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Counselling and Psychology

Self-care (noun): literally taking care of oneself!!! Unfortunately, self-care sometimes seems unimportant, or even selfish… I know that,...

Take it from someone who has been there, the answer is YES. It’s hard to imagine how accessing counselling can really help since we tend...

“Personal boundaries are the limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships. A person with healthy boundaries can say “no” to...

The idea of beginning an internship at a place you have never been, and with people you have never met, is terrifying! Adding the fact...

The process to become a registered psychologist is neither easy nor expeditious. One must first complete a 4-to-5-year undergraduate...

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. This is a trauma treatment that has been around for a couple decades and...

In my office, there is a shelf with hundreds (okay, let’s be honest, more like a thousand) miniature items. It looks like a child’s dream...

Check out our office space! We strive to make our counselling environment as welcoming as possible, and wanted to share a tour of...

I recently shared the process to becoming a psychologist (check out that blog here!). That “chapter” of my journey lasted 12 years. 12...

Undergrad degree? Check! Master’s degree? Check! Licensed practitioner? Kind of? Maybe? No. I am a Registered Provisional Psychologist. ...

This has been a wonderfully enlightening journey throughout my time at Aspire. I have had an opportunity to learn so much about myself on...

When I first started my internship at Aspire Psychological Services, I did not know what to expect. While my past work experience has...