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What happens in counselling?
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Therapist vs. Counsellor vs. Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist
RPs vs RSWs: What's the Difference?
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Can you give me a diagnosis or prescribe medication?
What should I look for in a therapist?
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September 25, 2026
Anxiety, Mental Health
Tyler Ford
How to Stop a Panic Attack, and How to Stop the ...

Panic attacks feel dangerous, but they are not. Here is how to help an attack pass sooner, what to do afterward and how therapy can break the cycle so the next one is less likely.

How to Stop a Panic Attack, and How to Stop the Next One
September 20, 2025
Mental Health, Depression
Tyler Ford
Depression: Depressed or Just Feeling Down? ...

This article explains the difference between everyday sadness and clinical depression. It describes key symptoms of depression, reasons we confuse them, self-care tips for feeling down, and guidance on when to seek professional help. It also offers advice on supporting someone with depression and invites readers to book an appointment with Transformation Counselling.

Depression: Depressed or Just Feeling Down? Understanding the Difference and Finding Support
August 14, 2025
Tyler Ford
Understanding Countertransference: What It Is ...

Learn what countertransference is and why it matters in therapy. Discover the difference between transference and countertransference, examples, how therapists manage their reactions, what clients should know, and why exploring these dynamics in counselling can lead to healing. Includes a compassionate invitation to book with Transformation Counselling.

Understanding Countertransference: What It Is and Why It Matters in Therapy
August 5, 2025
Psychiatry, Licensing
Tyler Ford
How to Become a Psychiatrist in Canada: ...

Learn how to become a psychiatrist in Canada, from completing an undergraduate degree and medical school to psychiatry residency, licensing exams, and provincial registration. Explore the education requirements, training timeline, and essential steps needed to begin a career in Canadian psychiatry.

How to Become a Psychiatrist in Canada: Education, Residency & Licensing
July 28, 2025
Mental Health, Trauma
Tyler Ford
How Trauma Affects Your Window of Tolerance and ...

Learn how trauma affects your Window of Tolerance and leads to emotional overwhelm, anxiety, or shutdown. Discover signs of hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and how to heal with grounding tools and online trauma counselling. Start your healing journey with Transformation Counselling today.

How Trauma Affects Your Window of Tolerance and What You Can Do About It
Tyler Ford
October 8, 2026
Trauma, Therapy

What Treatments Work for PTSD? A Plain Guide to Your Options

Tyler Ford
October 8, 2026
Trauma, Therapy
What Treatments Work for PTSD? A Plain Guide to Your Options

What treatments work for PTSD? What NICE and WHO guidance says, how EMDR and trauma-focused CBT work, other supportive approaches, where medication fits and how to start.

Tagged: ptsd treatment, ptsd, emdr, trauma therapy, cbt

Tyler Ford
October 8, 2026
Mental Health, Relationships

Movember 2026, Men's Mental Health Check-ins That Actually Help

Tyler Ford
October 8, 2026
Mental Health, Relationships
Movember 2026, Men's Mental Health Check-ins That Actually Help

Movember 2026 is a good time to check in on the men in your life. Signs a check-in is due, how to start side by side, what to say, and what to do if he’s not okay.

Tagged: movember, men's mental health, mental health check in, depression in men, suicide prevention

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy

Why Do People With ADHD Procrastinate? It Is Not Laziness

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy
Why Do People With ADHD Procrastinate? It Is Not Laziness

Why do people with ADHD procrastinate? The starting wall, interest and urgency, emotions and shame, slippery time, and practical strategies that may help.

Tagged: adhd, procrastination, adult adhd, executive function, adhd assessment

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Mental Health

How to Support Someone With BPD Without Losing Yourself

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Mental Health
How to Support Someone With BPD Without Losing Yourself

Supporting someone with BPD? How validation helps, staying steady in emotional storms, setting kind boundaries, what to do if safety is a concern, and caring for you.

Tagged: bpd, borderline personality disorder, supporting loved ones, dbt, boundaries

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Mental Health

What It Is Like to Have Depression, From the Inside

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Mental Health
What It Is Like to Have Depression, From the Inside

What does depression feel like from the inside? Emptiness, heaviness, a harsh inner voice, pulling away and smiling through it, and why it can lift.

Tagged: depression, lived experience, mental health, low mood, counselling

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Therapy

Anxiety Therapy in Cambridge, Ontario, What It Looks Like in Galt and Online

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Therapy
Anxiety Therapy in Cambridge, Ontario, What It Looks Like in Galt and Online

Thinking about anxiety therapy in Cambridge? What sessions involve, everyday signs worth noticing, our two Galt offices or online sessions, costs and first steps.

Tagged: anxiety therapy, cambridge, anxiety counselling, galt, online therapy

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Mental Health

Why Do People With OCD Need Reassurance? Understanding the Loop

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Mental Health
Why Do People With OCD Need Reassurance? Understanding the Loop

Why does OCD make you need reassurance again and again? What reassurance seeking looks like, how the relief loop works, why "just stop" fails, and how ERP helps.

Tagged: ocd, reassurance seeking, compulsions, erp, intrusive thoughts

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy

Learning Disability Assessment for Adults: What to Expect in Ontario

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy
Learning Disability Assessment for Adults: What to Expect in Ontario

It's never too late to understand how you learn. Here is what an adult learning disability assessment involves and how it can support school and work accommodations.

Tagged: learning disability, psychoeducational assessment, adults, accommodations, ontario

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy

Does Desjardins Cover Psychotherapy and Counselling in Ontario?

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy
Does Desjardins Cover Psychotherapy and Counselling in Ontario?

Does Desjardins cover psychotherapy in Ontario? It depends on your plan. How to check, why titles matter, and how billing and claims usually work.

Tagged: desjardins, insurance, benefits, therapy cost, psychotherapy

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Mental Health

Public Speaking Anxiety, How to Get Through the Big Presentation

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Anxiety, Mental Health
Public Speaking Anxiety, How to Get Through the Big Presentation

Dreading a presentation? Why public speaking anxiety happens, what to do the week before, the minutes before and while speaking, and when to get help.

Tagged: public speaking anxiety, anxiety, social anxiety, work stress, students

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Holidays

Gift Ideas for Someone With Depression in 2026: Thoughtful Gestures That Do Not Add Pressure

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Holidays
Gift Ideas for Someone With Depression in 2026: Thoughtful Gestures That Do Not Add Pressure

Thoughtful, low-pressure gift ideas for someone with depression in 2026: time, practical help, small comforts, what to skip, and being there.

Tagged: gift ideas, depression, holidays, supporting loved ones, self-care

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Mental Health

Emotionally Immature Parents, Signs and What You Can Do as an Adult

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Mental Health
Emotionally Immature Parents, Signs and What You Can Do as an Adult

Grew up feeling unseen? Signs of emotionally immature parents from an adult child's view, how it shows up now, boundaries, and how therapy helps.

Tagged: emotionally immature parents, family, boundaries, childhood, ifs

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Insurance

What Is the Mental Health Parity Act? What Bill C-280 Would and Would Not Change

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Insurance
What Is the Mental Health Parity Act? What Bill C-280 Would and Would Not Change

What is the Mental Health Parity Act (Bill C-280)? What it proposes, where it stood on Oct 6, 2026, what it would not change today, and how to pay for therapy now.

Tagged: mental health parity, bill c-280, therapy cost, public coverage, news

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Couples Therapy, Relationships

Fun Date Ideas in Ottawa, 2026: Fall and Winter Nights Out

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Couples Therapy, Relationships
Fun Date Ideas in Ottawa, 2026: Fall and Winter Nights Out

Fun date ideas in Ottawa for fall and winter 2026: free Thursday gallery nights, the ByWard Market, the Museum of History, the Skateway and Winterlude 2027.

Tagged: date ideas, ottawa, couples, date night, 2026

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy

What It Is Like to Have Autism as an Adult, From the Inside

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Mental Health, Therapy
What It Is Like to Have Autism as an Adult, From the Inside

What is it like to have autism as an adult? Sensory life, social energy, masking, burnout and strengths, described with care, plus what an assessment involves.

Tagged: autism, adult autism, neurodiversity, masking, assessment

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Anxiety

Relationship Anxiety, When Doubt About Your Partner Will Not Quiet

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships, Anxiety
Relationship Anxiety, When Doubt About Your Partner Will Not Quiet

Constant doubt about your partner and needing reassurance? What relationship anxiety is, where it often comes from, the reassurance loop, and what helps.

Tagged: relationship anxiety, attachment, anxiety, couples, reassurance

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Parenting

How to Support Someone With Postpartum Depression, What to Say and Do

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Depression, Parenting
How to Support Someone With Postpartum Depression, What to Say and Do

How to support someone with postpartum depression: how to listen, practical help that matters, what not to say, when it is urgent, and caring for yourself.

Tagged: postpartum depression, supporting a partner, new parents, perinatal mental health, family

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships

Victoria Date Ideas: Creative and Fun Date Ideas for 2026

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships
Victoria Date Ideas: Creative and Fun Date Ideas for 2026

Victoria has the mildest winters of any major Canadian city and the driest climate on the BC coast, tucked into the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains across the strait.

Tagged: date ideas, dating, Victoria, relationships, marriage

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Parenting, Therapy

How to Choose a Child Therapist in Ottawa, What Parents Should Check

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Parenting, Therapy
How to Choose a Child Therapist in Ottawa, What Parents Should Check

Looking for a child therapist in Ottawa? What parents should check, questions to ask on a first call, and how to help your child feel ready.

Tagged: child therapy, ottawa, parenting, choosing a therapist, child counselling

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships

Brossard Date Ideas: Creative and Fun Date Ideas for 2026

Tyler Ford
October 7, 2026
Relationships
Brossard Date Ideas: Creative and Fun Date Ideas for 2026

Brossard sits flat on the South Shore floodplain with the St. Lawrence along one edge and Montréal visible across the water.

Tagged: date ideas, dating, Brossard, relationships, marriage

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