Dating Shouldn’t Feel Like a Job Interview: How the Search for Certainty Can Get in the Way of Connection
If you’re dating, you likely know how this goes: You finally get a date. You’re interested. You want a relationship.[…]
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When Anxiety Makes Discomfort Feel Like Danger | Anxiety Therapy Ontario
I wanted to share some of my reflections on a recent trip to Newfoundland for a week of hiking. It[…]
Read moreHow 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 Your Child Becomes the “Problem” in a Blended Family: What Their Behaviour May Really Be Trying to Tell You
Do any of these statements feel familiar? “Our teenager is ruining our family.” “She won’t accept my new husband.” “He[…]
Read moreLooking for a Therapist? Therapy, Rupture, Repair, and the Search for Perfect Alignment
There is something happening in therapy that I find fascinating. People are becoming more informed about mental health than ever[…]
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 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 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 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 Families: When (and If) Repair Is Possible
This is the next blog in my series on estrangement and family conflict. Re-Engaging After Distance or Limited Contact[…]
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