Why We Can’t Look Away From the Fight: Anxiety, Outrage, Grief and the Human Need to Be Heard
There is something exhausting about living in a time when the world can arrive on your phone before you have[…]
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How 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 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 moreWhen You Didn’t Get the Parent You Needed: Caring for Aging Parents After a Difficult Childhood
One of the more complicated experiences therapists working with family conflict, is not caring for an aging parent you feel[…]
Read moreCanada’s World Cup Heartbreak, the Human Need to Belong, and Mental Health
There was an unexpected debate in our house this week. Not about politics. Not about whose turn it was to[…]
Read moreEmotional 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 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 moreEstrangement and Low-Contact: When Is It Time to Call It Quits?
Navigating Chronic Family Conflict, Emotional Abuse, and Estrangement with Compassion If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve tried everything. You’ve[…]
Read moreEstrangement and Low Contact: Staying Connected Without Losing Yourself
This blog is part of my estrangement series. How to Maintain Limited Contact in High-Conflict, Antagonistic, or Emotionally Unsafe Family[…]
Read moreEstrangement & Family Conflict Over the Holidays: Finding Ground When Everything Feels Fragile
Why do the holidays — a time we’re supposed to feel joy — often bring up dread instead? Some of[…]
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