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Blog Archive

The Willow and Sage Counselling blog archive is home to mental health and wellness blogs that aim to support children/youth, women, and families.

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Emotional Awareness in Kids blog. Image shows a young boy in a yellow long-sleeve shirt, with sunglasses in the shape of a heart, laying on the green grass with his thumbs up.

Teaching Emotional Awareness to Kids

The power of play-based therapy for children. Image shows a woman and a young boy laying on their stomachs playing with trains.

The Power of Play-Based Therapy

People pleasing in children - Image shows a young girl in a peach shirt with her hands together in front of her chest. An adult is pointing at her.

Understanding People Pleasing in Children

Understanding Person-Centred Therapy

Flexibility During Play - Image shows a young boy playing with playdough.

Encouraging Flexibility in Children During Play

How to choose a therapist. Image shows two people in a counselling room and is zoomed in on their hands and a clipboard.

A Guide to Selecting a Therapist

Teach coping skills to kids: Four children with their hands together in the air, smiling, with cartoon-like red capes drawn on them

Fun Ways to Teach Coping Skills to Kids

Art-Based Therapy for Children: A Creative Path to Healing and Growth. Image of a child painting.

Art-Based Therapy: A Creative Path to Healing

Understanding ABA: A young boy in a blue collared shirt with glasses playing with toys in a sandbox.

Supporting your Child with Autism through ABA

Supporting Children through Separation

Understanding and Managing Social Anxiety

Supporting Kids Returning to School

Understanding OCD in Adults

Nurturing a Growth Mindset

Navigating Mild Depression

Blog archive: An older man and a very young boy walking hand in hand, looking happy, demonstrating healthy communication.

Healthy Communication

Blog archive: A Caucasian woman wearing an orange-yellow sweater, giving herself a hug. She is demonstrative self-love. She is brunette wearing red lipstick.

The Art of Self Love

Blog archive: Understanding anxiety and the anxiety cycle: A woman sitting on a wood chair with her elbow on her knees, holding her head. She is dealing with anxiety.

The Anxiety Cycle

Blog archive: Helping a Child Cooperate with Difficult Tasks. A young boy with his arms in the air showing excitement for completing a task.

Helping your Child Cope

Blog archive: Understanding Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). A woman leaning back comfortably on a couch during ACT therapy.

Understanding ACT

Blog archive: A woman outside expressing gratitude for her surroundings.

The Power of Gratitude

Blog archive: Understanding PDA: Two parents with a young son struggling with pathological demand avoidance (PDA).

Understanding PDA

Blog archive: A woman sitting on a couch with her hands in her hair. She is looking down. Image is depicting her experiencing seasonal affective disorder (SAD).

What is SAD?

Blog archive: Understanding a work-parent balance. Image depicts a woman working while holding her baby.

Work-Parent Balance

Incorporating Mindfulness

Setting Holiday Boundaries

Blog archive: DBT and how it can support adults and children.

How DBT can Support You

Blo archive: A woman with ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder).

ARFID in Children

Executive Functioning

Blog archive: Incorporating Self-Care. A woman sitting on the couch with the sun rays coming in. She is holding a mug.

Incorporating Self-Care

Blog archive: Perfectionism in Children. A woman sitting on the couch with her young son. The boy is looking down at the floor.

Perfectionism in Children

Blog archive: Image depicting "understanding CBT." A woman in a red sweater is smiling and hugging herself.

Understanding CBT

Blog archive: A woman wearing a navy long sleeve shirt, biting her nails. Image depicts "understanding anxiety: a guide to symptoms and support."

Understanding Anxiety

Blog archive: A family of three smiling, spending time outside. Image used to depict "parenting a child with autism."

Parenting a Child with Autism

Blog archive: Image showing a young boy laying on the ground with his head in his hands. He is wearing a striped, long-sleeve shirt.

Should I take my child to therapy?

Blog archive: Early signs of autism: A man and his child. The child is on his belly on the bed.

Recognizing Early Signs of Autism

Blog archive: Exploring parenting styles. Image shows a child's hand holding onto an adult's pinky.

Exploring Parenting Styles

Window of Tolerance

Blog archive image: What is co-regulation?

What is Co-Regulation?

Early Communication Development

Blog archive: A woman in a brown turtle neck hugging a green pillow. Image illustrating complex PTSD

What is Complex PTSD?

Should I go to Therapy?