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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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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.
Finding Your People: How Therapy Can Support Safe Connection (Part Two)
In the first part of this series, we explored chosen family and the role that belonging can play in healing. We looked at the importance of connection, the reality of grief and gratitude, and the ways meaningful relationships can become sources of safety and support.
Moral Disengagement and the Self That Adapts: A note from your therapist on something we're all living through right now
Somewhere between the news alert about the latest humanitarian crisis, the climate report you skimmed but didn't fully read, and the argument you watched unfold on your social media feed this morning, something happened.
Even Resting Is a Verb: Why Doing “Nothing” Still Counts
In a world that glorifies productivity, it’s easy to feel guilty for slowing down. We’re conditioned to measure our worth by results, by how much we accomplish, how busy we stay, how visible our effort is.
Considering Counselling?
We have often been asked “when should someone consider counselling services?” Just like most things in life, there is rarely a one-size-fits-all formula to initiate counselling and we would not want someone to feel “shoulded” into that decision. Realistically, the answer to when to consider counselling can be complicated, situational and personal.