7 Tips to Improve your Mental Health
It’s a new year, and those resolutions that start strong during the month of January start fizzling out after the first few weeks. It’s understandable as we get busy after the holidays and forget to put ourselves first. Before that happens, we want to give you some simple [...]
PTSD: Causes, Symptoms, & When to Seek Treatment
For 9.2% of adults in Canada, the experiences of extreme or persistent traumatic events will trigger PTSD symptoms at some point. Sometimes this can occur months or even years after the initial trauma. PTSD, or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, is triggered after experiencing or witnessing extreme experiences like: [...]
Is Counselling Free in Manitoba?
Are you struggling with a chronic mental health condition like depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PSTD)? Are you trying to find relief? As the stigma surrounding mental health continues to break, individuals are beginning to realize the importance of mental health - to a positive and fulfilling [...]
5 Ways Trauma Can Help Drive Personal Growth
As we navigate through life’s ups and downs, trauma and loss will undoubtedly play a part in our experiences. While the majority of individuals are familiar with the term post-traumatic stress (PTS), people often don’t realize that struggle and hardship represent a doorway to positive growth and change. [...]
How to Overcome Perfectionism: A Prescription to Change your Thoughts
Perfectionism is a common cognitive trap for people who are striving to be successful. But the truth is, striving to be perfect, and fearing failure is often the thing that prevents us from success. It keeps us frozen and unable to get started, anxious about making mistakes along [...]
How Much Does Therapy Cost in Winnipeg?
Costs continue to be one of the biggest concerns and barriers to mental health treatment. In 2016, the Canada Revenue Agency began to recognize the cost of non-reimbursed services provided by Registered Psychotherapists as a medical expense eligible for a tax credit. While regulatory reforms and mental health [...]
5 Signs It’s Time To Treat Your Anxiety
Everyone experiences feelings of anxiousness from time to time – especially given the stressful circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. When you’re under pressure or facing a challenging situation (like the start of a new job or passing a vital exam), your body naturally triggers a “fight-or-flight” response. Anxiety is [...]
5 Signs You Should Start Couples Therapy
Even in an age where connectivity is at an all-time high, the urge to disconnect and separate from things that used to bring us happiness has also become more robust. Relationships can be challenging enough without the plethora of external factors to distract us. While data shows that [...]
Alcohol & Depression: What You Should Know
From genetics, biochemical factors, and illnesses, to aging, stressful events, and long-term pressures, depression is a complicated and highly serious medical illness that is actually more common than we realize. A poll taken in December of 2020 found that over 22% of surveyed Canadians reported that they had [...]
Marriage Therapy Near Me: How to Choose the Right Therapist
Like a car, romantic relationships require regular maintenance to ensure everything is running smoothly and operating at an optimal level. To effectively circumvent complications down the road, it’s best to address problems that arise early on. Marriage therapy, also known as couples counselling or marriage counselling, refers [...]
The Importance of Mental Health Over 50
Exercising self-care when it comes to your mental health is an imperative part of living a happy, fulfilling life. More and more companies are now recognizing how pivotal it is to offer wellness programs and care for the psychological well-being of their employees. And while mental health manifests [...]
The Anti-Anxiety Diet: How Food Impacts Your Mental Health
Did you know that recent polls have found that over 41% of Canadians have claimed to struggle with anxiety in their daily lives? Over one-third have been formally diagnosed – making it one of the most common mental illnesses in the country. And since the onset of Covid-19, [...]
Make Your Ordinary Relationship Extraordinary
When people hear the term “couples therapy,” they automatically envision a couple with a tumultuous relationship who requires counselling to save their marriage or partnership. Many couples only resort to therapy as a last-ditch effort to repair issues plaguing their relationship. While marriage counselling is an effective [...]
Depression: Signs, Symptoms, and When to Get Help
Depression is a disorder that, for many, can feel overwhelming and impossible to overcome. Depression is the constant feeling of sadness that can start affecting how you act, go about your daily activities, and interact with others. On top of making you feel ambivalent to previous interests and [...]
When Antidepressants Aren’t Enough
Experiencing depression can be a debilitating process that can go either untreated or improperly treated. Many people who experience depression leverage the help of a medical professional, who subsequently wind up prescribing them an antidepressant. While antidepressants can help those suffering from depression, treating the ailment sometimes requires [...]
Anxiety: Signs, Symptoms, and When to Get Help
Occasional anxiety is something every person encounters from time to time. Whether it’s before a job interview, after receiving some sad news, or in the minutes leading up to a public speaking event, feelings of anxiousness will naturally occur every so often as we navigate our daily lives. [...]
Local Winnipeg Counselling – Now Online
Online Counselling Now Available Local to Winnipeg With the shift online during 2020, many industries and services found themselves re-evaluating client needs, best practices, and essential worker safety. The mental health was no different. In fact, the need for accessible and affordable mental health only increased during the [...]
Looking for a Couples Therapist in Winnipeg? 5 Things To Ask
There is no shame in admitting when your relationship needs help. Contrary to belief, seeking out a marriage counselor does not mean that your relationship is beyond repair. When two people choose to work on their relationship, they often need professional help to facilitate communication, talk without anger, [...]
Stress vs. Anxiety Disorder: How to Tell the Difference
Everyone feels stressed out from time to time. But how can you tell whether you’re feeling normal stress, or if you’re already experiencing symptoms of an anxiety disorder? The two can seem awfully alike, especially since they produce a similar set of negative emotions in us. While stress [...]
How to Choose a Good Online Therapist
There’s this popular saying: ‘When the going gets tough, the tough get going’. It’s an oft-touted slogan of grit. But it’s important to remember that needing help from an online therapist doesn’t make you any less capable. A key step towards better mental health is having the courage [...]
4 Easy Tips to Manage Stress
It's Sunday evening, and you have a deadline you need to meet by Monday morning. You're on your fifth cup of coffee, the work is only halfway done, and now your computer just crashed. You grit your teeth and fight the urge to scream because you'll wake up [...]
Pandemic Stress? Try This Tension-Releasing Exercise
There are legitimate worries and concerns that you’re dealing with, like staying healthy, the health of loved ones, your job, and the state of the economy. However, feeling tense all the time has many negative effects on your body and your mind. This is an exercise I use [...]
Anxiety-3 Step Self-Calming Tool
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing feelings of anxiety and stress. Not only does anxiety feel uncomfortable, but being stressed also reduces the immune system's ability to fight off disease. What's more, when anxious, your brain's ability to reason and solve problems is reduced by as much as 40%. [...]
How Trauma Leads to Personal Growth
Many of us will experience some kind of traumatic event in our lives. And there are many factors that affect how traumatic it is for you. While resilience and supports can help reduce the effects of trauma, they are not always enough. This is especially true when the [...]
Why Intimacy May Be the Key to a Longer Life
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but an orgasm a day works twice as well! Regular sex is the key to longevity. This contradicts a lot of advice about health. In traditional Indian culture, ejaculation was seen as a drain on men’s vitality. In French, [...]
Life After Trauma: The 5 Key Areas of Growth
If you’ve experienced trauma, I’m sure you know too much about the negative impact it can have. But-- have you thought about growth? It’s something not talked about a lot, but it happens too! The research over the past 40 years has focused a lot of attention on [...]
Feeling Angry and Frustrated With Your Partner? These Tips May Help
A lot of couples who come for therapy usually cite frustration with their partner as one of the major issues they face. This frustration usually stems from unmet expectations. Expectations play a huge role in relationship satisfaction. Couples who are frustrated say things like ‘You weren’t very supportive [...]
5 Ways to Raise Your Self-Esteem
Low self-esteem has become an epidemic in this country, and one that negatively impacts our quality of life. Feelings of unworthiness can begin at a young age and, if neglected, can potentially lead to depression and anxiety. Because low self-esteem can be so damaging, finding ways to feel [...]
4 Ways to Change Your Thoughts and Relieve Depression
Did you know that on most days, the average person has between 25,000 and 50,000 thoughts? That’s an impressive amount of thoughts. But what happens when the majority of these thoughts are negative? Imagine the impact on your psyche and your life if you had thousands and thousands of [...]
5 Signs That You Might be Struggling with Anxiety
It’s normal to feel anxious from time to time. Perhaps you get a bit nervous speaking in front of people or going on a job interview. But for some people, anxiety becomes a frequent and forceful occurrence that completely takes over their lives. Since anxiety comes in many [...]
What is PTSD?
Post-Traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that typically occurs after individuals have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a serious accident, natural disaster, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other violent personal assault. In the past, PTSD went by different names. During and right after [...]
3 Things Happy People Do Differently
Do a search right now on Amazon books on the topic of “Happiness,” and you will be returned page after page of titles, all claiming to have the secret to finding it. Why is our obsession with happiness? Maybe the better question is, why does happiness seem to [...]
6 Signs of Depression in Teens
Ask any parent what their main job is and they will tell you it’s protecting their children and keeping them safe. New parents spend hours, if not days, baby-proofing the house. They research the best car seats and bike helmets and figure out ways to ensure their kids [...]
What No One Tells You About Therapy (But Should!)
It is said that we fear the unknown, which is why many people hesitate to seek therapy. Walking into a therapist’s office for the first time can feel intimidating, especially when you’re unsure of what to expect. Creating a welcoming and comfortable office space can help ease these [...]
3 Ways to Overcome Self-Doubt
Self-doubt can be debilitating. It can hold you back from pursuing your dreams and living the life you really want. Self-doubt can also make it hard to complete necessary daily tasks and make simple decisions. The good news is, it is possible to overcome self-doubt and quiet that negative self-talk. [...]
How to Begin Healing After Personal Trauma
No one is ever prepared for a tragedy. In fact, most of us go through our lives believing that tragedies happen to other people. When people do experience a distressing or life-threatening event, such as a car accident, natural disaster, or terrorist attack, they often develop extreme anxiety or PTSD. Many develop ongoing [...]
How To Stop Beating Yourself Up
When was the last time you heard from your inner critic? You know, that voice in your head that constantly judges you, puts you down and compares you to others. The one that tells you you’re not good enough or smart enough and says things you would never dream of [...]
4 Signs You Might Be Struggling with Depression
It’s natural to feel down or anxious from time to time. What’s not natural, however, is prolonged feelings of hopelessness and despair. When these emotions grab hold and won’t let go, it is likely you may have depression. Depression makes every day a constant challenge. You no longer [...]
3 Ways Therapy Helps You Address Anxiety
Millions of people deal with stress and anxiety on a daily basis. Whether it’s a result of phobias, depressions, or post-traumatic stress, anxiety can take a toll on our mind and health. If you deal with anxiety you most likely have looked into ways you can help calm [...]
Recover From Childhood Trauma? Yes You Can!
Overcoming an unhappy or abusive childhood or youth is not easy. Unresolved, it can leave you with problems like depression and anxiety. It can leave you feeling insecure about yourself and untrusting of the world. It makes being emotionally close and trusting of others difficult. Unresolved childhood traumas [...]