Finding Love In The Time Of COVID-19: Tips You Don’t Want To Miss
Being stuck in the house during a pandemic leads to a lot of downtime. Almost everyone is living, working, socializing, and learning from the comfort of home. But as comfortable as it is to stay inside, at times, it can feel like the walls are closing in ...
Bird & Associates Psychological Services of Halifax
The Bird & Associates Psychological Services Blog We update our blog regularly to share information about the services we offer and how they benefit our clients, as well as general topics in psychology and practical tips for helping to manage comm ...
Where does my anxiety come from?
Anxiety is one of the most frequently identified mental health problems among Canadians. Despite this, it is often very difficult to understand where anxiety comes from, and why it seems to affect some people more than others. One of the mo ...
Helping Your Neurodiverse Child Adhere to Social Distancing
More than 500,000 children have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Overall, they are less likely to contract the virus and tend to have better outcomes when they do. However, some children, especially those with underlying conditions, can get sick. A ...
7 Tips on Adapting to Online Learning for University Students
The modern student can ditch the large textbooks and three-ring binders. Online learning (also called distance learning) is becoming the new normal. Today, 97% of students switched to an online educational institution. Even before the coronavirus pand ...
ProBono for frontline health care providers
We Got You! We decided to join the long list of many Psychologists in Canada willing to offer some ProBono work to frontline health care providers. If you know anyone who has put in long hours, difficult days and is in need of support, encourage ...
Stay Home: How to Help Kids & Teens Cope During Coronavirus
There have been many changes lately as a result of COVID-19. Schools are closed. Many stores are closed. Kids can’t play outside with their friends. Many parents are working from home, or maybe they are healthcare workers working extra hours or self-isol ...
Our Contingency Plan to deal with COVID-19
To our valued clients, we are putting strategies in place in order to protect the health of our clients, staff and community members. As you know, the impact that COVID-19 will have on Nova Scotians is still evolving and we continue to monitor the situat ...
Look Who is growing up!
Maverick! As some of you may know, Maverick works at our office with our Associate Jacqueline Meisner. He is a Golden Doodle just under 1 years old. Jacqueline introduced Maverick to our clinic last summer and I will have to say that I was a little ...
New Years Resolutions: The psychology behind what works and what doesn’t
Jan 2020 Happy New Year! It’s 2020 and we are ringing in a New Year. This is the time of year when we tend to think about how we lived our life during the past year. We determine whether or not we are living the life we want to live. How cl ...