When I was growing up, my parents would remind us that we had an obligation as human beings to be of service to others. I grew up with one parent or another being on this board, or delivering that meal, or helping out this person with their taxes, or driving somebody to the doctor. …
Meet Deanna Carpentier
Vulnerability sucks. No getting around it. It’s hard to be vulnerable. However, as a person who witnesses the courage of folks who daily choose vulnerability, I also see the incredible rewards of folks who choose to dare to be vulnerable. It’s good to be smart about vulnerability…to choose a place that is safe. Counselling can …
Walking on new patterns
I love walking…this time of year has me outside any day that’s not raining. There’s something about walking that creates space for new thought…quiet spaces seem somehow different in a way that’s hard to explain. Walking feels good…and after, knowing that there has been a healthy long walk, it feels great. Walking forward creates movement …
Do we treat addiction?
Often on our contact page, or on the phone, folks ask us, “Do you treat addiction?” Sooooo many folks struggle with extreme and disordered behaviour, when spending too much, working too hard, eating too much (or not enough), drinking too much, using and abusing street drugs, abusing prescription medication, or consumed with electronics…facebook, gaming, …
The Newest Grandma
If you want to ask Melanie for a favour…this would be a good week to do it. Melanie is flying high, all smiles, and if you slow down as you pass her desk, you will have no option but to hear the good news…Baby Ava was born healthy yesterday at 6:11 am, right on her …
Meet Gail Shaver
Gail Shaver has been a part of the Bergen and Associates Counselling group for coming onto two years. Gail is great. She has a passion for the work. She went back to school as a mature student to become a therapist because she wanted to invest her life into working with people this way. She …
Silly Fun
We had pie for lunch today. Not for dessert. For lunch. Today is International Pi(e) Day. At Bergen and Associates, we’re not shy about finding things to celebrate…we love to create joy…and Del, who came in for a half day today, made sure we celebrated in style. Lemon meringue pie. YUM! The pie was seriously awesome. …
Meet Michael Quiring
Knowledge reduces anxiety. Or at least I think so. When I prepared to move to California to begin graduate studies, I was shivering in my boots (figuratively, and literally…it’s cold in Saskatoon compared to the San Joaquin valley!) I was nervous about moving to another country and putting down roots in an unknown city. Because …
Funness
I have seen few therapists take the craft of therapy as seriously as Rod Minaker does. When he takes on a new area of counselling, he invests heavily in resources and devours them…he understands the new model inside and out. When he meets a new client, that client has his full attention and I know …
Hope
November upon us…it’s getting darker and colder. Not only is the season a difficult one, but it’s a difficult life season for our team too. It’s piling up, where members of the Bergen and Associates Counselling team are being hit by deaths of friends, aging and dying parents, health challenges, terminal illness of family members, …