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Psychotherapy in Toronto: Dawn Binkowski

Dawn Binkowski, Psychotherapist

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July 27, 2011 - Transference in Therapy I came across this wonderful article on transference at www.myshrink.com explaining transference and how it's used in the therapeutic process.   Transference By: Shrinklady aka D
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May 10, 2011 - Habitat for Humanity Women Build May 2011 On Saturday May 7th, 2011 I participated in Habitat for Humanity Women Build.  It was my mom's idea and we assembled a crew of 12 including my sister and daughter.&nbs
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March 31, 2011 - Anxiety and World Events:  I have noticed an increase in clients presenting with anxiety over the past few weeks and I believe it has something to do with what's happening in the world, Japan primarily. When ev
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March 15, 2011 - Blaming the Victim This is troubling.  A few weeks ago there were 2 stories in the newspaper that point to a return to a misogynistic view of rape. One was the reporting of a Toronto police officer who suggest
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March 02, 2011 - Suicide:  A friend of my 20 y/o daughter's almost suicided this week. Fortunately for him he called her. She spoke for 45 mins on the phone at 4:00 am, scrambling to find words that might convince him that thin
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February 15, 2011 - It's Important to Tally Both Sides:  Today I am celebrating all the right driving choices I made.  A little thing, yes, but so often I find myself saying, "I should have taken___" or "Why did I go this way
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February 07, 2011 - Body Memory:  February is a difficult time of year for me. In my lifetime there were a number of traumatic events that happened in February and it seems that my body remembers, even though my conscious mind
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February 01, 2011 - Finite Energy:  I often talk to my clients about energy, that we have a finite amount of it. Often we don't appreciate all the things that are going on isimultaneously. First let's start with the obvious, take
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January 30, 2011 - A friend on Facebook posted a beautiful piece about the recent stabbing of a teenager during a home invasion this week and the teenagers that gathered for a candlelight vigil.  This TED Talk came to mind. 
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January 29, 2011 - How I Still Beat Myself Up: Today I realized I had forgotten a meeting, double-booked myself. I immediately started to beat myself up, how I was stupid, how could I do this. My rational brain told me these women, a
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