In this blog, we will explore how counselling builds resilience, enhances communication, and provides a supportive space for self-discovery - all crucial for a teen’s mental and emotional well-being.
Author: Capital Choice Youth Counselling (Ottawa Youth Counselling)
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The Importance of Early Intervention in Youth Addiction
Youth addiction is a problem that needs immediate attention and efficient intervention techniques, like counselling. Peer pressure, emotional upheaval, and experimentation are just a few of the difficulties that adolescents face at this sensitive time. Sadly, these elements occasionally can contribute to the emergence of addictive behaviours or problems with substance misuse. Youth addiction counselling...
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Why Is Anxiety Common In Youth
Youth anxiety has been on the rise in this day and age. The particular feeling, that stirs up worry, fear and dread, is commonplace within the community of children and teenagers. While anxiety is a normal, even useful, feeling in some situations, being anxious for extended periods is not healthy. It has been linked...
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Impact of the Pandemic on Youth Mental Health
The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was especially rough for the youth. The necessitated lockdowns and isolation protocols robbed them of many experiences and opportunities that they were looking forward to. These combined factors led to a significant negative impact on their mental health. Hence, the team at Capital Choice Counselling would like...
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What You Need to Know About Bipolar Disorder
Perhaps you or a loved one has been suffering inexplicable bouts with frequent changes in mood, energy levels, and function. Why? It could be bipolar disorder. 1% of Canadians will experience bipolar disorder and encounter the aforementioned changes in mood and beyond. Okay, so lots of Canadians experience bipolar disorder – but what is it?...
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Taking a Break from Overstimulation
Sometimes you’ll find yourself overwhelmed by the world around you. The lights might seem brighter, the people’s voices are louder, and your heart rate skyrockets. It’s possible these feelings are your body’s response to overstimulation. Overstimulation is experienced by everybody and does not discriminate based on sex, age, or any other natural metric. However, youth...
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Tips for Encouraging Your Teen to Open Up
Ask any parent and they’ll say that getting their teenager to open up is near impossible. During the teenage years, the world changes quickly. Their bodies change, they fall in love for the first time, experience heartbreak, face bullies, and a host of other problems that come with age. From spending hours on...
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How to Manage School Anxiety
The start of a new school year is an exciting event for many kids. For generations, children have been dealing with anxiety surrounding school activities, however kids today have to deal with the additional stress of social media, increasing academic expectations, and much more. With the introduction of virtual learning due to the...
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How Youth Counselling Can Help Your Child Succeed In School
What exactly is youth counselling and how can it help your child? The stigmas that have surrounded therapy and mental illness have been around for as long as we can remember. Whether it was the fear of being discriminated against or being looked down on, the judgments and misconceptions about therapy have created...
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Back to School 2021 – Helping Your Kids Adjust
Are you and your kids ready for getting back to school? Lockdowns have been a challenge for families and children for nearly two years now, with their regular routine being completely upended. Parents had to figure out how to balance work with helping the children study at home, while also having to deal...