Youth are de-stigmatizing mental health

Youth are de-stigmatizing mental health

This week is the 62nd annual Mental Health Week (May 6 – 12) organized by the Canadian Mental Health Association. This year’s focus is on youth. One of the goals of mental health professionals is to eradicate the stigma surrounding mental illness. In my...
You are not the illness

You are not the illness

You may have an illness, but you are not the illness. This was an important lesson I learned from my first counselling supervisor, Katherine Stetson. During my master’s program in counselling psychology, I did an internship as an Adolescent and Family Therapist. One...
4 Insights on Personal Boundaries

4 Insights on Personal Boundaries

Just finished reading, Boundaries Where You End And I Begin: How To Recognize And Set Healthy Boundaries One of the things I thought was really creative was how Katherine used her dog and cat as metaphors for explaining “close” and “distant” boundaries, respectively....