How well do you know yourself? I think I know myself pretty well at this point, but that wasn’t always the case. When I was 19 years old I decided to do something strange. I had just finished a two-year culinary arts diploma program at an Alberta technical school and knew that I didn’t want […]
*Warning that this post contains discussion of death by suicide* One of my very first clients was at high risk for suicide. In every initial session, I ask the suicide question: do you have thoughts of killing yourself? This client did. So I asked follow-up questions. “Do you have thoughts or ideas about how you […]