Attachment at Work in your Counselling Relationship
August 15, 2022
Attachment theory tells us that children form internal working models (Bowlby, 1973) or representations about themselves, others, and the world
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Emotion Regulation in Counselling
February 3, 2023
What happens in counselling anyway? One important aspect of the counselling that I provide clients in Squamish and across BC
Mental Health and the Holidays
December 13, 2022
It dawned on me last week, as I walked by a band playing jingle bells in the middle of my
Squamish November Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder
November 21, 2022
It’s mid-November and in my home in Valleycliffe, I enjoy the sun streaming through my window a few precious hours
Counsellors, Psychotherapist, Psychologist, Psychiatrist- what’s the difference?
November 7, 2022
I receive a lot of questions about the differences between different health care professionals. Before entering the field, I didn’t
Counselling for Anxiety
October 10, 2022
We all have anxiety. Anxiety is our body’s automatic response to real or perceived threat—it is a part of our
What Really Makes Psychotherapy Work?
September 11, 2022
In choosing a counsellor you may be concerned about the approach or the model that they use with clients. Certain
Trauma and Relational Stress- What’s the Difference?
May 10, 2022
“Trauma” has become commonly used to describe life’s challenging experiences. My sense is that overall this is a good thing-
Poetry Films
March 1, 2022
I have been taken and swept away by the On Being Project’s “Poetry Films”
The potential of mindfulness practices
February 27, 2022
I read a fascinating article recently, by Cayoun and colleagues (2020), about a pilot-study that assessed the impacts of a mindfulness-based interoceptive practice with chronic pain patients.