Category : Mental Health


What is Child and Adolescent Counselling?

What is Child and Adolescent Counselling?

Child and Adolescent counselling refers to psychotherapy designed and targeted at young people. It differs from the therapy that an adult would receive because it takes into account the age and developmental status of a younger client. For example, when working with a 13-year old boy I would use different analogies and examples than I would with his father or mother. Teenagers are also at a different cognitive development stage than an adult and this needs to be factored in when working with you...

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The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective

The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective

The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective...

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Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

We all feel nervous or worried at times. This anxiety can be a helpful feeling when it motivates us or warns us of danger. An anxiety disorder, on the other hand, causes unexpected or unhelpful anxiety that seriously impacts our lives, including how we think, feel, and act....

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