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Personal Accountability: Build Healthy Relationships for a Happy Future
Humans are created to be in connection with others. We thrive in meaningful relationships, and we suffer in isolation. Although these are well-researched truths, there are many people who are suffering in their relationships, and wonder if it would be better to live...
Personal Accountability: Taking Responsibility for Your Self-Esteem
Living with personal accountability is summed up in five words: I am responsible for myself. This empowering phrase begs that we stop to reflect on the link between personal accountability and self-esteem.
Personal Accountability: Empower Yourself, Improve Your Life
The start of a new series: Living with Personal Accountability. When you have a mindset that is founded on accountability, then you are focusing on being a person who you are proud to be.
Being accountable isn’t always easy, but living from a perspective of personal accountability is highly empowering. You are taking control of your own life, and reclaiming autonomy.
Debunking Counselling Myths – What Should I Expect From My Counsellor?
Today, I am wrapping up the Debunking Counselling Myths series by answering the question “What should I expect from my counsellor?”
The question of “What should I expect from my counsellor” addresses the counsellor’s behaviours, personality, and ethical commitments. Movies and television shows do a poor job of exhibiting ethical therapist behavior. The fictional portrayal of counsellors is highly unrealistic, and perpetuates many counselling myths.
Discover how a counsellor should act, and what you can realistically expect from your therapist.
Debunking Counselling Myths – Does Therapy Actually Work?
There are several “myths” or assumptions about counselling that communicate a general sense of doubt about whether counselling is effective. Today, I will address myths related to the efficacy of counselling. In other words, if you are wondering whether counselling therapy actually works, this is the post that will answer.
Debunking Counselling Myths – What Does a Counsellor do?
When you think of booking a session with a Registered Clinical Counsellor, what do you envision? There are a lot of myths and misguided beliefs about counselling, therapy, and psychology in general. Myths like “Talking to a counsellor is the same thing as talking to a friend”; or “If you see a counsellor that means you’re crazy, or mentally unstable.” These myths misrepresent the experience of seeing a counsellor, and create a barrier for accessing mental health support.
Today, let’s debunk those myths, and create a clearer understanding of what therapy with a Registered Clinical Counsellor is like. Let’s remove the barrier, and get people the support they need!