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Back-to-School Anxiety: Helping Children Move Through Fear and Find Their Footing

There is a particular kind of energy that arrives at the end of summer. You can almost feel it gathering in the air. The mall hallways fill with children comparing backpacks, lunch kits and brightly...

Music Therapy: When Words Aren’t Enough

Music Therapy Have you ever heard a song that instantly brought back a memory, changed your mood, or helped you feel understood? Music can reach us in ways that words sometimes cannot. It can help us...

Relationship OCD (ROCD): When Love Gets Trapped in the OCD Cycle

Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (ROCD) “What if I’m not with the right person?”“What if I don’t love my partner enough?”“What if I’m making...

Counselling in Campbell River

Island Clinical Counselling Opens July 1 If you have been looking for counselling in Campbell River, we have exciting news. Island Clinical Counselling is expanding to Campbell River on July 1, making...

When My Partner Lies: Understanding Betrayal Trauma in Relationships

There is a particular kind of pain that happens when the person you love looks you in the eyes and tells you something that does not match what your heart, body, or instincts are sensing. You notice...

The Healing Journey & the Campfire Analogy

By Qualia Reed Don’t Rush In my journey, I often return to the analogy of caring for a campfire. Having grown up in the 80s and 90s, I remember the Smokey the Bear ad campaign and its message about...