The following articles have been written by TPS staff and will help you further understand our counselling and assessment services:
Child Counselling and Play Therapy
- Reunification Counselling: Re-establishing a positive relationship between parent & child
by Jancy King, M.Ed., C. Psych. Assoc. This article seeks to inform readers about the psychological services related to reunification counselling which I provide at Toronto Psychological Services in west Toronto, Ontario. It is a focused article tha...
- Child Centered Play Therapy: History, key elements and a practical application of the model to child centered group therapy
by Jancy King, M.Ed., C. Psych. Assoc. This article will provide a brief history of child centered play therapy and the key concepts of this clinical approach to the psycho-therapeutic treatment of children. As well, this non-directive theoretical o...
- Tween Behavioural Problems
by Sandy Riley, CYC Many parents struggle with their child’s behaviour, often finding it extremely frustrating and challenging to have their child follow the rules and expectations of the home. Parents often recognize that changes may have occurre...
Couple, Relationship, Marriage Counselling
- Low Sexual Desire; A Toronto Sex Therapist talks LSD
by Joan Marsman M.Sc. RMFT Are we having enough sex? Is our sex life normal? Every week another concerned couple arrives at my office with concerns about their sexual relationship. They may tell me that their relationship or sex life is no longer...
- Control
by Mary Clark, M.A. In my opinion, Will Rogers was right when he said, “each person is about as happy as they decide they want to be.” Couples counselling or marriage counselling can teach the concept that you cannot control others, you can ...
- Improving Communication in Couples Counselling
By Shari Braham, M.Ps. When I meet with couples for therapy, one of the profound issues that I see is that individuals are often disappointed that their personal dreams and hopes for their relationship with their partners have not materialized. In t...
Adult Individuals Counselling
- Is Your Anger Having a Negative Impact in Your Life?
by Shari Braham M.Ps., Adult and Couples Counsellor As an Adult and Couples Counsellor, I have seen through the eyes of my clients, the far reaching negative impacts of anger. In the home environment, angry tirades can push away the people we love t...
- What stops me from going to a psychotherapist?
by Nauman Qureshi, M.A. In my thirty years of private practice as a psychotherapist I have seen many clients who have experienced early resistance in seeking professional help. One of the reasons seems to be having to bring change your life. We all ...
- ACCULTURATION: Dealing with change.
By GERARDO QUINTERO M.A., Phd. (in prog.) This article is also available in Spanish “All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter ano...
- ACULTURACION: Lidiando con los cambios
By GERARDO QUINTERO M.A., Phd. (in prog.) This article is also available in English “Todos los cambios, incluyendo los mas anhelados, tienen su melancolía. Por lo que dejamos detrás de nosotros y es parte de nosotros mismos. Debemos morir a una...
- MAKING PEACE
By GERARDO QUINTERO M.A., Phd. (in prog.) This article is also available in Spanish The emotional wounds are like physical wounds. If we do not attend them they become infected. People, who had suffered emotional pain, carry resentment and those...
- HAGA LAS PACES CON SU PASADO
By GERARDO QUINTERO M.A., Phd. (in prog.) This article is also available in English Las heridas emocionales son como las heridas físicas. Si no se les atiende se infectan. Las personas que han sufrido un daño severo cargan con su resentimien...
Adolescent Counselling
articles coming soon
Psychological Assessments & Educational Assessments
- Speaking plainly…….what is a Psycho-Educational Assessment?
By Jancy King, M.Ed., C. Psych. Assoc. People may seek a psychological assessment for many reasons; learning, behaviour, injury, health, emotional problems or development concerns to name just a few. A psycho-educational or educational assessment is...
