Social Worker & Psychotherapist; Mental Health & EDI Consultant; Lecturer & Writer; Therapy Podcast Host
About us
Affective offers consulting, training, and psychotherapy services. We work with individuals, groups, educators, service providers and organizations of all sizes. We aim to build capacity around issues in mental health, sexual health, diversity, and equity. Our work is attuned to the needs of community, and is rooted in principles of anti-oppression and an understanding of systemic issues as they affect the lives of people and organizations. www.affectiveconsult.ca
- Website
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http://www.affectiveconsult.ca
External link for Affective Consulting & Psychotherapy Services
- Industry
- Mental Health Care
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto
- Type
- Self-Owned
- Founded
- 2014
- Specialties
- Mental Health Consultation, Psychotherapy, Resource Development, Diversity & Equity Training, Workshop Facilitation, LGBT Health & Mental Health, and Intersectionality
Locations
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Primary
Toronto, CA
Employees at Affective Consulting & Psychotherapy Services
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Rahim Thawer
Social Worker & Psychotherapist; Mental Health & EDI Consultant; Lecturer & Writer; Therapy Podcast Host
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Erin MacMillan
Registered Nurse at Sherbourne Health Centre
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ChenYear Walker
LMSW & Psychotherapist | Doctoral Candidate | Dedicated to Transformative Mental Health Care and Clinical Excellence |Various experience in the field…
Updates
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Social Worker & Psychotherapist; Mental Health & EDI Consultant; Lecturer & Writer; Therapy Podcast Host
"Despite the critiques of the five-stage model, it can still offer valuable insights when applied flexibly and non-linearly to non-death losses. By understanding the stages as potential experiences rather than a strict sequence, individuals can gain awareness of their emotions and navigate their grief more effectively. This approach can help mitigate disenfranchised grief by validating the complex feelings associated with non-death losses." https://lnkd.in/gHtB-CE5" https://lnkd.in/gHtB-CE5
Grieving Non-Death Losses
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Conversations for your commute! Check them out here: https://lnkd.in/gw6cbAht —- A Queer Understanding (14, May 2024). Dr. Angelica and Cassy: A Year of Queer Marriage Part 2. 🎧 A Queer Understanding (7 May 2024). Dr. Angelica and Cassy: A Year of Queer Marriage Part 1. 🎧 Sex Money Mentality (15, May 2024). How Alcohol Affects Our Dating and Sex Lives. 🎧 Sex Money Mentality (10, April 2024). Getting the Most Out of Online Dating. 🎧 The Geek Vet (5, April 2024). Mental Health in Veterinary Practice Ft. Rahim Thawer Part 2. 📽️ The Geek Vet (13, March 2024). Mental Health in Veterinary Practice Ft. Rahim Thawer Part 1. 📽️ Code Neuron Podcast by Siyona Varghese (24, March 2024). Talking Trauma: Beyond the Surface with Rahim Thawer. 🎧 Get Psyched: A student-led podcast by The Psychology Club of FLAME University (20, February 2024). From Margins to Mainstream: Exploring Intersectionality in Mental Health Care 🎧 The Sexploration Project by Dr. B Ethan Coston. (14, February 2024). Healthy Relationships 101. 📽️ Move Your Mind by Nick Bracks. (5, February 2024). Shame, Addiction and Mental Health. 🎧 Breaking The Facts: The Art of Scicomm by Mahima Samraik. (9, January 2024). Understanding the queerness in us - open discussion on LGBTQA+ and their representation. 🎧 Against Racism Podcast by Dr. Gina Ko. (20, October 2023). From Unconscious to Conscious Awareness. 🎧 A Queer Understanding with Dr. Angelica & Cassy Thompson. (26, September 2023). Communication in all our relationships. 🎧 EHN Canada. (June 2023). Fierce + Sober: Queer Perspectives On Recovery. 📽️ Busy Being Black by Josh Rivers (2023, May 16). Shame and Sexuality for Racialized Queer Guys. 🎧 BBC 4. (2023, February 6). The Flipside with Paris Lees, Series 2, 6. Green-eyed Monster. British Broadcast Corporation.
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In this episode of The #CBT Dive, Riz explores feelings around spending money on experiences that don't meet his expectations. I use a thought record to help Riz identify his #automaticthoughts and behaviours that arise in these situations. Watch: https://lnkd.in/g_43RdES Or, listen wherever you get your podcasts!
When capitalism turns you against yourself | The CBT Dive
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“In fact, more than half of Americans earning more than $100,000 a year say they live paycheck to paycheck. A prolonged period of high inflation and instability has chipped away at most consumers’ buying power and confidence.” - @jdickler #MoneyDysmorphia https://cnb.cx/3Tm0zoG
Nearly half of young adults have 'money dysmorphia,' survey finds. Here are the symptoms
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"Rather than confront that accountability, Washington is inclined—as with Putin and Xi as discussed above—to attribute the crisis in Gaza almost exclusively to Hamas.” - @PaulJHeer https://bit.ly/4afIMGo
What the Ukraine War, Taiwan, and Gaza Have in Common
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Catalogue of services from Affective Consulting & Psychotherapy Services. PDF: https://shorturl.at/gnvN6 #DEI #QUEERAFFIRMING #ANTIRACISM #ORGDEV #ORGPSYCH #MENTALHEALTH
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"Imagine In your free time, you spend time with loved ones, and engage with local politics. Overnight shipping, advertising, and private jets no longer exist, but health care, education, and clean electricity are free and available to all.” - @clurelise https://bit.ly/43n2LRb
The growing popularity of degrowth
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"But in addition to trauma and exhaustion, the pandemic also catalyzed a historic wave of organizing among nurses directed at improving staffing levels, low pay, and burnout." - @Jess_McAllen #NurseBurnout #SafeStaffing #NurseRetention #HospitalPriorities https://bit.ly/4aj4pFP
How Covid Changed Nursing | Jess McAllen
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