Think back to school. Maybe you were the kid who stared out the window while the teacher explained something important. Or maybe you were the one who stayed up until 2am trying to start an essay that was due the next morning — not because you didn’t care, but...
Last month a mother sat in the Compass Clinic waiting room — a trusted child mental health clinic Vancouver families rely on — with her eight-year-old son. She’d spent six months telling herself he was just going through a phase. Adjusting to a new school. Missing his...
Let’s be real — when most people hear “group counselling,” their first reaction is something close to dread. Sitting in a circle, talking about your feelings in front of strangers? Hard pass. But here’s what’s interesting: a lot of the...
My neighbor Sarah spent two years wondering if her son’s quirks were “just a phase.” He’d line up his toy cars for hours, never looking up when she called his name. Her pediatrician kept saying “let’s wait and see,” but...
My friend Sarah practically dragged me to my first therapy appointment in Vancouver three years ago. I was that person—the one who thought therapy was for people with “real problems.” I had a job, an apartment, friends. I wasn’t lying in bed all day....
