Apr 19, 2017 | communication, Counselling, Counsellor, Counsellor Bella Vista, Featured, healthy relationships, listening, marriage, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience
There is no question, one of the most common issues I find in my counselling room when working with couples, is communication. Or more specifically, listening. In fact, listening to each other seems to be a common interpersonal issue. I was once in a communication...
Mar 6, 2017 | Counselling, Depression, healthy relationships, relationship breakdown, Relationships, resilience, Stress, Uncategorized
There seems to be a lot of talk about building walls at the moment. Walls that are intended to keep out the ‘illegals’ and provide a sense of security for those on the inside. Politics aside – it has made me aware that I work with walls every day of my working...
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 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:...
