Canadian Thanksgiving, Family Conflict, Anxiety and Grief: When Gratitude Doesn’t Make the Pain Go Away
As Canadian Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself thinking about the people I work with in therapy, the losses they are[…]
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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 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 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 moreFamily Estrangement During the Holidays: When Distance Hurts More Than Contact
If you are estranged from family this season, you may already be exhausted from holding it all together, or from[…]
Read moreAmbiguous Grief and the Holidays: When Loss Isn’t Black and White
Upcoming Spring holidays like Easter, Mother’s Day, or Thanksgiving, or Christmas can bring deep emotional challenges for those navigating grief—but[…]
Read moreFamily Estrangement: Common and Stigmatizing
I’ve written several times about estrangement in families. It is a relatively common issue I see in my psychotherapy and[…]
Read moreHoliday Grief and Family Estrangement
We often associate grief around the holidays with the death of a loved one. However, it is incredibly important to[…]
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