Your Body Knows: A Body-First Approach to Mental Health

After many years of doing this work, I still get asked “what is play therapy?” There are many different methods of play therapy but in general play therapy provides a space for children and youth to process the many challenges life throws their way by engaging in various forms of play. Play is a form of communication

What Is Play Therapy?

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After many years of doing this work, I still get asked “what is play therapy?” There are many different methods of play therapy but in general play therapy provides a space for children and youth to process the many challenges life throws their way by engaging in various forms of play. Play is a form of communication

Low Cost Counselling Program

r over twenty years I have specialized in the psychology of sexual violence, from research and teaching, writing books on the subject, to counselling survivors. When I tell people what I do, I often get a response like, ‘oh, that must be very difficult and upsetting work’…

Breath of Fresh Air

New Years message from Lindsay Faas, owner/director of ThriveLife Counselling & Wellness and Rooted Yoga Studio in Langley/Surrey B.C.

Signs You Might Benefit From A Counsellor

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Counselors can be a nice injection of clarity into brain fog or even brain freeze. It’s nice to be able to talk to someone who is removed from the situation you find yourself in and can speak into your life with no strings attached.

Small things, BIG impact: ThriveLife’s Story of Transformation

Small things, BIG ThriveLife’s story of Transformation Impact Have you ever felt too small to make a difference? I am grateful that I have had a number of mentor-like people …

10 Benefits of Family Therapy

The reasons for seeking out individual counselling might strike you as obvious. Therapy ingeneral, has become much more mainstream as people recognise the broad benefits forpersonal growth, recovery and enhancing …