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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!
Debunking Counselling Myths – Steps to Therapy
Starting therapy can also be difficult, anxiety inducing, and awkward. If you don’t know what to expect from counselling therapy, then you may feel tempted to quit before you even start.
When it comes to seeing a Registered Clinical Counsellor, how do you know what is realistic or not? In this post I break down what’s most likely to happen when you choose to see a Registered Clinical Counsellor (either virtually, or in-person).
Building Confidence – Women’s Empowerment Matters Today
This is part one of a two-part post on empowering women through recognizing the systems that discourage women from stepping confidently into their own worth, and discussing strategies to build confidence as women.
Even now, in 2025, there are many systems in place that continue to discriminate against women, undermining their self-worth, self-esteem, and confidence. Working toward personal empowerment is essential if you want to improve self-worth, increase self-esteem, and overcome self-doubt.