Identify changes in your mood
Have you suffered from at least five of the following symptoms for two weeks or longer:
Difficulty concentrating or remembering
Experiencing a sense of dread first thing in the morning
Particularly low mood; becoming upset for no specific reason
Sleep disturbance-early morning waking or sleeping much longer than usual
Dramatic decrease/increase in weight
Tiredness in general or upon waking; loss of energy
Withdrawal from the world around you
Sense of being without hope or purpose
Indecisiveness
Lack of interest and pleasure
Reduction in personal hygiene and looking after yourself
Thinking about ending your life
Feelings of guilt, worthlessness, anxiety, irritability
If you answered “YES”, you don’t have to work through this alone.
— The Burns Depression Checklist detects the presence of depression —
Level 3 Internal Family Systems Therapist
Kim Watson
B.A., R.P., OAMHP
I am a Registered Psychotherapist based in the east-end of Toronto who has experience in the counselling profession. I obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. I developed my counselling techniques through the Vancouver College of Counsellor Training. My training and experience has helped me understand and support areas of need such as grief, loss, depression, anxiety, marital counselling and life transitions.
“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”