Dr Ceylan Celen is one of our psychologists here at Vida Psychology. In this podcast, she shares how DBT, a type of cognitive behavioural therapy, is helping her patients manage PMDD. There are many strategies shared in this episode and we speak about one of the...
By Ishma Alvi. All literature; from peer-reviewed journal articles to Op-Eds in women’s magazines, repeat the same thing: women are more likely to struggle with anxiety, mood, body image issues, disordered eating and a host of other mental health issues, relative to men. This is supported...
By Olivia Nash-Dolby. Feelings of loneliness and social isolation have been a common experience for many of us during COVID-19 times. This has led to concerns that the global coronavirus pandemic is creating a loneliness epidemic. This might sound obvious – after all, the words “social isolation”...
By Olivia Nash-Dolby. For many of us, the typical lockdown schedule can feel a bit like Groundhog Day: wake up, put on a pair of tracksuit pants and a business shirt, shake off-screen fatigue to prepare for a day of Zoom meetings, check the COVID-19 case...
By Sabrina Brient. Language helps us to communicate and connect and to construct and express our identities. Language lets us create labels that we can share with others and build communities. As culture grows and changes, so too do the language and labels that we use. It...
By Jake Lamberton. When talking about perfectionism we often think of someone who is highly detail-oriented. In psychology, we often look at perfectionism as involving working to extremely high standards and determining self-worth based on whether those standards are met. Though having standards is important and a...
By Sabrina Brient. Grief is a known response to loss. This loss can be a result of death; the death of a family member or friend, a pet. It can also occur in the context of other events that constitute a loss. For example: A family...
By Ishma Alvi. The acronym ‘OCD’ has become commonplace enough that people, often casually, refer to themselves as having it. People attribute any desire for order or control within themselves or others to having traits of ‘OCD’. But, despite its common use, or perhaps because of...
By Sabrina Brient. We live in a busy world, with work deadlines, personal commitments, and constant to-do lists. We can often get caught up in the “rat race” of life and not even know it. We finish a deadline or task and have many more to...
By Jake Lamberton. Sleep is an incredibly important part of our lives and something that most of us will spend a third of our lives doing! For some people struggling with sleep can feel incredibly demoralizing, but you can do a number of things to try...