Paramount Psychology and Counselling

02/11/2026

Words worth reading 💔

02/11/2026

💙Our hearts are heavy as we reflect on the devastating events that occurred in Tumbler Ridge. We are holding in our thoughts everyone who has been impacted by the loss, the injuries, and the shock that ripples through a close community in moments like this.💙

Grief can feel overwhelming and can surface in ways we do not expect. It is important to know that support is available and you do not have to navigate this alone.

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health crisis and needs immediate support, please call or text 988.

You can also access additional 24 hour supports here:

https://www.sp-rc.ca/find-help-and-resources/

If you have a young person in your life, this may be a time when they need extra reassurance and tools to understand their feelings, they can reach out to the📱Kids Help Line (1.800.668.6868 or text CONNECT to 686868).

We are here for our community. Please reach out if you need support.

02/11/2026

There are no words that can make sense of something like this. When violence touches a school, it shakes our sense of safety at the deepest level.

May we surround the grieving with compassion, check in on our children and loved ones a little more often, and lean into one another in the days ahead. In moments like this, community is not just important — it’s everything.

If you need someone to talk to about this tragedy, we are here for you…

https://paramountpsychology.janeapp.com

02/11/2026

Discipline is proof you believe in yourself. You’ve got this! 🙌

02/11/2026

02/10/2026

Still I Rise
BY MAYA ANGELOU

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
’Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
’Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame
I rise
Up from a past that’s rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

02/09/2026

Thank you to the Grande Prairie & District Chamber of Commerce for featuring us in this inaugural publication! We are grateful to be part of a vibrant community of innovative entrepreneurs who are dedicated to serving Grande Prairie and surrounding areas. Thank to all our clients for trusting us with your hearts and healing, and thank you to our collaborators for supporting our mission to help our clients learn, heal and grow, one conversation at a time. 🫶

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02/08/2026

A good closure session is so wonderful for both therapist and client. We get to review the learnings, the triumphs, the surprises; we get to laugh about the mishaps, the misunderstandings and absurdities of life. We get to talk about who you are now and what you still want to learn.  We get to share some tears of joy in your growth and wish each other well. It’s one of my favourite moments in the therapy journey and I know the clients who’ve experienced a final session like this will agree how powerful it can be.
Comment below with the best closure session moment ⬇️ 🫶

02/08/2026

Healthy relationships aren’t defined by the *absence* of conflict.

They’re defined by what happens *after* the conflict.

Because every relationship has ruptures:
misattunements, misunderstandings, sharp words, defensiveness, shutdown, overwhelm…life.

What changes the entire “climate” of a relationship is whether ruptures reliably lead to repair.

02/08/2026

Every time you replay old chapters, you give them more authority than they deserve. Reflection is useful; rumination is not.

You don’t need to erase it to move forward.

You just need to decide it doesn’t get to narrate today.

A new story doesn’t begin when the past changes.

It begins when you do.

02/07/2026

Paramount therapists care. We guide, support, listen, challenge, teach, share, learn with you and laugh (at your jokes, of course!). We hold the lantern when we journey together into dark places of your psyche, and get misty-eyed when you finally see your own goodness and light. Paramount therapists truly care. And it shows in how we show up for our clients every day. Come experience a life-changing relationship that can help you become the person you've always wanted to be.

https://paramountpsychology.janeapp.com

02/06/2026

Don’t be fooled, things like attention can feel like love but the real love is in the consistency ❤️