Safe Haven Counselling Blog

What crossed your mind this morning before you poured your first cup of coffee? If you’re a parent, specifically a mother, you may have reminded yourself to book an appointment, contemplated whether the kids winter boots fit along with thinking about a dozen other things, all while checking the daily schedule and packing lunches and backpacks with everything that will be needed for the day. Amidst the beautiful chaos that is motherhood, including all the amazing moments that

What is Emotionally Focused Couple’s (EFCT) Therapy? Emotionally Focused Couple’s Therapy (EFCT), developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, is an experiential, systematic, evidence-based talk therapy that has been proven to help reduce distress in love relationships. As its name suggests, the model prioritizes the power of emotion as a key organizer of the inner experience of love relationships (Johnson et al., 2005). Emotions, though a complex and subjective experience, are hardwired in

Witnessing clients go through powerful transformations using a modality called ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) has been one of my greatest joys as a psychologist.  I first took my training back in 2022 and have been using this modality since then to help clients treat and heal from trauma and stuckness in their lives.  I often have people ask about EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and ART in our initial consults. Clients have very often heard about th