Positive Outcome

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Sasha is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario with over 8 years of experience supporting individuals within the field of mental health and addictions.

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating!

We will be taking some time off to refresh, recharge, and reboot. Looking forward to coming back ready to walk with my clients on their journeys towards a Positive Outcome!

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating!

The next week I will be out of office. The gift of helping others heal requires the same amount of dedication to learning as it does to being open to the process. I will be upgrading my specialty in couples therapy so as to better serve my clients and their futures. I look forw

We are taking a break and will be back on January 16, 2023! #YourPositiveOutcome #notyouraveragetherapist #conversationswithaclinicianofcolor #therapistlife #mindfulnessmoment #socialworkers #nohealthwithoutmentalhealth #southasian #poc #muslimsocialworker #psychotherapist #

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We will be taking some time for self care and rebooting. Happy Holidays to you all!

These are some simple strategies to help get things done at work and at home. What are some of your strategies? Please share in the comments.

A strategy that often helps my clients is developing a routine. Routine allows you to go on autopilot and structure often helps your brain settle. It makes it easier to complete tasks on a daily basis as it helps reduce distraction. Developing routines is like developing muscle m

Psychotherapy is a common and effective strategy to help manage ADHD. This is both useful for people with the diagnosis but also significant others and family members. Medication is also a very useful tool to manage ADHD. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about ADHD me

Neurodivergent individuals can find it very difficult to maintain employment when untreated or undiagnosed. These are just some of the ways in which it may be difficult. Attendance and punctuality can be challenging as many ADHDers deal with time blindness and distraction. Deadli

The best way to think of ADHD is not as a mental disorder but as a collection of traits and tendencies that define a way of being in the world. Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

The United Kingdom has realized the significant number of individuals with ADHD that come in contact with the criminal justice system. They have made the positive move of ensuring that all inmates are assessed for the disorder. Particularly first time offenders, who often never h

ADHD is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed but certainly not over diagnosed. The difficulty in finding a centre where one can be assessed is the first in many barriers. It is not due to poor parenting skills. ADHD is a lifelong disorder that often presents in different ways in adu

A research study showed that 25.5% of inmates surveyed in prison were found to have undiagnosed or untreated ADHD and MDD. This is a public health crisis. ADHD does not make someone violent but with the challenges of impulsivity and emotional dysregulation they are more prone to

What can you do for World Mental Health Day. 1 Check in on you know who has struggled with Mental Health. 2 Educate yourself with information on mental health conditions and warning signs. 3 Stop using and call out stigmatizing language. 4 Be an advocate for change. 5 Practice s

There are demographic factors that impact the likelihood of being diagnosed with ADHD. Children living in households where English is the main language are more than four times as likely to be diagnosed as children living in households where English is the second language. https

Cost is a major factor when it comes to how a condition affects someone. Treatment plans and medications can be expensive, and planning around payment can be stressful. A study from 2007 suggested that the “cost of illness” for a person with ADHD is $14,576 each year. That me