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World Mental Health Day is an opportunity for all of us to reflect on the importance of mental health care and to advocate for a more access

Whether you are a student, young adult, or starting your own family, here are some tips to help you build stronger, healthier relationships

If you are looking for mental health support, consider the benefits of working with a Markham psychotherapist who understands your community

Grief is a social emotion, and a transformative experience.

Trauma can affect how your brain regulates emotions and decision-making.

As June and Pride Month come to a close, it's essential to remember that celebrating and embracing the LGBTQ2+ community should extend far

Let's unpack what stonewalling is, how it may be linked to toxicity or narcissism, and most importantly

By challenging societal expectations and embracing our emotions, we can cultivate emotional resilience and lead more authentic lives. 

Here are six ways to safeguard your mental health during the holiday season, with a special emphasis on the benefits of seeking support.

we will explore three remarkable self-help books suitable for all ages that are loved and embraced by the psychotherapy world.

This article aims to help you navigate the world of relationship red flags by delving into Dr. John Gottman's Four Horsemen of the Apocalyps

we unpack the importance of social gatherings and how spaces and places play an important role in our own mental health for Inner Healing.

Brené Brown's "Daring Greatly" is a compelling invitation to embrace vulnerability, courage, and wholehearted living.

Trauma is an experience that can have profound and lasting effects on an individual's mental, emotional, and physical well-being.

What is Brainspotting therapy for? Brainspotting is a therapy used to treat a range of emotional, stress, anxiety and trauma-related issues.

Most Canadians have experienced a traumatic event. In fact, according to Statistics Canada (2021), the number is close to two-thirds of Canadians. The source of trauma varies and can include child abuse, violence, sexual assault, intimate partner violence, vehicular accidents, natural disasters, military combat-related trauma, and more. But in all cases, despite the heaviness of psychological trauma, there is hope to endure. In this blog post, I want to provide a brief overvi

OVERVIEW It is quite a common belief that if you have a problem, you need to deal with it by talking. Although necessary and helpful, talking may only go so far. It is necessary to try to get at what underlies your problem. This is where solution focused therapy comes in. OBJECTIVE Solution Focused Therapy (SFT) is an evidence-based approach to therapy that prioritizes helping clients identify and attend to the things in their life that truly matter. SFT is based on the idea

This article is part of a series of blogs that are meant to highlight the different modalities of therapy our Psychotherapists at Your Story Counselling utilize, check out our other articles to learn more about the various therapeutic models we use! Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a therapeutic model where the therapist and client work together to identify and change problematic behaviours, thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations. The term ‘cognitive’ refers to thinking

Attachment Therapy is a therapeutic model that helps people who are struggling with the effects of trauma, abuse, or neglect that happened in their childhood. When this happens in someone's childhood, it can affect the way they interact in social relationships and with themselves throughout their life. Attachment Therapists work to help people overcome the negative effects of these traumas so they are able to live more fulfilling lives. Attachment Therapy is a type of psychot

This article is part of a series of blogs that are meant to highlight the different modalities of therapy our Psychotherapists at Your Story Counselling utilize, check out our other articles to learn more about the various therapeutic models we use! Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a therapeutic model that focuses on the process of change rather than the content of the change. It is a humanistic approach that draws from the philosophies of existentialism and phenom