Life Coaching or Therapy: Which is Right for You?
You’re 35 years-old and your life isn’t where you expected it would be at this point. You just turned 50, got divorced, and don’t know how to manage the next stage in your life. Or you recently...
Sexual Abuse Therapy
Sexual abuse is a topic no one really wants to talk about. It’s a subject that’s still taboo in many circles and in lots of families. It’s a tragedy for which victims often blame themselves and it...
The Facts About Emotional Disturbance Mood Disorders
The term “emotional disturbance” is an interesting one. After all, aren’t most of us emotionally disturbed at some time or another? Seems logical, as we ponder our lives thus far, that we’ve all...
Dealing with Borderline Personality Disorder
A diagnosis of borderline personality disorder doesn’t have to be a sentence to suffer. Not that long ago, we didn’t even have a name for this issue, but now the medical profession knows a lot more...
Pandemic-related Anxiety: Getting Comfortable with the New Normal
For nearly two years, everyone’s emotions have been up and down. We’ve been confused, befuddled, nervous, frightened, numbed, exhausted, relieved. And just when we think it’s okay to take a deep...
Parenting is a Life-long Role That Binds Separated Couples
There are a lot of harsh realities that hit once you’re separated or divorced, and a lot of those have to do with your kids and the “new normal” that will become a part of all of your lives. Let’s...
Collaborative Divorce: A Better Solution
Divorce has always been painful. Even in the most amicable of situations, the dissolution of a marriage – especially when children are involved – is difficult and often heart-wrenching. To most...
The s. 211 Family Law Act Report: What is It?
When you’re in the middle of a family law dispute, nothing else seems to matter. You just want to get “things” straightened out so that no one – especially your children – suffers unnecessarily. If...
Co-Parenting with Your Ex when Emotions are Still Raw
Most couples that go through a divorce understand that keeping the kids out of all the emotions is the ideal scenario, but that hardly ever works. Children often become the victims in a break-up....