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Helping Your Child Cope with … Anxiety

In anxiety, Child Counselling, Individual Counselling by Emily Smith, M.S.W., R.S.W.

As a species, we all experience emotions and emotions have a function in our body and life. While emotions can be pleasurable and invite connection with others, they can also be uncomfortable and negatively influence our thoughts and reactions. Although our children may be little, the intensity of their emotions can be overwhelming to not only them but to you as their parent. Helping children manage their emotions and giving them tools to put them in the driver’s seat of their thoughts and reactions will support them in learning to cope and adjust their responses more effectively.

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Supporting Your Child through Separation/Divorce

In Child Counselling, Loss Counselling, relationship counselling, separation/divorce, Uncategorized by Emily Smith, M.S.W., R.S.W.

Separation/divorce is a very difficult life event that if it occurs, impacts all of those involved. Ending a relationship when there are children can bring about a plethora of changes and transitions that both children and adults need to work through. This could mean a change in residence, leaving behind a familiar home, friends, and school. It could involve adjustments to a blending of families and the navigation of new family roles and norms.