CBT Blog & Resources

When most people hear the word “trauma,” they think of major, life-threatening events—natural disasters, war, abuse, or serious accidents. But trauma is not defined solely by what happened. Rather, trauma is best understood as a person's physiological and psychological response to what happened.

Do you worry about a lot about earthquakes? Is it hard to control the worries? Are the worries consuming you?   Recent earthquakes have...

While rumination may provide brief relief, it can create an unhelpful cycle of increased stress, anxiety, and sadness.

Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours are often dismissed as bad habits, yet they can cause significant harm.

While depression can cause and exacerbate physical pain and illness, physical pain and illness can also exacerbate depression.

“We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world–the company of those who have known suffering.” - Helen...

The first step in facing our inner critic is recognizing that it isn’t “us.”

How magical thinking can fuel obsessions and compulsions.

Is Your Perfectionism Helping or Hindering You?

Bullying & harassment can happen in many forms; physical, verbal, social, or electronic, and it can be very serious and damaging to our...

As a parent of a child or teen dealing with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you might feel a range of emotions on any given day. You...

Many teens we see here at the North Shore CBT Centre are struggling with social anxiety. They are smart, creative, and compassionate...

In the 2015 Pixar movie, Inside Out, there are five human emotions at work for 11- year-old Riley. Anger is given the colour red and is...

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a source of chronic stress and has led to profound disruptions to normal daily routines. Children and...