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Premarital counselling: setting the foundation for a successful marriage

If you are thinking of getting married, or have already popped the question, have you planned to attend premarital, or premarriage counseling? Let me explain how premarital counselling can set you up for a happy relationship! Marriage, in most cases, is a beautiful journey filled with love, adventure, companionship and dreams. However, it does inevitably […]

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What is a Parenting Plan and Why do you need one?

When parents separate or divorce, one of the most important steps they can take is to come up with a parenting plan. A parenting plan is a written agreement that outlines how parents will work together to raise their child. It covers essential aspects like joint decision-making, where the child will live, visitation schedules and

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Spotlight on Support Groups

What is a support group? Support groups grew out of the self-development movements of the 60’s and 70’s and were championed by many pioneering psychologists and mental health workers. Working in groups at that time was really quite a revolutionary idea. The Freudian history of psychotherapy focussed almost exclusively on the psychotherapist as the expert

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Parenting coordination – when high-conflict divorce gets in the way of co-parenting

Parenting coordination is a quasi-legal intervention aimed at helping parents going through a high-conflict divorce to stick to the terms of the parenting plan. It is also known as parenting facilitation in some parts of the country. We all know that divorce can be hard. The end of a relationship can trigger a wide range

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Important things to know about Divorce Mediation

This blog article is adapted from De Jong, M (2009) “A pragmatic look at mediation as an alternative to divorce litigation”. Divorce Mediation is a form of alternative dispute resolution for people who would like to avoid the expense and difficulty of a litigated divorce. For most couples divorce is a wasteland of emotional distress

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What is divorce counseling?

So, you’re getting divorced…. Divorce appears to be on the rise, and the experience of divorce is still very much high up on the list of stressful life events. It’s no wonder that divorce counseling (or coaching) is so necessary in today’s mental health landscape. A divorce counsellor gets involved during the post-breakup phase, when

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