“If You Think You’re Enlightened, Go Back Home for Christmas” – Ram Dass Even if your 40 years old and living as the best version of yourself, reuniting with your family over the holidays may just have you retracting into your eight-year-old self. The thing is, our families specialize in bringing out our deepest […]
Being a parent is enjoyable, stressful, joyful, overwhelming, and consuming. Born with your child is the regular concern with their safety, worrying about if their doing everything right or worrying about doing everything wrong. Some parents try so hard to be nothing like their own parents, so that their own children never experience the childhood […]
Sex and physical intimacy is an important part of a relationship. When it is not there, it can greatly impact the bond between a couple. A major relationship issue that we see is related to sex. When clients start therapy for sexual related issues, we need to determine whether it is related to issues in […]
Letting go of your partner can be the most difficult thing you may have to face. Them wanting to leave is heartbreaking and rejecting. You may find yourself pleading for them to stay, bargaining with them, making all kinds of promises. When doing this…consider your reasons. Do you understand why they want to leave? When your partner […]
We are back to pre-COVID behaviours. The days of lockdown and social isolation are a distant memory. We are back to working in-office, school drop off and pick-ups, and running kids to activities. During the pandemic, we fought so hard to have social connections, and now, ironically, many people find they are too busy to […]
Being in isolation and limited physical interaction, we are heavily dependent on our devices for social interaction. It can be easy to lose track of our screen time. Some of us are so connected we can’t go five minutes without. However, when our partners prioritize and pay more attention to their mobile device, they are […]
Many couples struggle with the decision to attend therapy. They are aware that there have struggles in their relationship, but unsure how to resolve them. At the Vaughan Relationship Centre, typically one partner inquiries about relationship therapy, but expresses difficulty getting their partner to commit to therapy out of fear. Here are some of the […]
Over the pandemic, The Vaughan Relationship Centre made changes to how we help our clients and provide therapy online. Although, as a society, we have returned back to normal, 75% of our clients continue to utilize online therapy. Despite initial requests for in-person counselling, a considerable number of clients ultimately transition to online therapy. Online […]
Our world is full of worries. We worry about getting to work on time, getting to household duties, and ensuring we buy a gift for the birthday party next week, will there be enough in the bank account to pay the bills. The list is endless. It’s important to know that it’s normal for these […]
Realizing and/or deciding that your marriage must come to an end is one of the most difficult processes to undergo. Whether the difficulty stems from the fear of transitioning to a new lifestyle, from the separation of someone who once felt like home to you, the stress that comes from splitting your assets, or from […]
