Resources & Insights
Counselling Resources & Blog
Insights, tools, and support from the registered clinical counsellors at
Safe Haven Counselling in Surrey, BC
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Understanding Trauma Bonding: Breaking Free and Healing
Most people look at an abusive relationship and ask, Why don’t they just leave? But when you are inside it, you know it doesn’t feel like a choice at all. It feels like an addiction.
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How to Recognize Avoidant Attachment Early in Dating: Signs to Notice Before You Get Hooked
Dating often begins with hope, excitement, and the thrill of possibility. When someone shows up attentive, emotionally open, and deeply present, it’s easy to exhale and settle into the feeling of connection.
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Parentified Child: The Hidden Burden of Growing Up Too Soon
Do you find yourself taking care of everyone else’s feelings—your partner’s, your friends’, even your boss’s—while quietly pushing your own needs aside?
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Understanding Avoidant Attachment: Breaking Down Emotional Walls
In this post, we’re exploring the key traits and causes of avoidant attachment, how it shows up in relationships, and what you can do to start breaking down those emotional walls.
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What Is My Attachment Style? A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Yourself
Ever wonder why some relationships feel secure and others leave you anxious, avoidant, or confused — even with people you care about?
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Emotional Boundaries: What They are and How to Create Them
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. Learn what emotional boundaries really are and how to build them.
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Why Some People Dread Winter: Coping with Seasonal Affective Disorder
Depression As the days grow shorter and temperatures drop, many people notice changes in their mood, energy, and motivation; if you tend to feel more tired, irritable, withdrawn, or sad during the winter months, you’re not alone. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a type of depression in which symptoms appear and disappear at approximately the…
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Status Anxiety: What If You’re Already Enough?
Status anxiety can leave you feeling as though you are always falling behind. Learn why it happens and how to build self-worth beyond achievement and approval.
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Attachment Styles: What Everyone Needs to Know
Attachment theory is a psychological understanding of human behaviour in relationship. Many psychotherapists will talk about it, or at least consider it, when working with clients.
