Simplify Mental Health

In 1997, we didn't know so much about the brain. We imagined there were only so many brain cells at birth that died off one by one until the show was over. The conversation about mental health was just beginning to take shape outside of psychiatric interventions. We were learning to talk about feelings. Out loud. Real out loud feelings.

I began my career in counselling at St. Joseph's Hospital in Peterborough Ontario. I felt compelled to teach, as I counselled. I felt a constant need to explain the brain, and that information seemed to inspire people.

By the time rumblings of neuroscience emerged, Neural Network Therapy® was right on cue. These silly exercises and activities served their purpose in illustrating complex systems in the brain. And they were just silly enough to stick.

We are absolutely flooded with information now, and much of it is wonderful and enlightening. But there is a system-overload at play that I feel bears more than mention. Our brains simply cannot process this volume of intake without consequence, and our mental health is dearly compromised.

Kim Sargent 

Clinical Director 

Canadian Family Health Counselling