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How does our past impact our present? If we experience something distressing or traumatic at an early age, does it have long-term...

When did the overdose crisis start? In April 2016, the province of BC declared a public health emergency due to the increase of overdose...

What do we do if someone close discloses their experience of abuse to us? It can be an overwhelming, painful thing to hear. You may...

Trigger Warning: this post talks extensively about suicide, qualities of those who have committed suicide, and qualities of the bereaved...

We (Sebastian and I) are currently reading It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes who we are and How to End the...

It’s the time of year when we are inundated with messages and expectations of setting new standards and ways of living for the year to...

The holiday season – a time for joy and laughter and quality family time… Right? Well… that’s what we’re told we’re supposed to...

One of our deepest longings as people is to have connection with others. But when we see parts of ourselves that we think are shameful,...

What happens if your experiences do not match with your fundamental beliefs about the world?...How would you know what you can trust? How...

Hello everyone, Zoë and Ari again! We started reading Dr. Hillary McBride’s beautiful book “Mothers, Daughters & Body Image” this year...

Hello, Ari here! I am not a counsellor at WCPS, I do not have any clinical expertise in this topic so this post is solely my experience...

Emotions are part of being human. We all have them. But do we understand them fully? Personally speaking, I used to think that emotions...

As a therapist who has specialized training in understanding and treating Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, it felt important to me to write...

Our bodies are with us through all of life’s experiences. They’re like a memory-book that holds all of our memories on file – some are at...

This post was much tougher to write than I expected, as there is SO MUCH that could be covered and talked about. Do you have any...

Hello everyone, Zoë and Ari here! We wanted to share about a topic that has sparked a lot of introspection, dialogue and healing for us...

Growing up in a military family in the United States, there were many complicated family dynamics and difficult circumstances which...

Zoë Plant, MEd, CCC As I write this post, part of me worries about coming off as cheesy or sappy. Talking about counselling can sometimes...

Going through life, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Work, relationships, daily stressors, societal pressures, expectations, traumatic...