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For years after Covid, there was talk about burnout. It became known (and experienced) as nearly an epidemic in many ways. The clinical world was researching, talking, publishing and shedding [...]

When tragedy strikes – regardless of its specific details – your nervous system may likely react. You might be caught off guard and surprised or shocked even. Often emotion will feel [...]

If you’ve had a traumatic experience, you have likely also noticed how your body can feel different than it used to. It may also respond to some experiences or emotions now, that are [...]

You’ve likely read how exercise is good for your mental health. You might even have experienced it. I commonly have clients share that one way they care for themselves is to hit the gym. [...]

There are many different approaches to therapy. You can talk to ten therapists (more!) and each can have a different way they work. This means, they use a different framework to process what [...]

These darker months can be hard on your mental health. It might be the shorter days. The wet climate doing it’s best to keep everything well watered (ha!). The seeming non-stop kids’ [...]

Whether you’ve been with your favourite person for a month, a year, or decades the greatest desire I believe humans have is to feel safe, seen and connected. When you can experience this [...]

Whether or not trauma can cause anxiety is a huge question in and of itself. It’s one I often hear within the context of counselling. Or, it is something I get curious with clients about at [...]

I often have clients step into therapy with significant trauma. The result is high anxiety, maybe depression, confusion, anger or resentment and almost always a somatic (physical) response to all [...]

I talk with clients often, about the dark stuff. Those moments, seasons, years that just seem bleak. At the very least, they’ve stolen much of my clients’ stories. Some days the [...]