Mental Health Articles and Blog

Wondering if your Sun Life Insurance covers therapy, counselling, and other mental health services? There’s no hard and fast rule for what Sun Life covers, but here is everything you need to know.

We’ve created this guide filled with practical steps to help you not only find an Ontario therapist, but to find the right therapist for you, so you can get the most out of therapy and improve your mental health. So let’s get started.

This guide offers practical steps to finding a therapist in Calgary and tips on how to choose the right therapist for you.

This guide offers practical steps to finding a therapist in Alberta and tips on how to choose the right therapist for you.

This guide aims to demystify the process of finding a therapist in Toronto, offering practical steps and supporting you in starting this exciting new chapter. 

If you are going through a separation or divorce, it can be a very challenging time. It’s important to remember that it’s normal to go through a process of mourning after a relationship has ended. You don’t have to “bounce back” immediately. 

There are plenty of reasons people start therapy, and many ways therapy can help us overcome challenges, and to feel good. Some good things do come to an end—yes, there can be an end to therapy.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, we are crowd-sourcing real stories like yours—meaningful moments, breakthrough moments, transformational moments.

You and your partner both need to feel supported by your therapist, and have an open, honest relationship with them. Relationship therapy fails when one partner feels the therapist has a bias.

Over three million Canadians—about 11% of the population—have reported they have anxiety disorders. For many of those people, their illness makes basic tasks like leaving the house or going to work difficult or even painful.

If you used to see a therapist, but quit, there’s no need to feel ashamed. Many people go through similar experiences. And just because you stopped going doesn’t mean can’t start seeing a therapist again.

Do you know someone struggling with their mental health? According to the most up to date statistics, you probably do. In 2018, 5.3 million Canadians—about one in every seven—needed help with their mental wellbeing. 

According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), an estimated 21% of Canadians will face problems with addiction during their lifetimes. On top of that, one million Canadians meet the diagnostic criteria for eating disorders.

By the time they’ve turned 40, one in every two Canadians has experienced mental illness. Many of them fail to seek professional help, because they’re unconvinced they really need it.

Looking for a therapist, and feeling overwhelmed? As you shop around for a mental health professional, make it a priority to find someone you connect with personally.According to Registered Psychotherapist Juliann Rasanayagam, one of the best methods is to use your first session as a barometer.