Leena Mehta, Author at At Ease Counseling

Embracing Challenges to Move Forward in Life

This blog post will focus on the: What does it mean to step outside your comfort zone? Understanding your comfort zone Identifying What’s Holding You Back 8 practical ways to help you step outside of your comfort zone The Benefits of Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone What Does It…

Lady with anxiety. Understanding the symptoms of anxiety

Understanding the Symptoms of Anxiety That No One Talks About

By Leena Mehta
July 23, 2025
Anxiety
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This blog post will focus on the Physical symptoms of anxiety and how counselling can help you. How to deal with anxiety when you are alone. What causes panic attacks and how counselling can help you. Anxiety brain fog symptoms, and how to reduce this How counselling can help you…

Teaching Boundaries to Teenagers

By Leena Mehta
June 11, 2025
Adolescents
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This blog post will focus on: Understanding boundaries for teens Types of personal boundaries essential for teens Unhealthy boundaries – what are unhealthy boundaries, and examples of them Teaching boundaries to teens: examples of counselling modalities and how they can support teens and parents in creating and maintaining healthy boundaries. …

Break Free from Perfectionism and Burnout

What Is Perfectionism? Individuals who describe themselves as perfectionists have high expectations of themselves and their work. They fear making mistakes and consequently spend a lot of time ensuring their work is perfect. In some cases, even when an individual receives positive feedback, they may not be able to take…

Depression counselling in Burnaby. Girl looking out her window.

The Power of Pause and Self-Care for True Healing

By Leena Mehta
April 3, 2025
Self-Care
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What Does the Power of Pause Mean? The power of pause refers to slowing down, pausing, or intentionally stopping. The aim is to reflect, gain clarity, and focus before reacting or making a decision. I support individuals who struggle to slow down and pause. They share being busy with work…

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Couple embracing.

How Healing Can Prevent Intergenerational Trauma

What is Intergenerational Trauma? Intergenerational trauma can be defined as the trauma that is passed down from one generation to the next. An individual who has experienced trauma may unintentionally pass down the emotional, psychological, or behavioural effects to family members or people in their community. For example, someone’s thoughts,…

Reduce Feelings of Shame and Increase Your Self-esteem

By Leena Mehta
March 11, 2025
Self-Esteem
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What is shame? Brene Brown (2013) defined shame as “the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging—something we’ve experienced, done, or failed to do makes us unworthy of connection.” Shame can cause individuals to feel bad about themselves and…

BIPOC Counselling

By Leena Mehta
December 6, 2024
BIPOC
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BIPOC counselling What is BIPOC-informed counselling? As a BIPOC registered clinical counsellor, I am mindful of an individual’s cultural background. When I support BIPOC individuals, I am also aware of their cultural norms, and values. I understand that they or their family might have experienced racism and discrimination. They may…

Couples Counselling Burnaby. Couple on couch

Five common questions about couples counselling

By Leena Mehta
December 1, 2024
Couples
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Understanding couples counselling Marriage counselling or couples counselling helps couples strengthen their connection. I am a registered clinical counsellor (#19428), trained in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), and offer couples counselling in Burnaby and online. Couples counselling allows each partner to feel heard, supported, and validated in a safe and…

Feel your feelings

By Leena Mehta
July 26, 2024
Feelings
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I often say the ‘F’ word – Feelings – when supporting my clients as some struggle with talking about their feelings and others struggle with regulating their feelings. This blog post focuses on talking about feelings. Feelings and culture I grew up in England and similar to many others…

Author: Leena Mehta

Embracing Challenges to Move Forward in Life

Understanding the Symptoms of Anxiety That No One Talks About

Teaching Boundaries to Teenagers

Break Free from Perfectionism and Burnout

The Power of Pause and Self-Care for True Healing

How Healing Can Prevent Intergenerational Trauma

Reduce Feelings of Shame and Increase Your Self-esteem

BIPOC Counselling

Five common questions about couples counselling

Feel your feelings

Embracing Challenges to Move Forward in Life

Understanding the Symptoms of Anxiety That No One Talks About

Teaching Boundaries to Teenagers

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