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Depression. It Can Creep Up on You…

Gary Direnfeld

It’s a depressive episode. Eventually it is labeled a major depressive episode. The impacts are so much greater than the abject depression of the individual. Education, learning this is not a choice, but the impacts of a major depressive episode is key to survival and adjustment for everyone. It overwhelms.

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Hey, Tough Guy…

Gary Direnfeld

Mom suffered depression. As the fellow spoke he began to see connections between his dad’s oppression of his mom and her depression. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. The counselor wondered about other values and biases his dad had.

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Parental Conflict Can Be a Setup for Childhood Trauma

Gary Direnfeld

Such a child may appear as anxious or depressed or as having ADHD. Further, any depression or anxiety or difficulty concentrating may continue into adulthood affecting adult life. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress.

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Even When So Young, They Know.

Gary Direnfeld

If this continues those feelings can grow to become depression and/or anxiety. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. It causes them to worry. Some want to be protective. They are too young to be truly helpful. They come to feel defeated, hopeless.

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Attachment Style?

Gary Direnfeld

They may seem sluggish, depressive in relationships. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

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It May Be Trauma If You Experienced….

Gary Direnfeld

A history of any of these experiences can lead to difficulties with depression and/or anxiety as well as other mental/emotional disorders. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. A history of these experiences can contribute to drug or alcohol abuse.

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Why Are You Doing The Work of The Other Parent When Separated?

Gary Direnfeld

It can create anxiety, depression, false hope, and a sense that we must tolerate that which should not be tolerated or accepted. Gary maintains a private practice in Georgina Ontario, providing a range of services for people in distress. Ask yourself, what are you chasing, pretending?