If everything feels pretty good in your life, should everyone still do counselling? I think so. There’s a misconception about counselling. A lot of people believe you access counselling if there is something wrong with you; if you have a mental or emotional illness; or if your facing a lot of challenges in your life or relationships. I think that…
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Why Should Everyone Do Counselling?
“How to Understand a Counsellor’s Qualifications and Acronyms”
It’s a little complicated in the field of Counselling to understand a counsellor’s qualifications and the acronyms that follow their name. When you go to a hospital or you look for a new family doctor, you don’t have to find out what training the nurses or doctors have. That’s because the system is standardized and organized. You can’t call yourself…
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How To Choose a Counsellor?
Choosing the right counsellor can be a challenging task. However, I have suggestions to help you figure out how to choose a counsellor or therapist. Examples Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy is an example of a model that has a lot of research backing it. EFT has been proven to be very successful with couples. If you want to read more…
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I Love You, but I am not in love with you.
It’s Valentines day, and I’m home alone, because I haven’t found “Mr. Right.” The truth is, I’m content being single. I don’t believe Mr. Right exists. I’m not looking for him anymore. I’m looking for “true love”, except it’s not what you think “true love is.” I know that when I find it, it will be with Mr. Imperfect. That…
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Shame – The Monster We Don’t Talk About
I have noticed something lately, low-self-esteem is an epidemic right now. And I think that shame is the birthing place of low-self-esteem. We live in a world that is fighting for people’s rights, right for diversity, right for self-determination, and yet shame is silently killing people’s identities. Shame tells us that we can’t be vulnerable, that we can’t show our…
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