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Welcome to the Resources hub curated by Dr. Matthew Decter, designed to empower and educate individuals on their journey towards mental wellness. This collection serves as a reservoir of knowledge, offering insightful reading to support and enrich your path to emotional resilience. Dive into a wealth of resources crafted to nurture your mental health, explore topics spanning from coping strategies and self-care techniques to understanding various mental health conditions.
A field guide to climate anxiety: How to keep your cool on a warming planet” by Sarah Jaquette Ray.
This is one of the best guides to how to understand, cope and thrive when faced with the problems and uncertainty of a changing world, most specifically, the psychological, emotional, practical and global challenges presented by climate change.
This is the book that started a mindfulness revolution in North America. The book summarizes all of the components of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s widely disseminated “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program” and serves as one of the best introductions to mindfulness practices as a path to managing the stress of life or chronic diseases and problems.
Where Ever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life, by Jon Kabat-Zinn.
A simple and beautifully written evocation, in short, clear chapters, on how to integrate meditation practices into the fabric of daily life. A meditation on the cultivation of mindfulness as a way of living.
When Anxiety Attacks, by Terian Koscik.
This is a short, humorous graphic novel that offers an engaging glimpse at what it is like to live with anxiety and the process of recognizing the problem and developing solutions.
A comprehensive view of how to cultivate the mindfulness-based attitudes and skills required to let go of anxious thinking and dissolve distressing bodily feelings associated with worrying.
This is a comprehensive mindfulness-based approach to dealing with and healing from low mood, depression and problems with negative thoughts, feelings and emotions generally. Authors are leading lights in practice and research on mindfulness-based therapies.
The Feeling Good Handbook, by David Burns, MD.
This book is a best-selling classic. A pioneering practitioner of the cognitive-behavioural (CBT) approach, Dr. Burns book is an encyclopedia of approaches and strategies for dealing with many types of mood, anxiety and habit-based (e.g., procrastination) problems.
8 keys to Safe Trauma Recovery, by Babette Rothschild.
This is a short but very comprehensive book overflowing with information and strategies and an easy to use practical structure and approach for dealing with and healing from the aftermath of trauma/PTSD.
The Mindfulness Solution to Pain, by Jackie Gardner-Nix.
This book utilizes mindfulness-based interventions in a self-help format to help chronic pain sufferers decrease stress and manage and decrease reactive thoughts and bodily responses to pain that create suffering for people living with pain.
How Marriages Succeed and Fail, by John Gottman, Ph.D
Clear and practical ideas, especially regarding how to identify problem areas in a marriage or relationship as well as how to successfully intervene and heal a relationship damaged by lack of connection and conflict. Gottman’s work is supported by 20 years of research evidence. A relationship revolutionary.
Adult ADHD: Taking Charge of Adult ADHD, by Russell Barkley PhD.
A comprehensive guide to assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment of Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults by a leading clinician and researcher in the field of ADHD and Adult ADHD.
ADHD and Women: Women with Attention Deficit Disorder, by Sari Solden
Critical information and powerful insights about the impact of ADHD on the careers and relationships of women and the very specific problems that women with ADHD face when learning to live with and manage ADHD.
ADHD and Relationships: “The ADHD Effect on Marriage”, by Melissa Orlov.
One of the best resources for understanding the impact of ADHD on marriage and relationships generally.
Welcome to the FAQ section, where you’ll find comprehensive insights into Dr. Matthew Decter’s practice and the array of mental health services offered. This section serves as a valuable resource to guide you through your journey towards emotional wellness. Whether you’re seeking information about therapy approaches, appointment scheduling, or the therapeutic process itself, here you’ll discover detailed answers designed to provide clarity and support as you navigate the path to mental health and healing.
Dr. Decter’s usual practice is to have an initial, brief, telephone conversation with a prospective client to set up an appointment and obtain a very brief understanding of the referral problem.
The first 1-2 meetings involve assessment and history-taking in order to arrive at a clear conceptualization of the client’s problem and develop a treatment plan. Dr. Decter then discusses his understanding of the problem and the possible paths for effective treatment with a client. Together, Dr. Decter and the client mutually agree on a treatment plan and then the work begins. Dr. Decter’s practice is to constantly assess progress and to solicit feedback from his clients so that psychotherapy can be tailored to the needs of each individual client on an ongoing basis.
This will vary depending upon the severity of the difficulties and the treatment plan. Because treatment is individualized clients come weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly depending upon their needs. Although Dr. Decter does not provide crisis services he is available for phone consultation for all of his clients between psychotherapy sessions.
Dr. Decter sets fees based on the fee schedule recommended by the Manitoba Psychological Society. Currently, recommended fees are set at $215.00/hour for both assessments and psychotherapy.
Dr. Decter also has a sliding fee scale. Sliding fee scale rates are set based upon the client’s financial situation, ability to pay and in accordance with a mutually agreed-upon treatment plan.
Psychotherapy services provided by a registered psychologist (like Dr. Decter) are covered by many third-party insurance. Students at the University of Manitoba may also have coverage for psychological services. If an individual has insurance coverage, Dr. Decter recommends that they consult with their insurer to clarify whether their insurer requires a referral from a physician for coverage.
Jon Kabat-Zinn has defined mindfulness as:”Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally.
There are a wide range of mindfulness practices-they all tend to focus on cultivating, strengthening and stabilizing the mind’s natural ability to pay attention by:
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