How to Stop Procrastinating and How to Get Things Done.
Procrastination is the act of putting off tasks that you should be focusing on, which can impact your personal and work life. It can lead...
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Social Anxiety: Recognizing the Signs and Tips to Help Overcome It
Most people feel anxiety when entering into an unfamiliar situation or doing something they rarely do, such as public speaking. However,...
7 Signs You Might Need Help with Past Trauma
The term trauma illustrates the emotional distress and challenges posed after enduring a distressing and stressful event. Traumatic...
7 Ways of Managing Stress at the Workplace
Job stress is a pretty common phenomenon. It can consume energy, put you behind in work, and can affect your overall mental health....
7 Ways On How To Manage Your Anger
Anger is an antagonistic feeling directed at those people and things who have deliberately done wrong to you. Anger is not an exclusive...
How To Deal With Anxiety and Stress
What Are Anxiety and Stress? Feeling anxious on occasions is a very humanly thing and can be quite beneficial in certain situations as it...
How to Deal with the Pressure of Socializing in a Post-Pandemic World When You Have Social Anxiety
Healthy and long-lasting relationships are fundamental to human life. We are wired for
connection and the pandemic highlighted this basic...
How To Be More Compassionate.
What is compassion? The word compassion is used very often, interchangeably with empathy and concern. It has its origin in the Latin word...
How to be Emotionally Supportive Through Validation
Validation is a way to communicate to another person that you see, hear, and empathize with their emotions...
How to Overcome Fear of Failure and Rejection.
The human brain and its capability of thinking make us distinct from other animals. Our brain is wired to think of the past, present, and...
Overcoming Negative Intrusive Thoughts
To understand all the emotions, reasoning, thoughts, feelings, stress, anxiety, depression, happiness as well as sadness, it is crucial to..
What's the Difference Between a Therapist, Counsellor, and Psychologist?
In this article, we will explain the differences between mental health professionals and explain what all of the letters and titles mean...
Everything You Need to Know About Couples Counselling
Couples counselling has numerous benefits that help the relationship to grow stronger and love themselves even more than before...
How Trauma Affects Communication
Our amygdala plays a big role in how we process threat cues and alarms us to respond in a way that keeps us safe. In terms of relationshi...
How Trauma Affects a Person - The Window of Tolerance
The nervous system plays an important role in the body’s regulation, especially in cases of depression, anxiety, and trauma.
Frequently Asked Questions
What can I expect from a counselling session? How many sessions does counselling take? What type of training do your counsellors have?
The Importance of Discussing Mental Health
It can feel as though you have become depression, anxiety, guilt, or grief, but I can promise you that you are not the problem, the problem.
What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy?
ACT suggests that instead of trying to cut down the trees, or disconnect or rid ourselves of our emotions, we can learn acceptance.
Crisis Resources: During COVID-19
Gender-based Violence WAVAW—www.wavaw.ca - Crisis Line: 604-255-6344 Rape Crisis Centre provides support to survivors of sexual violence...
Human First Podcast
"Human First Podcast", created by Alia Chan, registered clinical counsellor of Avery Therapy Centre, is a conversation focused on...
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