“What is it about little things that make for big feelings?” This question was asked by Stuart McLean on Vinyl Cafe during the annual “Arthur Awards” broadcast, where ordinary people do something kind and generous for someone…and it has a huge impact on people. For example, one person finds a suitcase by the side of …
Mutual benefits
I love “win win” situations. I work towards those with clients and in my own life. We’ve had a great “win win” around here, and are enjoying every minute of it: Rebecca Salzmann has her BA in social sciences and is preparing to begin her education to become a therapist…but she wants to take some …
The Electrician’s Broken Doorbell
Melanie, our office manager, spoke wisely to me last week when she handed me the message: “The electrician’s doorbell doesn’t work.” Cracked me up. Reminded me of an interview Diane Sawyer had with Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s husband years ago. It always stuck with me. Remember Dr. Ruth…the tiny blunt talking sex expert on radio and …
A Thought
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. Dr. Suess Are these not a wonderful bunch of fun looking women?? I was at a rather fancy-shmancy restaurant with a good friend last summer on Victoria Island. The next table over sat this …
Mixing Oil and Water Successfully
Sometimes you have to figure out a way to get along. Wynonna and Naomi Judd were on Oprah last week. They are taking another tour together…something they haven’t done in years. They stopped touring a long time ago…partly because of health issues, and partly because they couldn’t stand each other. They referred frequently to their …
Shade comes and goes
The dreaded orange dot of doom. Many of us in the city live in neighborhoods that have elm trees on either side of the boulevard…the trees have been there for 80 years or more. The elm trees meet in the middle of the street providing this beautiful archway. The leaves, this time of year are …
A Fortunate Turn of Events
Sometimes something seems too good to be true…except that it is! Linda Churchill started her internship with us today. She in an advanced intern…we weren’t quite sure what to call her. Our position has always been that we only hire therapists that have Master’s level of counselling/therapy training to be counsellors at Bergen and Associates …
Oh, what a feeling!
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou This is me…at Christmas…being silly…holding my new rice bag on my head…a gift from my mom…to a daughter with chronically cold feet. Ahhh.
Inner Conversations
When’s the last time you had a conversation with yourself? The above question is not to ferret out psychosis or diagnose you with something spooky. It’s a candid question that I think is helpful for each of us to ask ourselves. What I’m talking about is: When you find yourself feeling scared, to slow down, …
Feedback Enhanced Therapy–Good Success
Had a great therapists’ meeting on Saturday. The therapists at Bergen and Associates Counselling get together every so often for lunch on a Saturday. After going over the mundane usual matters (clean up your dishes, this is where the new form is kept, blah, blah, blah), we spent some time talking with each other about …