Are You Actually Ready for Couples Therapy? The Question Many Couples Don’t Expect
Most couples don’t call a couples therapist because things are going well. By the time many partners reach out, they[…]
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Emotional Neglect: Why So Many Adults Struggle Without Knowing Why
Many adults come to therapy believing something is wrong with them. They describe anxiety, burnout, relationship struggles, people-pleasing, perfectionism, low[…]
Read moreThe Day After Tragedy: Why Grief and Trauma Don’t Follow a Timeline
Like many Ontarians this past weekend, I found myself reading the news in disbelief. Five children gone in a horrific[…]
Read moreWhen 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[…]
Read moreCaring for Aging Parents: Hidden Grief, Burnout, and Emotional Weight Facing Midlife Adults
There is a conversation happening in therapy offices like mine across Canada. It often starts with exhaustion. A client comes[…]
Read morePerimenopause, Rage, and the Invisible Mental Load
Many women enter perimenopause (and menopause) expecting hot flashes. They do not expect the rage. Or the emotional exhaustion. Or[…]
Read moreWhen Adult Children Cut Off Contact: Grief, Shame, and Complexity
There has been a quiet, or not so quiet explosion in family estrangement over the last decade. Or maybe we[…]
Read moreWhy Won’t They Talk to Me? The Pain of Estrangement after Divorce
Few things are more painful than feeling your child pulling away, going no contact or becoming estranged. This goes for[…]
Read moreWhen Your Adult Child Pulls Away: “Chronic Sorrow” Maternal Estrangement
I was listening to a podcast interview this week with estrangement and family researchers and therapists Joshua Coleman and Judith[…]
Read moreAnxiety, Trauma, Burnout and AI Therapy: What Chatbots Can Do — And What They Can’t
There’s a strange moment happening in mental health right now. On one hand, more people than ever are openly talking[…]
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