by cfsscadmin | Dec 10, 2024 | Blog, Mental Health
Today’s blog was written by one of our in-house clinicians: Ricky Giesbrecht, MA, RP, CCC. How do therapists decide which intervention best suits your needs? There are many factors to consider, such as: The presenting issue History of the issue The severity of the...
by cfsscadmin | Dec 23, 2019 | Blog, Mental Health
Today’s blog is written by Lee Anne Medwid. It’s the Season to be jolly… ho, ho, ho! Christmas decorations appear in stores as soon as the Halloween items have been removed. What’s that piped-in music, Christmas music already? As Christmas continues to become...
by cfsscadmin | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog, General, Mental Health
By Angie Blandford, B. Sc., MSW Emotions In the 20th century, Dr. Paul Ekman identified six basic emotions: Anger Disgust Fear Happiness Sadness Surprise In Dr. Ekman’s book, Emotions in the Human Face: Guidelines for Research and an Integration of Findings (1972), he...
by cfsscadmin | May 31, 2019 | Blog, General
By Ricky Giesbrecht, MA, RP, CCC. Have you heard of self-compassion? When I first heard the word in 2012, I wasn’t sure what it meant. I always thought compassion was something you showed others, but the word “self-compassion” asks you to be compassionate to...
by cfsscadmin | May 17, 2019 | Blog, Stories
By then-CFSSC communications intern, Ben Murray If you asked me three weeks ago what Family Service Ontario (FSO) is, I wouldn’t have been able to give you a good answer. I’m a Georgian College student just wrapping up a post-graduate diploma in Professional Writing....
by cfsscadmin | Apr 30, 2019 | Blog, General
By Joanna B, M.Sc., RP, RMFT It can be hard to say No. Standing up for oneself and setting boundaries with others is a common goal for clients in counselling. Our clients often share their struggle to refuse requests from others and to maintain appropriate boundaries....
by cfsscadmin | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, General
Today’s blog is written by Amanda Fellows B.A, Program Manager, Community Development at CFSSC I recently started and finished a book called The Book of Awesome by Neil Pasricha. I loved it so much that I bought his second book The Book of Even More Awesome and...
by cfsscadmin | Jan 14, 2019 | Newsletters
Catholic Family Services offers many different types of groups and workshops. Clients of our agency use our groups as an adjunct service to Individual, Couple or Family counselling, or sometimes group work is a great starting place for some clients to build skills and...
by cfsscadmin | Dec 26, 2018 | Blog, General
By Maria Gisele Mello Murphy, BSW, MSW-RSW Every year, many of us make a list of New Year’s resolutions; things we want to start doing or avoid doing, to improve ourselves. And many of us fail to accomplish some or all the resolutions in our list. According to Reaume...
by cfsscadmin | Dec 3, 2018 | Media Coverage, Newsletters
It’s The Holiday Season Christmas decorations appear in stores as soon as the Halloween items have been removed. What’s that piped-in music, Christmas music already? As Christmas continues to become increasingly commercialized, stress can increase. Trying to...
