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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..

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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...

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The Importance of Being Heard

I love the quote by Karen Salmansohn of NotSalmon.com. She states that: "Sometimes you just need to talk about something - not to get...

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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

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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...