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NOW OFFERING PHONE OR VIDEO SESSIONS – EFFECTIVE 3/20/20
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression
Learn how to integrate Mindfulness Meditation with CBT for the treatment of Depression. 8 x 75 min. sessions over 8 weeks starting on Tuesday Sept. 11th 2018 at Kingston Frontenac Public Library, Isabel Turner Branch at 935 Gardiner's Road, Kingston, Ontario. Course...
OPEN HOUSE – Dave Neary Counselling Solutions
Please join me for the opening of my new office at my OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday March 6th, 2018 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at #215-120 Clarence Street, Kingston, Ontario. Refreshments will be served. I am looking forward to meeting my new neighbours in the building and the...
Dave Neary Counselling Solutions – New Location Effective March 1st, 2018
I am please to announce that I will be moving my practice from 130 Ontario Street to #215-120 Clarence Street, Kingston, ON (Post Office Building) effective March 1st, 2018. In my new location I will be able to offer counselling services Monday to Friday and Saturday...
Transgender Issues in Employment
Transgender Issues in Employment By Dave Neary “Many employers are changing their Equal Employment Opportunity policies to include gender identity or expression because it makes good business sense to create an inclusive workplace environment – not only for recruiting...
Life in the Sandwich Generation
Life in the Sandwich Generation Many Baby Boomers today find themselves caught in what has now been identified as “the sandwich generation.” These parents have school age or post-secondary students to take care of as well as the added stress of supporting aging...
Relax & Recharge with Mindfulness Meditation
Relax and Recharge with Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness Meditation is a technique for slowing down and examining one’s thought processes, and learning to be “in the moment”. Mindfulness is a based on Buddhist principles but it is not a religious based activity....
Adequate Sleep & Mental Health
Adequate Sleep & Mental Health “I’m too busy for sleep!” How many times have a heard a colleague, friend or student at the college I work at tell me that. Students I work with often say they need to pull all-nighters before exams. I argue that the best studying...

Stigma Still Surrounds Mental Health
Stigma Still Surrounds Mental Health “We are making inroads, but there is still much work to be done.” According to the Conference Board of Canada (2011), “when it comes to mental health issues in Canadian workplaces, misinformation, fear and prejudice remain far too...