Dec 22, 2023 | by Kathleen Kelava
Kathleen is a registered psychologist and the owner of Pinnacle Psych. As a former police officer and a mom of three children with some exceptional needs, she understands how tough life can get. And how we can find the tough within ourselves to get going and rise...
Nov 22, 2023 | by Kathleen Kelava
Oh, wow – the next month or so is going to be BUSY for most of us! ‘Tis the time for many-a concert, work party, school party, shopping adventure, baking extravaganza, decorating festival, Zoo Lights, snow fort building, and so forth. Various amounts of stress and fun...
Nov 10, 2023 | Prolonged Exposure
This is the one everyone is scared of – fear not! I’ve got your back. We can tackle this together in therapy, and you can take charge of your life again. It’s not your fault – and there is a way to beat it. Let’s discuss… Trauma. Definitely a buzzword in our current...
Oct 20, 2023 | by Kathleen Kelava
Each of us has a history – individual and collective. The works of Gabor Mate and Thomas Huebl provide breathtaking discussions in this area – truly brilliant stuff. Worth checking out – each of them has a wealth of knowledge, experience, resources, insights,...
Oct 9, 2023 | Polyvagal Theory
The SSP framework provides a fantastic, straightforward, and very-low-risk way to help regulate our nervous systems, which, for many of us, have had an onslaught of stimuli over the course of our lives. The SSP is based on Porges’ Polyvagal Theory (PVT), which is made...
Sep 20, 2023 | by Kathleen Kelava
Some people come to therapy with a clear conceptualization of why they are there. Some people come to therapy and essentially melt into the chair (or wobbly stool – we have options here, as well as many spectacular fidgets), feeling defeated and desperate for...
Nov 18, 2022 | by Kathleen Kelava
*Recently Kathleen Kelava was asked questions regarding ADHD and provided insightful and useful information on the subject. What about the co-occurrence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) withADHD, and what it means for the individual and treatment? Both ASD and ADHD...
Dec 3, 2021 | Health Tips
So, what are we doing here? One might wonder, in response to the above question I pose, “Umm…what exactly do you mean by that…and, more importantly, by ‘here’…?” Agreed. Touche. Each of us continues to find ourselves ensconced in a world that is admittedly askew....
Sep 14, 2021 | Online Counselling
Literally, what on Earth – this has become a global phenomenon, one that my Neurologist colleagues are researching vehemently to unravel. Clinicians from across the globe have been observing a bizarre phenomenon, wherein many people – most often teenagers and young...
