Adolescence is a transitional period that can leave educators, parents, and counsellors feeling overwhelmed and reactive rather than supportive.

This blog explores the significance of trauma-informed schools, shedding light on their transformative power in fostering a supportive and healing educational journey.

In the world of autism, personal identity is often negatively impacted by the perspective of the individual’s community.

Culturally competent mental health clinicians must be familiar with both the DSM-5’s understanding of depression and the variations in which depression may present for our patients.

Understanding the gender differences in ADHD presentations is crucial for mental health providers to ensure accurate assessment and effective intervention.

While triggers are powerful influences on behaviours, creating a drift from reality, symbols of safety, strength, and calm can anchor oneself within these qualities.

Land-based education is about us and the relationships we hold with the land and plants – the interconnectedness of it all.

The month of June is a reminder and platform to celebrate diversity, growth, and loving connection. Find your own way to celebrate and join in this important journey with families around the world.

Let’s look at some proven tips for staying safe and resolving potentially violent situations

Someone you care about has a mental illness – what do you do? The temptation is to try to persuade...

Adolescence is a transitional period that can leave educators, parents, and counsellors feeling overwhelmed and reactive rather than supportive.

It can be overwhelming investigating various therapy options and trying to determine the best fit for you and your mental health.

An optimistic thinker tends to view positive events as evidence that more positive things will follow and that the events occurred because of something they did.

Two-eyed seeing is a way of learning to look at the world that embraces the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing and the strengths of Western methods of understanding.

Are you struggling with how to improve self-esteem? To feel good enough within yourself, wherever you’re at?

It’s not easy, but telling someone in the moment how their passive-aggressive behaviour makes you feel gives you the best shot at finding solutions.

Awareness and healthy relationships take practice. Use the strategies in this blog to help you improve your helping relationships with your clients.

The following excerpt comes from our book, Counselling in Relationships: Insights for Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections. The “Couple Relationships”...

Whether we know if someone has a history of trauma or not, there are key principles we can follow to ensure the way we interact and offer our services embodies a trauma-informed approach.

As a facilitator of CIGD, I've witnessed the incredible benefits of this guided group process that brings co-workers together,  to share common reactions or shared sorrow.

This blog explores the significance of trauma-informed schools, shedding light on their transformative power in fostering a supportive and healing educational journey.

Those of us providing help and counselling will encounter more people impacted by dementia, so we need to be prepared to support them.

An optimistic thinker tends to view positive events as evidence that more positive things will follow and that the events occurred because of something they did.

Sustaining wellness during the winter requires some attention and different strategies, but it doesn’t have to be a time of unhappiness and stress.