Many couples wait until their relationship is on its last leg and at least one partner has one foot out the door. I get it, couples therapy or couples counseling can sound consequently damaging, but in reality, it can be a very healthy step towards a better relationship. It tends to be a last resort to work on their relationship and then couples wonder why couples therapy sometimes does not help.

The holiday season can be very stressful, but it may come with some depression that can make you feel like your holidays are ruined. It is the season of cooking meals, shopping, baking, cleaning, and entertaining to name a few of the demands. You might be stressing about your and your loved one's health during the pandemic, getting everything done, making sure all the gifts were wrapped and all the lists checked. Here are 7 practical tips to help prevent holiday stress and depression.

It’s that time of year again, the air is cooler, with sweater weather becoming more of a norm. Everyone is wearing their beanies and jackets; it all seems to fit perfectly with Christmas right around the corner. It’s a great time of seeing family, spending time with friends, eating sweets, and looking at Christmas Lights. But not everyone feels the same way about the Holidays.

For some people, this time of year can be the worst or most stressful time of the whole year.

You Love Christmas, but this year is different. You went through a break up or maybe you had to distance yourself from someone you care about. You started last year hopeful and excited for what is going to happen and where you are going to be at the end of the year. But you also started the year with someone you love or care about, and how everything is different. You have now have an estranged relationship with someone. An estranged relationship is the loss of a previously existing relationship. This can be from a family member, a friend or a past significant other.

The quest to find love has become a little more difficult since the world was impacted by Covid-19 over a year ago. While we are still experiencing some of the restrictions previously put into place to keep everyone safe, it looks like people are slowly getting back to some level of normalcy. It seems like most of my clients I speak to in therapy have been struggling with the issue of restricted means of dating and do not know how to approach the situation they find themselves in. It is easy to experience some anxiety and depression during these times because some people think that there is no hope to find someone to date.

The primary need for individuals in this community is support, this can be provided through many different ways such as financial, emotional, social, and mental support. When individuals come out identifying as LGBTQ+, this can create rifts between them and their family, friends, partners, and others with whom they associate throughout their lives.