Loving Someone with a Mental Illness: A Guide for Partners
By: Erika Belledent, RP “I wonder if the sad I’d be without you, would be less than the sad I get from being with you.” – Tom, Succession, season 2 … Read more
Relationships
Articles on building and maintaining healthy relationships, for couples, parents, caregivers, and families.
4 Back-to-School opportunities to build resilience and emotional well-being for students
By Sabrina Belo, CCPMC and Sarah Palozzi, RP Back to School: Embracing Possibilities and Navigating Challenges The back-to-school season is a time brimming with new possibilities, but it can also stir … Read more
Creating the future: safe and healthy parenting attachment
As parents, our deepest wish is for our children to grow up feeling safe, loved and equipped to form healthy, fulfilling relationships. However, without even realizing it, we unknowingly pass … Read more
How to manage family stress over the holidays
By: Kimberly Crossman, RSSW It’s a long weekend in Canada – whether you are celebrating the harvest, the Thanksgiving table, or as one blended Cree/Ojibway/Mohawk/European-descended family calls it, the “You’re Welcome Weekend.” … Read more
Practical advice: When ADHD and PMS collide
By: Sarah Palozzi, Registered Psychotherapist This article aims to talk about menstruation in a gender inclusive manner since we know not all women menstruate and not all people who menstruate … Read more
Finding the community that heals
By Katie Richardson, Registered Psychotherapist Not long ago, Dig A Little Deeper had its first in-house, in-person conference. We are a large group of mental health professionals spread out throughout Toronto, the … Read more
The Power of Expressing Love: How Giving Opens the Heart for Authentic Connection
By: Connie Marasco, Registered Psychotherapist For those of you who can hear music and lyrics in your head … remember this one? Give a little bitOh, give a little bit … Read more
How Horses Help Us Heal: Exploring the Power of Equine-Assisted Therapy
Episode 37: How horses help us heal Anyone who has ever spent time in the company of a strong, majestic but silent horse, might tell you about the felt sense … Read more
When the Bullies Are the Grown-Ups: Recognizing and Healing from Emotional Abuse by Adults
Episode 32: When the bullies are the grown-ups We pay a lot of attention to peer-to-peer bullying around our kids, but we don’t talk enough about abuse felt by kids … Read more
Working with ADHD Couples: The Referee, the Detective, and the Whisperer in Therapy
Couples therapy isn’t just couples therapy, when attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is in the mix. We know couples living with ADHD have higher rates of separation and divorce, more affairs, more … Read more