Blog | Cortney Pasternak, Counsellor

Shopping to Soothe COVID Anxiety and Boredom?

The role of ‘emotions‘ in how, when, where, and how often we shop, is well documented. Thoughts about a brand[…]

When the pandemic first hit, some lawyers were already predicting a rise in divorce rates. 24-7 — even with people[…]

What better time for those in the Northern Hemisphere particularly, with a COVID winter on the horizon, to be thinking[…]

I have noticed a casual (and often insensitive) familiarity in the way people are engaging with each other on online[…]

I’ve written several times about estrangement in families. It is a relatively common issue I see in my psychotherapy and[…]

It’s about time! While physician attitudes and biases toward and around gender identity, sexuality, mental health have evolved (and varied)[…]

You are probably already learning that it’s easy for things to go sideways at home after so many hours, days[…]

If you are feeling as overwhelmed as so many other parents (whether or not you are have work or benefits,[…]

For many, feelings panic, worry, anxiety, depression, boredom, isolation and loneliness occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic are quite new. If[…]