Apr 5, 2017 | Anger, Counselling, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Domestic Abuse, Featured, healthy relationships, overreacting, parenting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, Stress
What does it mean to blame? Blaming is the act of locating the source of wrongdoing with another person or institution. “They did this to me.” “It’s your fault that x, y or z happened.” But there are 2 key problems with blame: 1. You hurt me so I’ll hurt you back....
Sep 27, 2016 | Adolescence, parenting, resilience, Teen, Uncategorized
Adolescence is a time of big social and emotional development for your child. It helps to know what to expect and how to support your child through the changes. Social changes and emotional changes: what to expect in adolescence Supporting social and emotional...
Sep 16, 2016 | Counselling, healthy relationships, parenting, Relationships, Uncategorized
Family relationships are still the biggest influence on your school-age child’s development. Fitting in with friends and finding role models are also important, and you can help your child with these parts of her social and emotional development. Understanding...
Sep 11, 2016 | Anger, Counselling, Counsellor, parenting, relationship breakdown, resilience, sibling, Uncategorized
‘Who said you could wear my clothes?’ ‘Get out of my room!’ ‘You’ve been on the computer for hours!’ It’s normal for teenage siblings to fight over all sorts of things. Teenage siblings argue just as much as younger children, but they tend to fight about different...
Jul 24, 2016 | Counselling, Counsellor, Featured, healthy relationships, parenting, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Uncategorized
– Counselling Norwest. Blog article written by Cristina Vides. It was the worst day of my life. The day I packed up my children, a few boxes of belongings and drove away from our family home for good. I never imagined that ‘divorce’ would be part of our story,...
Jul 11, 2016 | Anxiety, children, healthy relationships, parenting, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
The worst part of anxiety is having anxiety about the anxiety, itself. The metaphor of a snowball being rolled down a hill of is one I use to illustrate how unchecked anxiety rapidly grows. Children can learn to cope with anxiety by learning two crucial skills:...
