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, …

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. …

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, …