Dave always begins and ends with a joke. However, the conversations between such bookends are anything but funny. In our...

Counselling is a collaborative effort between counsellor and client. This shared process means each person involved has agency and responsibility...

I’m in a counselling session with someone who is on long-term disability leave from a stressful job. We have a...

Winter can make me grouchy. Living in Manitoba, Canada, means winter holds many days of harsh, biting winds, and long...

Culturally competent mental health clinicians must be familiar with both the DSM-5’s understanding of depression and the variations in which depression may present for our patients.

A big part of my clinical work with people is focused on trauma – helping others respond, individual healing, and...

Neuropsychology involves diagnostic specialists who can assess the ways in which our client’s brain structures and systems impact their everyday functioning.

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

A multicultural assessment is a useful counselling tool for understanding how culture affects a client’s thoughts, behaviours, and emotions. It’s...