My career as a counsellor and trainer has taught me a lot. In fact, some of my greatest teachers have...

When it comes to families from collectivist cultures, there is often the perspective that the well-being of the family as...

When clients have complex mental health concerns and engage in high-risk behaviours, I feel like each session is putting out the current fire without getting to the issues that would make a deeper impact.

Emotional intelligence has been defined as a key protective factor against suicidal ideation and behaviour. This concept refers to the...

Before we begin to set, assert, and maintain our boundaries, we first need to uncover what they actually are.

When someone experiences a loss, their relationship with grief will understandably take precedence for a time.

Those who self-injure often describe the feeling of calm that rushes over them after they self-injure.

Healing from this kind of self-perspective is a slow, yet foundational goal for resolving the impact of developmental trauma.

There are four guiding principles I use to shape my work to engage fathers in the counselling process.

As a new therapist, getting comfortable with the gaps in your experience is just as important as asserting your confidence where you feel capable.

Ethical practice in counselling is built on common principles that reflect shared values in the helping professions. These are often...

While disordered anxiety is distressing and limiting, it also reveals important information about clients’ natural defences and abilities.