Why You Need Counselling for Your Concussion

AHAW CentreCounselling

Most people don’t automatically think, hey I need to seek clinical counselling for my concussion-which is totally fair. Physiotherapy, maybe a specialist, those are the typical steps we take to deal with post-concussion syndrome and other traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). These are certainly important for the physical recovery. Sometimes, more comes up than just physical symptoms when it comes to …

5 Easy Ways to Relax

Kelsey HarrisCounselling

In our stressful world, with a never-ending pandemic among many other stressors happening in our daily lives, a lot of people are finding themselves struggling to relax. Whether that’s due to anxiety, just general stress, or restlessness, it’s pretty common to find relaxation difficult. Relaxation is also important. It kicks in our parasympathetic nervous system, which brings us down from …

Why You Should Be Kind to Yourself If You Have Pain

Kelsey HarrisCounselling

Most of us are way too hard on ourselves. If you’re anything like me, the focus when you were a child was to be kind and compassionate to others, usually with no (or very little) mention of being kind and compassionate to ourselves. The saying goes, treat others like you would like to be treated, any yet the majority of …