Tips for Counselling Single Parent Families
The following excerpt comes from our book, Counselling in Relationships: Insights for Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections. The chapter, “Single-Parent Families,” explores common challenges and celebrates the strengths of the single-parent family....
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The “Elephant Sisterhood” – and The Importance of Asking for Help
“Well, it looks like I have a touch of the breast cancer.”
These words fell from my friend’s mouth with a thud after she learned the news of some long-awaited medical tests. Although her smile disguised...
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How to Practice Self-Care for Zoom Fatigue
For many counsellors, the use of technology has become central to how we do our counselling work over this last year. Because of this, I have become increasingly aware of the reality of “Zoom fatigue,”...
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3 Tips for Maintaining Professional Boundaries
Many of us are drawn to the helping profession because of a strong desire to help others. When this is our focus and our drive, we can easily lose track of ourselves and become stretched...
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Indigenous Insights for All Counsellors
The following excerpt comes from our book, Counselling in Relationships: Insights for Helping Families Develop Healthy Connections. The chapter reviews the 10 principles from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Readers are invited and challenged to...
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