Getting To Know Parts Of Ourselves
With Kate Pinsonneault We all have parts of us that help us in certain situations and relationships. You may have noticed that we act differently when we’re with our mother, […]
A Creative Path Inward
Integrating Internal Family Systems and Art Therapy With Jillian DeVries Internal Family Systems (IFS) offers a compassionate way of understanding our inner world as being made up of different “parts,” […]
Transitions
With Kate Transitions are an inevitable part of life. A graduation, a wedding, the birth of a child, a long-awaited promotion, or a planned retirement are often anticipated and celebrated. […]
The Art of Losing Ourselves
With Karen In moments of transition, clients often arrive with the same urgent question: What Now? What should I do next? What decision should I make? Which direction is right? Over […]
Summer Fun or Summer Exhaustion?
With Kate As we mark the longest day of the year and the official start of summer, many people are looking forward to a fun, social season. Summer is often […]
When Life Doesn’t Unfold As Expected
With Elena Prill I find there’s something about the arrival of summer that invites us to slow down, even if only for a moment. The days stretch a little longer, […]
Burnout: When Pushing Through Stops Working
With Kate We live in a culture where productivity and achievement are expected. Accomplishments are acknowledged, exhaustion is normalized, and “pushing through” is praised. We tell ourselves to keep going […]
Thoughts About Burnout
With Suzanna “We aren’t doomed to lives of Sisyphean servitude.” I just read an excellent article by Scott Koenig called “We’re Killing Ourselves with Work.” In it, he explores why […]
The Two Faces Of Anger
With Kate Early in my career, I was told that “anger is a secondary emotion and under anger is hurt and fear.” For years, I treated anger as problematic, helping […]
The Heart Of Addiction
With Frances I find addiction and substance misuse counselling fascinating. A substance that affects one person one way can affect someone else differently, dependent on their genetics and family history, […]
The Positive Side of Anger
With Kate Pinsonneault Anger is often regarded as a “negative emotion.” We associate it with conflict, loss of control, and regret. Many of us are taught that it’s not ok […]
Making Peace With Anger
With Kyle Sarrasin It can take different approaches that build on one another to understand why you might experience emotions so intensely that they cause problems, and to help resolve the underlying […]
The ART Of Letting Go
Releasing Trauma, Anxiety and Shame with ART (Accelerated Resolutions Therapy) With Carissa Spring cleaning for your mental health, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) is a gentle, evidence-based approach that helps people […]
Small steps to help be your best in 2026
With Kate Pinsonneault If you are starting the new year with a resolution that comes with high expectations, you might be adding stress to your life that could end in […]
Trusting Our Bodies, Trusting Ourselves
With Emma Munroe Somatic exploration in counselling invites us to slow down and pay attention to how life is actually experienced in the moment through sensation, emotion, and breath. Long […]
Beating The Winter Blues
A Bio-Psycho-Social Approach With Kyle Over recent decades, there has been an appreciable shift in mental health practice to adopt what is known as a ‘bio-psycho-social’ approach, capturing more of […]
The Heart of Couples Therapy
With Kate Pinsonneault No relationship is stagnant. All relationships go through ups and downs, and they also evolve and go through seasons as different as the change from spring to […]
Staying Connected Through Conflict: Why I Love Couples Work
With Matt O’Donnell Many therapists will tell you they don’t enjoy working with couples – the intensity, the reactivity, the same fights on repeat. I love it. Why? Because I’ve […]
Bringing Home Baby
With Kate Pinsonneault Couples often imagine that bringing home a new baby will be a joyful and deeply rewarding experience, and while it is, there is also a flip side. […]
Postpartum Self-Compassion
Beyond Productivity With Haley Shepard In the early months of new parenthood, it’s easy to feel like you’re falling behind. The laundry piles up, meals are less planned, emails go […]