Blog | Cortney Pasternak, Counsellor

When Therapy Feels Uncomfortable: The Difference Between Unethical and Challenging Therapy

If you’ve ever left a therapy session feeling unsettled, challenged, or even a irritated with your therapist, you’re not alone.[…]

Many couples experience tension around something that’s difficult to define but easy to feel. It’s often called the mental load.[…]

People often say they want to feel safe in their relationship. But emotional safety can be difficult to define. It[…]

Anxiety is often talked about as an individual experience. But anxiety frequently shows up in relationships too. Many couples find[…]

Stress doesn’t stay neatly contained in one part of life. When work pressure, anxiety, parenting demands, or family conflict builds,[…]

Finding the right therapist is a bit like finding the right pair of shoes. What works beautifully for one person[…]

Couples arriving for therapy in Ontario are often asking a version of the same question, even if the words differ:[…]

Many people who live with depression do not describe feeling sad all the time. They may describe feeling slow. Slow[…]

Depression doesn’t always show up as crying or feeling sad. Many people come to therapy saying: “I feel disconnected from[…]

A lot of people arrive in therapy frustrated with themselves. They say things like: “I don’t understand why I keep[…]