Counselling Topics For Discussion
Our relationships with our partners are coloured by our own personal legacies. We often react to our partners as if they were someone else – and most of the time this causes relationship conflicts. When we entered into a relationship we expected love, nurturance, and validation just for being who we are. A relationship should provide a safe zone where our … Read more
The More You Give, The More You Receive Too few of us are in touch with a lifestyle choice that can bring us a wealth of happiness, integrity, and wellness. Altruism, or giving to others, has grown out of favor over the past several decades. However it has been a feature of human interaction throughout history. Indeed, a spirit … Read more
Expert Life Transitions Counselling Services In Vancouver Life transitions are predictable changes in our lives associated with a discontinuity with the past. With each change we must give up the protective structures which have carried us through and then face the world anew with a sense of fragility and vulnerability. These times of disruption may force us to test the … Read more
It’s a good thing that almost all of us worry. Think of it as a built-in alarm device. When it’s used wisely, it alerts us to danger and prompts us to navigate our way through a maze of solutions to life’s various problems. We need to think through our options when we are faced with problems, weighing the benefits and pitfalls of … Read more
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) was once thought to be a fairly rare but serious mental problem. Specialists saw it as serious mainly because the behaviour of a person with this disorder appears quite abnormal to other people. Approximately 1 in 40 people suffers from OCD. However, many cases of OCD go undiagnosed. So we now know … Read more
Codependency is recognized by the destructive behaviors, attitudes and feelings which are directly linked to the way we were brought up. Families are described as dysfunctional when the needs of the parents are so overwhelming that the task of raising children is demoted to a secondary role in the life of the family. Codependency in adulthood emerges from these dysfunctional childhood … Read more