Our Blog
Our team of therapists is honoured to offer you free mental health resources through this blog. Please note that Amazon affiliate links are used throughout the blog, and GJ Counselling receives a few cents if you purchase through the links contained in the recommended books.
Exploring Couples Therapy
How bad do things need to be before a couple reaches out to book a session with a therapist? It can be hard to know when and how to get help. What warrants inviting a third person to support your relationship in such a formal way?
Climate Change and Mental Health
Climate anxiety, eco-anxiety and eco-grief are all phrases that help capture distressing emotions that more and more people report experiencing in response to threats to our ecology, particularly the reality of a changing climate.
Bringing Awareness to Disconnection
Only through connecting relationally with these emotions (or parts) can they be healed from the often profound sense of disconnection they have experienced at very crucial times in life.
The Positive Intention of Distractions
Can you recall a time when you found yourself “getting lost” in something that brought you joy? It could be something simple or something more extravagant. Either way, you most likely felt a little more connected to your sense of Self.
Helping Parts to Heal from Acute Trauma
When approaching trauma, it is important to understand that different types require different treatments. Traumas must be addressed according to their specific needs. In your lifetime, you may have experienced a single incident, or acute trauma.

