It’s a shock when you find out a personal relation is cutting themselves, deliberately causing self-harm. It may feel like something that wouldn’t happen in your family, to your children, or even to someone you know. It’s hard to imagine a person intentionally causing pain to themselves, especially if you were not aware they were struggling. And it’s difficult to know what to do or what to say because it feels so personal, too private a subject to bring up, a social taboo. Often, it’s peers...

Does your child refuse to do homework day after day? Does it feel like an exhausting battle that you just can’t win? Homework refusal refers to the strong avoidance of schoolwork to the point of routinely lying about it, procrastinating starting projects, not completing assignments, becoming panic-stricken, frustrated or angry when asked to do work and struggling to forgo tempting distractions like screens. It leads to worsening grades, highly charged conflicts and increased stress for...

Are you a caregiver? Someone providing physical, emotional and practical support to a person with chronic illness, disability or age related needs? Did you know 1 in 4 caregivers experience poor mental health? Many of us have experienced our own family members such as grandparents and now parents age and require some degree of caregiving. Not that older adults are the only persons in such need. There are many other relationships and personal dynamics at play. In any case, it’s important to be...