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Boundaries: the Power of No and Yes

By Fran Westwood

Boundaries

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Posted: November 14, 2025

Boundaries is a common word nowadays, so much so that many people in or outside of the therapy world may be familiar with this concept. This is for good reason, as recognizing one's existing boundaries, and developing healthier ones, can be life changing. Exploring your boundaries can begin with a question or two: where do I end and you begin? What is mine to do here, and what is the other person’s? Developing clarity about what is our responsibility and work, and what is not, can be difficult and very freeing. This can pertain to all areas of life, including but not exclusive to our emotional, physical, psychological and financial realities.

Overcoming Adversity

By Graham Watt

Trauma

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Posted: October 23, 2025

What is trauma therapy? How does healing work?

“When Summer Slips Away”: Holding Personal & Global Grief with IFS

By David McCallum

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Enjoying Life self compassion Grief

Posted: August 18, 2025

There is something undeniably tender about late summer; the golden light, the weight of warm air, the growing awareness that something is ending, even as the world still hums along. As August turns the corner, many of us begin to notice the quiet ache of grieving parts within our systems – some of these may be harder for us to name. They might be cued by the sadness of summer fading, or the anticipation of what's ahead. Or, it could be something even deeper: a mix of personal and global sorrow that feels too much for our systems to hold all at once.

Brainlock?

By Graham Watt

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Posted: June 4, 2025

Do you fixate on something and find it hard to divert your attention from the fixation? Is it hard to disengage with a fixation? Does it feel like a compulsion you just can't stop? Does it feel like your stuck in a cycle of a thought pattern you just can't shake? Approximately 1% of adult Canadians have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and have been or are in some form of treatment (note 1). Treatment for OCD has generally proven to reduce symptoms over time. In short, there is support for people with OCD.

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