Back-to-School Anxiety: When Your Young Adult Is Struggling and You Don’t Know How Much to Help
There is a particular kind of anxiety that belongs to parents in September. Your son is moving into residence. Your[…]
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Why Do I Feel Like a Kid When My Parent Remarries? Understanding Adult Children, Stepfamilies or Blended Families and Old Family Patterns
OK, so you’re an adult. You have your own life, your own relationships and probably your own responsibilities. So why[…]
Read moreWhy Do We Have the Same Fight Over and Over? How Couples Rebuild Emotional Safety — Couples Therapy Ontario
One of the things I kept thinking about while travelling through Eastern Newfoundland recently was how much of travelling with[…]
Read moreWhen Anxiety Makes Discomfort Feel Like Danger | Anxiety Therapy Ontario
I wanted to share some of my reflections on a recent trip to Newfoundland for a week of hiking. It[…]
Read moreMy Parent Remarried: Why Do I Still Feel Angry About the New “Family”
“I love my dad but I really don’t like his new wife — and that means I spend less time[…]
Read moreFeeling Like an Outsider in Your Blended Family? What Stepparents Need to Know About Stepfamily Development
Often, when blended families or stepfamilies come to me for help, stepparents are confused about why things aren’t working. After[…]
Read moreHow Trauma and Grief Change Your Relationship With Yourself: Part 2 | Trauma Therapy in Hamilton & Online Ontario
“Healing Isn’t About Becoming the Person You Were Before. Healing happens in relationships — your relationship with your partner, your[…]
Read moreTrauma Changes Relationships Part 1 — Including the Relationship You Have with Yourself
Healing isn’t just about what happened to you. It’s about learning to relate to yourself, others, and the world in[…]
Read moreWhen Disagreement Feels Like Rejection: Why Some Families Can’t Tolerate Difference
What Bowen’s Family Systems Theory Can Teach Us About Conflict, Belonging, and Being Yourself There are some families where disagreement[…]
Read moreBuilding a Blended Family One Relationship at a Time
One of the biggest misconceptions about blended families or stepfamilies is the belief that the goal is to become “one[…]
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