Align Counselling

07/25/2023

A fantastic definition of trauma.

So if I have to talk about the meaning of trauma, I really need to explain what I mean by the word. What I mean is strictly according to its Greek origin - it is a wound. Trauma is not what happened to you, that is a traumatic event. Trauma is the wound that we suffer as a result of that and much of that has to do with children experiencing difficult events and how they understand it and what they make it mean about it themselves. And universally, when bad things happen to kids, they make it mean there is something wrong with them. They become disconnected from themselves. So the biggest trauma, and it doesn't matter what the source is, is the disconnection from the self.

07/25/2023

Thank you Conscious parenting for such an attuned perspective towards whining plus practical ways of navigating it!

08/10/2021

Fantastic advice about communication and relationships!

07/08/2021

A beautiful explanation about the ways that therapy can heal.

10/28/2020

Fantastic resource from the Angry Therapist!

05/12/2020

This graphic is relevant now more than ever.

04/21/2020

Go easy on yourself during this time!

Neuroscience offers some valuable lessons about the expectation gap that can help all of us through the coming weeks and months of the pandemic.

03/11/2020

Absolutely beautiful!

01/24/2020

"We feel like there's a hierarchy of pain, and if our problem doesn't feel big enough, we wait until we're basically having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack before somebody will make that call,"

If the mere thought of going to therapy seems overwhelming, you're not alone. Plenty of people put off seeking therapy because of the stigma, cost and inconvenience. We've got four tips to help you make your first appointment.

12/25/2019