Mallory Becker - Registered Psychologist

10/08/2023

Great free workshop offering at Pine Integrated Health Centre!

FREE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP! 🥳😴🥳
Come learn from the lovely, Stephanie Heintz from New Beginnings Sleep Consulting on October 16th!
In this hour long class you will learn all about newborn sleep and scheduling, tips and ideas to create a safe sleep environment, and a chance to ask all the sleepy questions you might have!
Come connect with other parents while you learn! Drop-in’s are welcome, but we’d love for you to register if you can!
Email: info@pinehealth.ca or call our clinic and speak with Admin 587-855-5598!

10/31/2021

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

09/26/2021

A new amazing online group at Pine coming up this fall. We are also offering our regular pregnancy and new mom groups too.

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06/23/2021

TW - Birth Announcement

Our sweet baby Jackson (aka Jack, Jax) was born June 16th at a whopping 9.8 lbs. We are all healthy, happy and so in love. We had THE best support from the nurses and physicians at the Alex, magic hands and pony tail making from from our amazing doula (I highly recommend using a doula if you are able as it was the perfect mix of medical, wisdom, and care).

During pregnancy, I was so lucky to be able to be supported by my team at for Pelvic Floor Physio from .the.physio birth prep, .holistics & for Acupuncture, for prenatal lactation consultant support, and and for massage too! I will be back for some postpartum care too.

Thank you everyone for all your support, care and wishes along the way!

And now off to bed early to attempt to recharge.

06/05/2021

How do we incorporate values in therapy?

Valuing is the process used to help people create meaning in their lives. Valuing is evident when clients choose behaviours that are consistent with what they care about. Often this means turning toward desired life consequences, even though there are personal difficulties or obstacles.

The definition and function of values work with clients can become lost because the term ‘values’ is used so widely in Western society. Values have a behaviorally specific definition and function. Values can be defined simply as desired global qualities of ongoing action (Hayes, Bond, Barnes-Holmes, & Austin, 2006). Or more theoretically precise as:
“Values are freely chosen, verbally constructed consequences of ongoing, dynamic, evolving patterns of activity, which establish predominant reinforcers for that activity that are intrinsic in engagement in the valued behavioral pattern itself." (Wilson & DuFrene, 2009)”

Why all the fuss about simple questions?

Many people who seek help from a professional have spent a lot of time talking and thinking about their problems. Moreover, if they have seen a few professionals they will have become adept at telling and retelling their story. In fact, as they tell their story they will be walking a well-worn path, and each re-telling of their story strengthens that well- worn path even more.

The alternative path, one that leads to valued living, is rarely spoken of in everyday life.
For many people this makes values discussions new, scary, and even painful. What we value most can seem distant or impossible.

If you want to start exploring your life and how your values fit in, swipe right for some thought and conversation value prompts I love to use with myself and clients.

05/27/2021

Last chance to sign up for my online workshop about Burnout and connect with me before I’m off for a bit on maternity leave.

In this workshop, we will discuss:

Learn 6 types of responses to stress

Explore the Burnout Equation

Create a personalized Burnout Profile

Learn how your body responds
to Burnout

Explore the importance of
resilience & hope

Learn about over functioning &
under functioning

Explore how to create more hope
Connect to your core values

Create personalized prevention
& maintenance interventions

We will also have time for Q and A to discuss any of your burning questions for a more personalized approach. You can be as involved as you want for the workshop or sit back and listen with your ear buds on.

05/21/2021

Some personal news!!!

Thank you for the amazing photos that I will cherish together and to everyone on my team that has been supporting me along the way. This time around, I have way more knowledge and support including pelvic physio, prenatal massage, acupuncture and lactation consultant prenatal advice. Although these covid times being on different challenges along the way, I am so thankful for my friends, family and work family.

05/17/2021

Another great offering for new moms!

05/04/2021

May 5th is World Maternal Metal Health Day and May is Maternal Health Month. I will be doing a series of posts about all things maternal mental health (including a live talk and Q &A at at 12:30 pm, Wednesday May 5th).

You are not alone.
You are not to blame.
With help, you will be well.

04/01/2021

Stress, and the resulting burnout, have been called the “health epidemic of the 21st century” by the World Health Organization. It impacts every part of your physical, relational, and psychological self and can have dramatic effects on your health and wellbeing.

We live in a fast-paced, high-demand world with many expectations, and it’s harder to just stop, breathe, and find a way to take care our jobs, families and others WHILE taking care of ourselves. With the right tools, insight and some simple strategies, we have the power to greatly decrease the negative effects of burnout and increase personal health, happiness, and well-being long term.

Swipe right to learn more about what we will cover in this workshop and how to sign up ➡️

03/31/2021

This week I dig out my summer shoes out. I received these shoes 12 years ago from my husband as a gift for my birthday our first year together. They are my favourite shoes because they were a symbol of his thoughtfulness, care and practicality! But after my walk, I sadly realized that I could feel the pavement and wet oozing up from the soles - and I know it was time to begrudgingly depart with my favourite shoes. I wondered why I was attached to them and then though about the symbolism and connection between shoes and relationships.

Most people prefer a brand new pair of shoes to an old one. Especially if the old pair are worn down because they have been worn day in and day out for the last 7 years without cleaning them.

I know you wouldn’t expect me to say this, but the same preference goes for relationships.

Most people in relationships want the same FEELING a new pair of shoes gives them, and when they have trouble getting that “new shoe feeling” out of their old relationships, they go get another one.

It starts by being too busy to take care of them. Then, you forget to clean them. After a while, they become so dirty that they get pushed aside and you get a new pair.

They go from being your “go-to” shoes to becoming the “once in a while” running shoes. And eventually, they turn into the pair that you use to do yard work (if you wear them at all).

But my relationship with my old shoes shifted in my relationship over the years, which eventually became my marriage. My mindset quickly changed to find comfort in my old pair of shoes you continue to wear because they fit so well. These shoes knew how to hold my feet and every year after winter ended, I always made time to take them out, connect to all the memories and feelings these shoes supported over the years, and thank them for another year to come.

Here is to hoping that my new shoes (which are a newer version of my old ones) will live up to the legacy of my old ones.

“In our life of shoes and people;
If they hurt you,
They are not of your size.”

- Unknown -