The following excerpt comes from our upcoming book, Counselling in Relationships: Insights for Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections. The “Adoptive Families”...

So you have decided you are ready to seek a change, tackle a tough decision, or perhaps find support to...

Helping your clients identify joy will help them feel grounded, strong, and balanced, pointing them in the direction of strengthening these qualities

Awhile back, a new client asked me an important question (a question I encourage all people to ask their counsellors):...

The importance of therapeutic rapport is commonly understood to be a cornerstone of successful helping relationships. And when counselling immigrant...

“Anyone can be a father (well, almost anyone). It can be as simple as having a bit of fun on...

It is estimated that one in five adults will be diagnosed with a mental health disorder at some point in their lifetime.

For many counsellors, the use of technology has become central to how we do our counselling work over this last...

As a therapist whose core work is with suicidal ideation, I believe there is hope when we truly understand suicide and are ready, willing, and able to talk about it with our clients.

While rumination isn’t its own diagnosis, it is unique in that it can be a symptom of both depression and anxiety.

Remember that some anxiety is normal, but chronic stress leads to an array of long-term health problems

A central theme throughout my Walking With Grief workshop is the importance of offering support by “sitting with,” acknowledging, and...