Mar09
Mark’s family brought him to CFSSC for youth counselling when he was 16. At that time, he was skipping more classes at school than he was attending, he was smoking marijuana regularly, had lost his motivation and his part-time job. Mark was feeling depressed, he began dressing all in black and hanging out with friends who […]
Feb23
“My wife Elaine and I had been separated for about 6 months when she told me she wanted a divorce. I’d been hoping we could work things out if we got some space, but it looked like that wasn’t going to happen. Elaine had been staying with her parents, but now told me that she […]
Feb06
“I came to the Walk-in Counselling Clinic looking for help because I was having difficulty sleeping; I found I was drinking more alcohol than ever before. I had gained weight and felt depressed most of the time. My 24-year-old daughter, Meghan* and I weren’t talking and I didn’t really know why. In the single […]
Jan23
In the summer of 2015, Jeff lived only to feed his addictions. He’d lost his business, his friends and his family. Penniless, homeless, and with 20 years of despair behind him, he attempted suicide. Again. With a grimace, he calls that period his “Excellent Adventure”. A journey that “led down the road to hell and […]
Jan11
Matt and Sandra (names have been changed to protect privacy), a young couple in their 20’s attended one of our walk-in clinics looking for help for their relationship. Together they are parenting two children and Sandra is pregnant. A year ago, they lost an infant son and they were finding it difficult to get past […]
Dec12
The holiday season is supposed to be a time of happiness, but for many, it is far from this. Unrealistic expectations, loss, and painful emotions can make this time of year sad and stressful. Here are a few ideas that may help you minimize your stress. Identify and acknowledge negative feelings If you feel emotions such as […]
Oct24
Couples Therapy: What you can do before Allow me to set the stage: two partners are bickering over some basic disagreement that probably means more to one of them than the other. They love and care for one another and probably don’t want to be in conflict, yet they repeat the same cycle of conflict, […]
Oct05
Mental Illness Awareness Week Mental Illness Awareness Week (MIAW) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. One of the major initiatives is the Faces of Mental Illness campaign which features the stories of Canadians living in recovery from mental illness. At […]
Sep23
Aging Parents Aging is a natural part of living. If it takes you one minute to read this blog, you will be one minute older when you finish. Since our parents are older, how do we know the difference between the adjustments of the natural aging process and more significant changes that mean our parents […]
Sep13
CFSSC: Simple Guide to Self-Care Self-care is an art in how it is unique to each individual. Also, like any art, it requires a mastery of both theory and practice. This means there is something to be learned—it is not always intuitive or natural. I want to begin by asking, how do you take care of […]
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