by Your Counselling | Sep 13, 2019 | Counselling Blog
For decades, researchers have been studying the effect of mainstream media on youth. Today, teenagers called “digital natives”—those who were born with technology at arms reach—are experiencing mental health challenges stemming from their time spent online. While...
by Your Counselling | Aug 6, 2019 | Counselling Blog
As a society, we have always recognized that individuals who experience hardships in life such as oppression, bullying and abuse are more prone to mental health challenges. For the LGBTQ+ community, this hardship is often the norm. While there have been strides in...
by Your Counselling | Jul 23, 2019 | Counselling Blog
Becoming a step parent comes with its challenges, and its normal to be unsure how you should act. Should you jump right in and start parenting like you would your own children? Or, should you wait to see how your step children respond and take the back-seat approach?...
by Your Counselling | Jul 9, 2019 | Counselling Blog
There’s an unspoken language that we speak in our relationships every day: our love language. You may have heard this term before, originally coined by Dr. Gary Chapman in his 1995 book The Five Love Languages. Have you ever found yourself feeling disconnected or...
by Your Counselling | Jun 23, 2019 | Counselling Blog
When we feel intensely threatened by an event that we are involved in or witness as a child, the US National Child Traumatic Stress Network calls that event a trauma. According to the NCTSN, traumatic events can occur as a result of violence, bullying, natural...
by Your Counselling | Jun 6, 2019 | Counselling Blog
Do you ever find yourself standing in the mirror, poking and prodding at physical things you wish you could change? Far before Instagram models existed, it was human nature to find ourselves longing to look a certain way. But when those small insecurities evolve into...
