Adult Attachment Interview Training

I recently returned from a two week intensive training in the Adult Attachment Interview (AAI) at the University of California, Berkeley, with Dr.’s Mary Main and Erik Hesse- two scholars who have devoted 30 years to expanding and refining this highly accurate...

New Office

I am so excited to be in my new office- It’s in downtown Victoria at #2- 671 Fort Street, and it has everything that was on my wish list- large, airy, bright, wood floors, and a separate waiting room. I’ve been in it for a few weeks and the feedback I’ve received has...

Choosing a Goal that is Right for You

With 2014 quickly fading to black, many people are thinking about what changes they want to make in their life in the New Year. The bad news is that most New Year’s resolutions fail, and the reason for the failure generally falls into two categories- a lack of...

Addiction Self Assessment

In my counselling practice in Victoria BC, I work with many people who want to look at their relationships with substances and other behaviours. In examining these relationships/behaviours, people can determine for themselves if they are problematic, and if they are,...

Hit the Reset Button

I’ve been thinking a lot about technology and the way that it and the stimulation that comes with it is changing our lives, and then I read an excellent OPINION piece in the New York Times online (ironic) titled Hit the Reset Button in Your Brain by Daniel J. Leviton,...