Omar Waheed, Author at Connections First Therapy https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/author/omar/ Psychotherapy Service in Ontario Canada. We are the addictive behaviours specialists. Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:35:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Small-logo-150x150.png Omar Waheed, Author at Connections First Therapy https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/author/omar/ 32 32 Looking Back https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2023/08/05/looking-back/ https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2023/08/05/looking-back/#respond Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:42:13 +0000 https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/?p=974 Looking back on the road of my recovery. Blog Home It’s hard to remember how awful my emotional state was back then. It feels like ages ago. Those years of addiction were painful. I was like an insecure boy in a man’s body.  Life didn’t fit me and each day was a struggle to overcome […]

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]]> https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2023/08/05/looking-back/feed/ 0 How Psychotherapy Works https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2023/02/01/how-psychotherapy-works/ Wed, 01 Feb 2023 16:35:46 +0000 https://owatherapy.ca/?p=623 Seeing a psychotherapist is typically one of the first suggestions given by family and friends after someone experiences significant problems or crises. However, if a person has never been to therapy they might wonder how does it work? Is it for me? Would it be a waste of time? Back to the blog What is […]

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]]> How to Recover from Addiction – Stage 2 https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2022/08/05/how-to-recover-from-addiction-stage-2/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 05:14:12 +0000 https://owatherapy.ca/?p=427 In this post I will continue to explain, using my clinical and personal experience, how to recover from an addiction. Today I will talk about Stage 2 After many years of helping clients with a variety of issues and my own experience in recovery, here is what I have learned about how to recover from […]

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]]> How to Recover from Addiction – Stage 1 https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2022/07/10/how-to-recover-from-addiction/ Sun, 10 Jul 2022 04:42:49 +0000 https://owatherapy.ca/?p=264 There is a lot written about addiction and recovery. Many people have advice to share. But something that is often lacking is a clear and complete plan of how to actually recover. In this post, I use my experience and knowledge to explain just that. After many years of helping clients with a variety of […]

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]]> The Addiction Spectrum https://connectionsfirsttherapy.com/2021/08/01/the-addiction-spectrum/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 04:43:23 +0000 https://owatherapy.ca/?p=136 Viewing addiction along a spectrum is a popular alternative often used in modern therapy. Although there are many ways of viewing addiction - and no one way is the right way - I find this spectrum to be useful in practice.

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