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Living in the Shadow of Grief
People sometimes ask me if my blog has a specific focus or intent. My main intent is to walk alongside my readers, sharing my...
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Oct 14, 20249 min read
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Brave
As children, we learn strategies to adapt to difficult situations and to keep ourselves safe. These strategies work.. until they don't..
haidecounsellor
Sep 11, 20245 min read
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Assumptions: When A Hypothesis Runs Amok Without Proof
Sometimes things are not what they seem. My then good friend and I were heading to see a movie. We had been enjoying spending a lot of...
haidecounsellor
Aug 1, 20245 min read
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From Nothing to Something
The end of the year seems to lend itself well to a time of reflecting on what has been and what is to come. Yet research consistently...
haidecounsellor
Dec 31, 20234 min read
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Mental Health Day
October 10th has been proclaimed Mental Health Day in British Columbia, Canada. Mental health awareness is growing in our society, and...
haidecounsellor
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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My Journey With Obesity
This post is adapted from a post I wrote on my personal social media blog during the summer of 2023. As a counsellor, my sessions are for...
haidecounsellor
Oct 10, 20236 min read
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My Approach to Counselling
Background: As a Master's students in a counselling psychology program, we were encouraged to do the work ourselves that we would be...
haidecounsellor
Oct 2, 20236 min read
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Having Difficult Conversations Well
I would venture to guess that most people do not enjoy having difficult conversations. I don't love them myself! But sometimes, because...
haidecounsellor
Sep 13, 20233 min read
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Living Life With Balance
It has been longer than anticipated between my first and second podcast episodes. Sometimes life is unexpected! Here are some of the...
haidecounsellor
Aug 28, 20233 min read
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Living life as your unique and wonderful self!
A question regularly raised in counselling is "who am I?" In our society, we are often valued for – and thus we place value on – what we...
haidecounsellor
Jul 2, 20234 min read
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Learning and Growing
Sharing some takeaways from the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. Which do you find most inspiring?
haidecounsellor
Mar 17, 20231 min read
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What do we do with problematic holidays? Nurturing thoughts on Valentine's Day
Days of celebration, whether they are Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter, Christmas, or any one of the many other days can be such a...
haidecounsellor
Feb 13, 20232 min read
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