Couples In Step Counselling

06/17/2023

This is worth seeing

05/08/2023

Heard of Better Help? If you listen to podcasts that have anything to do with personal growth and that also have ads, chances are you've heard of Better Help. Better Help really upped their marketing in 2020 when covid 19 hit and so far as I can tell their marketing has not slowed down. Here's a great review article written by one of my colleagues. Very thorough.

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05/08/2023

Words not needed

Demised To Shield by Ghostrifter Official | https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-officialMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commo...

05/04/2023

From the intro: "Therapists have been taught that working with sexuality is a specialty. It’s not. It can’t be."

Part 1: What Are Sexual Cycles and Why Work With Them? In this article, we want to help couple clinicians work with the sexual cycle as intently as with the emotional cycle, to forge the strongest bond in couples’ bodies, minds, and hearts. When we fall in love, we all ache to be loved deeply and ...

04/28/2023

If I can get this image down I could use it in my work with couples!

04/05/2023

Do you ever wonder why you act the way you do? Here's one piece of the answer. Our responses can be automatic and out of our control -- until we tune into our neurophysiology and bring unconscious processes into conscious awareness--no small feat. The more i learn about this the gentler I am with myself.

In this video I explain what is polyvagal theory in simple language. I also explain the three pillars of polyvagal theory as described by Stephen Porges: (1)...

01/29/2023

The photo gallery on this site, the stories and the videos will encourage you to listen to people's stories before jumping to conclusions. https://inallwayshuman.com/.

In All Ways Human is a visual storytelling and narrative change campaign committed to spreading the simple and profound truth about Black boys, men, and families.

07/29/2022

During pandemic I watched messiah complex done by AtG theater during pandemic. Looking forward to this.

An artistic exploration of Self In early June 2020, Torontonian and baritone Elliot Madore opened up on social media about his struggles with “unabashedly expressing [his] identity” as a biracial person. AtG Artistic Director Joel Ivany and Elliot Madore came together to find a way to present to...

06/24/2022

Pride Parades happening this month

06/20/2022

Watch to the end so you hear the 5th thing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgcQwmtCkE

Tim Fontaine, founder and "Editor-in-Grand-Chief" of Walking Eagle News and producer/host of APTN's The Laughing Drum, shares five things you should know abo...

05/24/2022

Such a good person. There are many. We don't hear enough about them and from them. They give us hope. Thanks Summer.

Clayton’s videos make a huge impact on people. His latest “Dinner With Dad” had 3 million views. Many share being brought to tears, for different reasons.

03/11/2022

Ukraine, Covid, and this too.

False Alarm OUT NOW on all music platforms Video directed & edited by Alixa GarcíaSong written and performed by Ryan Amador & Alixa GarcíaProduced by Brad Ke...

03/07/2022

I'm trying to integrate polyvagal theory into my practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. This article does it well.

Our bodies were meant for love.

02/13/2022

This "Really Terrible Orchestra" was founded by Alexander McCall Smith. He writes good books too.

02/13/2022

the power of hand holding!

Social relationships are tightly linked to health and well-being. Recent work suggests that social relationships can even serve vital emotion regulation functions by minimizing threat-related neural activity. But relationship distress remains a significant public health problem in North America and....

12/19/2021

Most couple's therapists have had to work with at least a few couples who have to deal with differing perspectives/points of view on covid, vaccines, masks-either between partners or among family members. Here's an article that gives some resources that will help you navigate these difficult conversations. The webinar put out my mediators in Winnepeg looks good.

It's the time of year when many of us are looking forward to social outings or family gatherings, but divisions over COVID-19 vaccinations make planning and conversations around those events more challenging than usual. Two new projects in Winnipeg and Vancouver are trying to find creative ways to h...

12/18/2021

Plan now for 2022 - https://mailchi.mp/fb20b032a6b4/plan-now-for-valentines-day-2022. On line February. In person in Toronto in May. You won't regret attending. That's a promise. Limited to 6 couples living in Ontario.

08/16/2021

Feb 2021-June 2021, during the 2nd wave lockdown in Ontario, Canada I took an online class in polyvagal therapy. There I learned more fully about what happens in our body/nervous system when we do things in concert with others. This article reminded me of that class, of why I have often wondered if I should join a choir... https://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=8319