

The Music that moves us
From time to time, you might hear music playing in the counselling rooms at Arbour. Clients and counsellors are reminded of their...
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Making Beauty and Meaning – A Shift from Imagining to Embodying
I regularly hear people expressing concern about what seems to be a growing epidemic of fear, sedentariness, and depressive affect in...
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A Tribute to Frederick Buechner (1926-2022)
Arbour Counselling Therapist, Joel Durkovic's, tribute to Frederick Buechner
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Nurturing Our Friendships In The Age Of Covid
COVID has taken a big bite out of everything predictable. A common theme that rose to the surface for so many of us during COVID was the...
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Relationship Fundamentals: Vulnerability Is At The Heart
At the heart of our relationships, vulnerability is a fundamental skill that we need to nurture in order to authentically engage with our...
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Being Understood: The Scoop on Assertiveness
In my counselling practice, by far the most common presenting problem for couples I work with is their struggle with communication. ...
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Understanding in Communication
...what about the other half of communication -- that pesky and complicated work of understanding others accurately?
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The Simple Mindfulness Tool That Improves Couples' Communication
Everyone is talking about Mindfulness these days. It seems that everywhere I turn, someone is lauding the benefits of Mindfulness toward...
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Identity Crisis: How we are shaped by our culture
I’ve had my share of cross-cultural experiences. As someone raised by American parents for fifteen years in Guatemala who then married a...
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Closeness Through Fighting
Battling it out in a good fight may not be the first thing that comes to mind for building meaningful connection with your spouse or...
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