Cortney Pasternak | Cortney Pasternak, Counsellor

When an Estranged Relative Dies: The Grief Nobody Talks About

Family Estrangement Therapy in Ontario | Grief Counselling for Complicated Loss, Family Conflict, and Ambiguous Grief One of the things[…]

There is a conversation happening in therapy offices like mine across Canada. It often starts with exhaustion. A client comes[…]

Many women enter perimenopause (and menopause) expecting hot flashes. They do not expect the rage. Or the emotional exhaustion. Or[…]

There has been a quiet, or not so quiet explosion in family estrangement over the last decade. Or maybe we[…]

Few things are more painful than feeling your child pulling away, going no contact or becoming estranged. This goes for[…]

I was listening to a podcast interview this week with estrangement and family researchers and therapists Joshua Coleman and Judith[…]

There’s a strange moment happening in mental health right now. On one hand, more people than ever are openly talking[…]

You may hear the call long after your shift ends. The screaming. The silence. The panic in someone’s voice asking[…]

You’ve likely heard it before: “Just leave work at work.” But for many first responders and other trauma exposed professionals,[…]

Often, divorced parents, who are confused about conflict with their teen or adult children, might say “it was fine” or[…]