Episode I: Reiki My journey into energy healing happened almost by accident. It was the year 2005 and I was newly living in Milton, Ontario with my husband. I was working full-time and looking for something interesting to do in my spare time. One of my sisters had finished a weekend course in Reiki, and […]
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What is the Difference Between Counselling and Psychotherapy?
I remember when I was at one of my first jobs in child and youth mental health after finishing my Masters of Social Work, my supervisor said with pride, “We don’t provide counselling, we provide psychotherapy.” I was kind of embarrassed and wondered how I hadn’t known the difference between counselling and psychotherapy until that […]
How Psychotherapy Can Help: Encountering a Great White Shark
I recently saw this photograph by Pascal Kobeh in a shop nearby and was struck by what this photo captured. Here was a scuba diver and here was a great white shark just looking at one another. What was going to happen next? Perhaps nothing or perhaps the scuba diver would get eaten. That shark […]