Posted on March 21, 2024 by Beverly Reed, MACP
You may already be familiar with how your attachment style can influence your behaviour in romantic relationships and your choices in romantic partners, but have you ever considered its role in how you react to breakups?
Attachment styles, rooted in attachment...
Posted on March 14, 2024 by Katherine Jarrell MSW, RSW
Are we encouraging our children to have a fixed mindset or a growth mindset? The type of mindset that children develop early on in life can make a profound difference in their approach to learning, resiliency and ultimate success.
We may...
Posted on March 7, 2024 by Kaylee Garside, MA
Heart pounding. Light headed. Lungs starving for air. Shaking. Sweating. About to throw up. On the verge of passing out. Chest pains. Hands are tingling. Feet are numb. Sure you’re about to drop dead at any moment, yet unsure if...
Posted on February 22, 2024 by Shannon Baustad, MC
As a couple’s counsellor, one of the biggest complaints I hear is that my partner doesn’t listen to me. This complaint comes in many different forms. I hear things such as, “My partner is always distracted, my partner doesn’t talk...
Posted on February 13, 2024 by Karla Reimer, MA
Understanding how to create Emotional safety is key to the foundation for Love, Trust, and Intimacy
When couples come for Marriage counselling, the most common concern they share with me is their struggle around communication. Most couples say that if their...
Posted on February 8, 2024 by Shannon Baustad, MC
Many of us have an internal problem solver that likes to identify a problem and fix it as soon as possible – preferably before anyone (including ourselves) notices that something is wrong.
The problem with this efficient little system is that...
Posted on February 1, 2024 by Cathy McCurdy
Conflict is a normal part of an intimate relationship; however there is Healthy and Unhealthy Conflict.
What is Conflict?
A simple definition of conflict is “opportunity for growth trying to happen.” When there are touchy subjects to discuss or differences to work...
Posted on January 25, 2024 by Aziza Giga-Hirji MSW, RSW
Anger is a natural and normal feeling or emotion that everyone is capable of feeling. Anger is a natural, adaptive response to perceived threats and it can inspire powerful feelings and behaviours that allow us to defend ourselves. A certain...
Posted on January 18, 2024 by Beverly Reed, MACP
Have you ever felt that you feel “too much,” or that you feel things “too deeply”? Or, have you ever noticed that you are acutely attuned to bright lights, itchy clothing, strong scents and loud noises? There’s a chance that...
Posted on January 11, 2024 by Cathy McCurdy, BSW, MA, RSW
Premarital counselling has been incorporated into my practice to help couples be proactive and help prevent the deep hurt and suffering that I have witnessed resulting from affairs and divorce. Couples who have engaged in this process have benefited greatly. ...