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Overcoming Addiction: How Loved Ones Can Help
For decades, individuals suffering from addiction have travelled the same route towards recovery, combining support such as rehab, anonymous groups with individual counselling and psychotherapy. The traditional route of psychotherapy, counselling and group support has...
How to Help Children Understand a Parent’s Depression
Many parents experience depression. As if living with depressive episodes was not enough, recognising its effect on your children can be very difficult. Studies have shown that children of depressed parents can be at risk of developing depression but also of poor...
Mental Health Therapy For Frontline Workers
Most of us were not emotionally prepared for the global pandemic. Doctor, nurses and other medical professionals have suddenly found themselves working double shifts with often a lack of resources to care for intensely poorly and dying patients. As most of us stayed...
The Positive and Negative Effects of Caffeine on Your Body
According to statista.com, coffee is one of the most popular beverages amongst us. Nearly half of young adults age 18 to 24 drink coffee. Those over 60 are more likely to drink the delectable beverage. This age group tends to drink roughly three times as many cups a...
Benefits of Counselling for Erectile Dysfunction and Sexual Anxiety
Sex is a natural function of life. But for many men, sex can lead to feelings of anxiety, which could ultimately lead to erectile dysfunction (ED). The Link Between Performance Anxiety and ED. Research suggests there is a clear link between a man's mental state and...
Stress Management Techniques for People of Colour Experiencing Microaggressions
Most human beings do not get through life without dealing with stress. However, some communities deal with more stress than others. According to a recent report by the American Psychological Association (APA), both low-income populations and racial minorities have a...
What to Expect in a First Session of Couples Counselling
This week's blog is an exploration to hopefully demystify of some of the things we will talk about during the first session of couples counselling using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Exploring the Emotional Signals That We Send or Our Negative Cycle My goal for...
Five Techniques To Quickly Calm Your Anxiety
When living with anxiety, any moment can become one that creates a slow rising feeling of panic. Life feels normal one second, and then the next, chest tightens, and heart began to race. Hyper-focus on events in the future seems to dominate thinking, and you find...
Getting the Most Out of Couples Therapy
As a couples counsellor, I often have a front-row seat to relationship change. However, it takes two people wanting to work together to find a way through and then putting in the effort to make this happen. I have seen couples go from starting to sign divorce papers...
Ways to Overcome Unhealthy Dependence in Your Relationship
Do you find you accept responsibility for loved one's emotions or actions? Are you always trying to please others? Do you neglect your own needs and have difficulty setting realistic personal boundaries? Do you often feel resentful yet have trouble stepping away from...
What to Expect in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT): What To Expect Starting couple therapy is a nerve-wracking experience for most. Often I find that my clients expect that sessions will be arguing matches, or they feared that I, as the therapist, would choose sides and...
Grieving For The First Time
When Will I Start Feeling Better? Thoughts Around Grieving For The First Time One of the most devastatingly painful experiences we can go through is grieving the loss of a loved one. Although we know that we will all die, no amount of information can prepare us for...
Ways to Overcome Unhealthy Dependence in Your Relationship
Do you find you accept responsibility for loved one's emotions or actions? Are you always trying to please others? Do you neglect your own needs and have difficulty setting realistic personal boundaries? Do you often feel resentful yet have trouble stepping away from...
Anger: Is it Different from Other Emotions?
Anger is perhaps the emotion that we find the most difficult to live with. That is most likely because anger has marked differences from other emotions. It is our fight mechanism which is essential for our survival, but it can have such damaging effects on our...
Relationships and Depression.
Being close to a loved one who is suffering from depression is incredibly difficult. All we want to do is help. When it becomes clear that you can't take the pain away, it is easy to become frustrated. Try to keep in mind that your loved one is dealing with an illness...