

Differentiation in Relationships: Why It’s So Important
In this post, Arbour Counselling Therapist Joy Gillet explains the concept of Differentiation and why it is so important for Relationships.
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Nurturing Our Friendships In The Age Of Covid
COVID has taken a big bite out of everything predictable. A common theme that rose to the surface for so many of us during COVID was the...
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Relationship Fundamentals: Vulnerability Is At The Heart
At the heart of our relationships, vulnerability is a fundamental skill that we need to nurture in order to authentically engage with our...
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5 Essential Practices to Rebuild Your Relationship
Some couples come to counselling because their relationship is on life-support. So much damage has been caused by toxic ways of...
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Being Understood: The Scoop on Assertiveness
In my counselling practice, by far the most common presenting problem for couples I work with is their struggle with communication. ...
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Understanding Emotional Abuse: Signs and Breaking the Cycle
What makes the temptation of power so seemingly irresistible? Maybe it is that power offers an easy substitute for the hard task of love.
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Formulas Are For The Classroom
Some time ago I spent several years intensely researching how communication works, to the minutest detail, in everyday settings. Before...
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Understanding in Communication
...what about the other half of communication -- that pesky and complicated work of understanding others accurately?
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The Simple Mindfulness Tool That Improves Couples' Communication
Everyone is talking about Mindfulness these days. It seems that everywhere I turn, someone is lauding the benefits of Mindfulness toward...
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The Work Of Connection
My deep belief, professional experience, and recent research confirms that any movement towards true health in loving relationships comes...
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7 Essentials of A Great Relationship
When I tell people what I do for a living, many people ask me how I can stand to hear so many heartbreaking stories of failed...
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Closeness Through Fighting
Battling it out in a good fight may not be the first thing that comes to mind for building meaningful connection with your spouse or...
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