Another of our therapists, Gail Shaver, is new to the blog today. Gail works a lot with couples. And a lot of couples come to us in crisis situations because of infidelity. Gail witnesses the anguish and anxiety results from an affair…and helps couples deal with the resultant carnage. Believe me, when you have seen …
Experiencing the Roots of Empathy
Question: What does a relationship therapist do when she is on maternity leave? Answer: She takes her baby to volunteer at an elementary school to help youngsters learn about empathy and emotions! Over the last 10 months I have been taking my daughter to visit a grade 4-5 split classroom in the Seine River School Division as …
Dear Car: Your Groom-Son
Dear Car, This week, your son gets married. While you have become much more a part of my life since I married your Husband, never more have you been in my/our thoughts than in the last several weeks. You are missed always, and these days especially. A week or so ago, your son and his …
Embracing Limitations: Leia the tripod dog
With our renaming to Conexus Counselling, Carolyn’s blog has become much more “our” blog. Expect to see other therapists’ thoughts here. Today, Deanna Carpentier gives us a valuable perspective! I never really thought much about getting a dog. I knew my husband wanted one – I mean really, really wanted one – but I wasn’t …
Grieving Choices
We make choices every day. All sorts of choices. We choose: cereal over toast, the red shirt over the floral print, the comedy over the dark drama, and for me— I always seem to choose the slow lane at the grocery store. Choice is everywhere. What I’m coming to realize more and more is that …
Sexual Frequency…Are we ‘normal’?
When people find out I have an educational background in sexuality it’s only a matter of time until I get asked a question that in some way boils down to “….am I normal?” And while there are tonnes of different questions that I have been asked over time, the one question I get over and …
Misconceptions: Men and Sex
Another of our colleagues has entered the blogosphere. Sarah Hunter Murray has been on our therapy staff for several years…during her first year with us, she was doing research and writing a thesis looking at the male perspective of sex. She is passionate about helping people explore and understand sexuality…and in her gentle way, encourages …
A lullaby to the silently born
June has been full…one Junior tribe has gotten married, another JTM getting married in a few weeks, still another JTM returning from abroad after several months away this week. The name change to Conexus Counselling this week, with new website and new emails, new letterhead and business cards…it’s been hectic. But June 18th was on …
The Zen Of Rejection
As parents we get a lot of practice in the art of being rejected: No, our children don’t want to put on their boots. No they don’t want to go on the family picnic to the stone quarry. No, they do not appreciate the $100 of hard earned money you just dropped on year end …
Conexus Counselling is Here!
Welcome to the new business name/logo/website Conexus Counselling…home of the same therapists and same quality counselling our community has trusted and counted on for the last decade. We are now Conexus Counselling…and for a time, we’ll tag on the “formerly known as Bergen and Associates Counselling” onto the end to give folks a chance to get …