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What Are Indicators That It’s Time for Marriage Counselling?
While there have been many fairy tales about how wonderful love is, there's also another side to all that. In reality, committed, long-term relationships take quite a lot of work. Living with someone else means there will be fights and disagreements at some...
Anxiety: What Causes It and How Do You Overcome It?
Anxiety is a feeling of dread, worry, and uneasiness. It is a normal reaction when you are in a situation that causes stress. However, it can affect your mental health when you feel anxious every day, even when there is no actual threat. When this happens, it can feel...
How does Living with Mentally Unwell Parents Affect you?
Almost a quarter of all children are being raised by at least one parent who has a mental illness. Children are often afraid of their mentally unwell parent and are mostly looking for protection. Many adult children are torn between feeling responsible for their sick...
Our Guide to Your First Counselling Session
Mental, emotional, and psychological health is crucial for every person’s overall well-being. For example, if you’ve been struggling to get through your daily responsibilities or if your relationship with your partner, family, or friends is becoming more strained over...
The Value of Setting Boundaries in the Midst of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of people’s lives. It’s not limited to working or studying from home, or not being able to visit family and friends; It’s also about being in constant stress, bordering on panic mode, affecting relationships with those...
Bringing Gaslighting to Light
“You’re crazy….” “You're just being emotional…” Sound familiar? If so, you may have experienced gaslighting, a sneaky, difficult-to-identify form of manipulation (and, in severe cases, emotional abuse). Gaslighting leads victims to question the soundness of their...
Building Self-Confidence
It seems as if self-confident people are at ease with themselves professionally and personally. They are trustworthy and can inspire and motivate others. It is not easy to be confident in yourself, especially if you grew up in a critical environment and now you...
Are you Dating a Narcissist?
Narcissist is a term commonly used to describe someone who is overly self-involved. However, specific to mental health, a person needs to meet the criterion to be diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder. Being in a relationship with a narcissist is...
Physical and Mental Health Connections
Decades of research has linked our mental health with physical health. Professionals in this field have developed tools for assessing and improving our mind-body connection. Our thoughts, feelings, and attitudes can affect our biological functioning, and what we do...