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commitment to self

What should I expect from counselling?

July 20, 2012 by Tricia 2 Comments

Through counselling you can experience: •  freedom from old patterns that don’t work any more •  possibility where you once felt stuck •  insight into why you feel and react the way you do •  connection to your deepest yearnings and hopes. My hope is that at every session you will gain new awareness, new […]

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Loving yourself helps you love others more deeply

December 16, 2011 by Tricia Leave a Comment

Perhaps you grew up believing that if you were loving and gentle with yourself, you were being selfish or self-centred. So you learned to be hard on yourself and to have high expectations of yourself (often leading to perfectionism). Perhaps it is even difficult to consider your own needs as legitimate and deserving attention. However, […]

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Is Counselling A Bad Word?

October 15, 2009 by Tricia Leave a Comment

Have you ever heard someone say, “Counselling is for people who are crazy or weak. You should just be able to get over it and get on with your life.” or “What’s wrong with you? Why can’t you just forget about what happened?” In reality, it takes a lot of courage to admit that you […]

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Inner Messages – The ongoing chatter inside your head…

June 10, 2009 by Tricia Leave a Comment

Have you ever stopped and observed the messages you are constantly telling yourself? Are you aware of all the chatter racing around in your head? For most of us this ongoing chatter is not conscious, not in our regular awareness. And yet at some level you are probably aware of it, as this chatter can […]

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Do you feel like you never get any time for yourself?

April 30, 2009 by Tricia Leave a Comment

Do you feel like you always give, give, give and never have time to recharge your batteries? Do everyone else’s needs take priority and, being last on the list, your needs never get addressed? No one can fix this except you! You need to decide that your needs are important, and that you can’t keep […]

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I humbly acknowledge that I live and work on the ancestral, traditional, stolen territories of the Kwantlen and Katzie people. I am honoured to live and work on this land, and I acknowledge the injustices of colonization that have had such a huge impact on First Nations peoples and cultures in the past and today.

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