C. Bukowski. When did you lose your ability to play? To be creative? To approach life with a sense of playfulness, awe, and wonder? Perhaps you haven’t lost this part of yourself. Perhaps you are lucky and have managed to hold onto […]

By Dr. Christine Sloss Ph.D., C.Psych My family has joined the ranks of those who have adopted a pandemic puppy!  With our adolescents home from school last spring, our youngest began asking persistently for a puppy.  Our older two had long given up on their parents and assumed that there was no hope of adding […]

By Stephanie Voth, MSW RSW New Year’s resolutions are not a new concept and for many people, they are something to avoid. Most of us have grand intentions on New Year’s Eve, but the motivation slowly fizzles out and the urge to avoid sets in. But perhaps we’ve been going about these resolutions all wrong. […]

By Gibran Rodriguez de los Reyes, M.A. There is no arguing that emotions are quite complex. Not only do they involve a myriad of bodily and brain systems, mental processes, and behavioural responses, but emotions are also heavily reliant on culture and language. Think about it: when we are born, we can’t identify discrete or […]

By Andrea De Bartolo With this year finally coming to an end, December seems to need a little extra TLC. Like everything in 2020, this winter break will be different than past years. Rather than students coming back home for the holidays, they will be coming out of their rooms and enjoying time away from their screens. […]

By Stephanie Voth, MSW RSW It’s no surprise that winter is quickly approaching. Some may be excited for the cooler weather with the hope of skating and wearing cozy sweaters. Others might be feeling sheer dread. We’ve already experienced such a challenging 8 months and now with shorter, darker days, snow, ice, and fewer activities, […]

We are pleased to announce that Broadview Psychology will be initiating a 10-week in person Behavioral Activation group starting on November 20th! The group is for older adolescents, young adults and adults and will be facilitated by Agustina Jorquera, M.Ed., Registered Psychotherapist and Stephanie Voth, MSW RSW. Developed using a CBT model, the group is aimed towards a better […]

By Dr. Aranda Wingsiong You may be finding yourself becoming more dependent on your tech devices in the midst of this pandemic, particularly as an increasing number of social activities are migrating to online spaces. Social video games, for example, provide a way for us to connect with large pools of players in the safety […]

Alida Iacobellis RD MHSc Vegetarian eating patterns are commonly promoted for weight loss purposes. Animal foods like meat and dairy are naturally a lot more energy dense than plant foods, so if you cut them out you are also cutting calories. For this reason, a vegetarian diet can quickly become a more socially acceptable way […]

We are pleased to announce that Broadview Psychology will be initiating a 12-week virtual OCD group that is open to members of the community on November 17th! The group is for adolescents and is facilitated by Dr. Christine Klinkhoff. Developed using ERP and ACT approaches, the group is aimed towards a better understanding of OCD, […]

By Stephanie Voth, MSW RSW Thanksgiving is typically a time when people gather together and reflect and share about what they’re thankful for.  This Thanksgiving, many gatherings were derailed by COVID news and regulations which meant yet another weekend apart from family and friends. Although many groups shifted to gather virtually or outdoors at safe distance, […]

By Andrea de Bartolo From early morning sports practice to late night Zoom calls, the life of an adolescent has drastically changed over the last six months. Most alarming, is the increase of loneliness and stress among youth since March of this year. It is important to understand why shift in mental health this has […]

As parents and caregivers struggle to find extracurricular activities for their child(ren) in the era of the pandemic, our team has collectively formulated a list of volunteer activities, in-person and virtual, that your child (and you!) can participate in: Big White Wall: an anonymous online peer-to-peer support community for your mental health Kids Help Phone: […]