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Candace Plattor, M.A.Registered Clinical Counsellor
Candace Plattor, M.A.
Registered Clinical Counsellor
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.

Archives for 2015

December 29, 2015 by Candace Plattor

New Year’s Resolutions? Try Intentions Instead!

Originally posted in December 2010In the immortal words of John Lennon, another year is over and a new one’s just begun.Isn’t it interesting how we, as a society, agree that this is the time to give ourselves and our lives a complete and total new makeover? We have decided that at this time of the year we will revisit the year we’re leaving behind, dissecting it to see what worked for us and what didn’t. And on top of that, we need to make sure that we meet all of our “resolutions” quickly and … [Read more...] about New Year’s Resolutions? Try Intentions Instead!

Filed Under: Intentions Tagged With: Choice point to stop addiction, determination, intention vs. resolution, New Year's Intentions, Recovery from addiction, staying clean and sober takes work, threshold of inner change

December 1, 2015 by Candace Plattor

Surviving the Holidays When Loving an Addict

We all know that the Holiday Season is upon us. Depending on where we live, many of us began being pummelled with Christmas commercials on TV even before Halloween had come and gone. As we move into December, we are seeing the familiar media ads depicting gloriously happy families, all enjoying being together—opening gifts by the lavishly decorated tree and having sumptuous meals at their festive dinner table—smiles all around, nice and cozy. It all looks quite wonderful, doesn’t it?But the … [Read more...] about Surviving the Holidays When Loving an Addict

Filed Under: Loving an addict Tagged With: Addiction in the family, Christmas chaos, Helping vs. Enabling, if a loved one is struggling with addiction, loving an addict, loving an addict at Christmas, Setting boundaries with addicted loved ones

October 20, 2015 by Candace Plattor

Sometimes Love Looks Like “No”: When to Set and Maintain Healthy Boundaries

This article was originally posted on October 2, 2013. Is it possible to have a healthy relationship with someone who is in active addiction? What needs to happen for that to occur?If you are in that situation, you have probably wondered about this many times.THE QUESTION OF THE DAYSeveral weeks ago I was interviewed on Talk Recovery radio, a new program on Vancouver’s Co-Op Radio station, dealing with addiction and recovery issues. I was honored to be chosen as their very first guest, and I had … [Read more...] about Sometimes Love Looks Like “No”: When to Set and Maintain Healthy Boundaries

Filed Under: Loved ones of addicts, Setting boundaries with addicted loved ones Tagged With: Addiction, Addiction in the family, Helping vs. Enabling, loving an addict, Setting boundaries with addicted loved ones

September 28, 2015 by Candace Plattor

Family Addiction: Are You Affected by Another Person’s Addictive Behaviours?

Are you the loved one of someone struggling with an addiction?Would you like to become part of the solution, instead of staying stuck in the problem?These days, addictive behaviours are so rampant that it’s virtually impossible to imagine how many people are affected by them. Having worked as an Addictions Therapist for over 25 years—with both addicts and their loved ones—what I know today is that for every one addict, there are generally at least 10-20 people directly affected by that person’s … [Read more...] about Family Addiction: Are You Affected by Another Person’s Addictive Behaviours?

Filed Under: Family Addiction, Loved ones of addicts Tagged With: Addiction, Addiction in the family, asking for help when loving an addict, Helping vs. Enabling, if a loved one is struggling with addiction

August 19, 2015 by Candace Plattor

Fentanyl – What We Can Do About It

Yesterday someone I know asked me why I wasn’t writing anything on my blog about fentanyl—which has become such a horrific problem lately. Although I had thought a few times about perhaps addressing it, I would stop myself with this thought:“What could I say that hasn’t already been covered in the news? What could I possibly add that would be of any value?”I’m glad my friend challenged me about this, because today I see that I’ve made a mistake by thinking that way. So I’m writing about it … [Read more...] about Fentanyl – What We Can Do About It

Filed Under: Addiction, Loving an addict Tagged With: Addiction, drugs laced with fentanyl, fentanyl, if a loved one is struggling with addiction, loving an addict, talk to your kids about fentanyl

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