The Blog
Rooted Reflections: The Calming Tree Counselling Blog
Real talk, insights, and a little inspiration.
Insights from the counselling and psychotherapy team at Calming Tree in Kitchener-Waterloo. Practical, compassionate writing on anxiety, grief, parenting, relationships, and starting therapy.
We offer children's, teen and youth, individual, and relationship counselling, in person in Kitchener and virtually across Ontario.
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- Adult Children
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- Uncategorized
- anxiety
- blended families
- child development
- conflict resolution
- conflict styles
- effective communication
- loss of a loved one
- raising children
- relationship counselling
- separation/divorce
The Unspoken Grief of Being an Adult Child of Divorce
Growing older is a quiet unfolding, filled with change, both expected and unforeseen. Some shifts are shared and spoken about; others, more subtle, are carried alone.

