by Richard Amaral | May 15, 2013 | Counselling and Psychotherapy, Mental Health
A client once asked me when counselling and psychotherapy would be over. It was a really good question, and there are actually a multitude of answers. Today, in honor of APA’s Mental Health Month Blog Day, I thought it would be an ideal time to share some of those...
by Richard Amaral | May 8, 2013 | All Entries
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...
by Richard Amaral | May 1, 2013 | All Entries
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...
by Richard Amaral | Apr 14, 2013 | ADHD, All Entries
Although I’ve never been formally diagnosed with ADD or ADHD (Attention-Deficit Disorder, with or without Hyperactivity), there are a lot of times when I think I fit all the criteria. In fact, many people believe they have ADHD simply because they get really...
by Richard Amaral | Mar 14, 2013 | All Entries, 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....