Your Summer, Your Way: Ditch the FOMO & Choose What Feels Right
It started with a text: “Let’s go on a bike ride tonight! Bring the kids, pack a picnic.” I stared at my phone. Tempting, yes. But we were toast—depleted from a week of late bedtimes, sibling squabbles, and too much sunscreen in the eyes. “I wish we could,” I typed back, “but we’re all wiped. […]
Is It Ok To Use AI As Therapy? I Gave It A Try (and was shocked)
“Elise, I’m spiralling on something,” I begin. I spend a few minutes unravelling the tangled thoughts of the past few days. “That’s a lot,” she replies, gently. Then: “What part of you do you think is most activated right now?” She offers to help me ground, or simply sit in the mess with me. We’ve […]
Five Ways to Make Your Therapy More Effective (number 4 will shock you!)
As a therapist and owner of counselling clinics in Vancouver and North Vancouver, I’m obsessed with what constitutes ‘good therapy.’ How do you know if your therapist is good? How do you know if counselling is helping you? Why does therapy sometimes work and sometimes plateau? When we think about how effective therapy is, the […]