THIS WEEK'S TRIBUNE  THIS WEEK'S TRIBUNE Struggling students and others benefit from therapy, ex-She’arim principal says
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Struggling students and others benefit from therapy, ex-She’arim principal says |
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Written by Atara Beck
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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 |
TORONTO – Using the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) approach, veteran educator Kathy Manoim is helping learning disabled students and those struggling with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) to succeed.
Manoim, who hails from South Africa, was principal of the local She’arim Hebrew Day School for 12 years until it closed last June. Before that, she was the school’s social worker, having worked as a registered social worker in private practice as well as in a neuro-psychiatric hospital in her native country.
She also addresses challenges such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).
“Basically, it’s about changing people’s way of thinking in order to effect changes in their behaviour and enable them to feel better about themselves,” Manoim explained. “If, for example, a person has a fear of social situations, then one would help him or her to overcome that fear by first going into a situation with one other person only – breaking down the problem into smaller parts and building up their confidence and level of comfort. One could say it’s the same way we worked with the children in school. We would have helped the children break down the academic problem into smaller parts and in this way build up their confidence and competence.”
Manoim has incorporated family therapy and marital counselling into her practice, including therapeutic family mediation, which involves working with parents who are separating in helping them to develop a parenting plan that serves the best interests of the children. She focuses on developing the strengths of the individual and enhancing his or her relationships with significant others.
Manoim’s practice has two locations: one in Thornhill, the other in the Yonge and Lawrence area. For more information, call (416) 879-2721 or email
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 08 April 2009 )
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