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Foundations for Change: Practices to Transform Your Mental Health – Label Your Thoughts
Disclaimer: The content of this blog is for informational purposes only. It is not meant to substitute the advice or diagnosis of a medical doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, or therapist. Practice #1 - Label your thoughts One of the first things that I introduce to...
Foundations for Change: Practices to Transform Your Mental Health – Introduction
As a counsellor, when I take on new clients, there are some introductory questions that I ask to check on the client’s mental health practices. I ask questions like “What are the thoughts that go through your mind when that happens?” or “What is the emotion you were...
The Benefits of Online Counselling
As I discussed in my previous post, What Makes Video Counselling Effective, online video counselling has become quite popular in the past four years, and research indicates that video counselling is safe and effective. I have been practising online video counselling...
Counselling Basics – Embracing Online Therapy: How Effective is Video Counselling?
In the past four years, accessing services virtually has become significantly more common. Naturally, this inspires the question: Is online counselling therapy effective? As a counsellor, I am concerned with the ethical implications of the counselling services that I offer. I want to make sure that I am providing quality services that will genuinely help the clients I meet.
Counselling Basics – Is Therapy Worth the Money? And if it is, how do I afford it?
Let’s face it – counselling therapy can be expensive. If you don’t have benefits that cover the financial cost, it can be challenging to access counselling services. On top of the financial cost, there is the time-cost, and the energy-cost of committing to therapy.
Counselling Basics – Should I see a Counsellor?
Are you considering seeing a counsellor? Perhaps you are wondering what’s the point of therapy; afterall, you have supportive friends and family members, so why should you talk to a stranger about your “stuff”?