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Notes from the practice
Writing on relationships, boundaries, health anxiety and the things that come up most often in the therapy room.
What you will find here
These are written by the clinicians who do the work, not commissioned to fill a content calendar, which is why there are not many and why they appear irregularly. Each one usually comes out of the same question being asked often enough in sessions that it seemed worth answering properly.
The recurring subjects are the ones this practice works in: boundaries and why they collapse, relationships and repair after infidelity, health anxiety with chronic and hormonal conditions, and burnout — including the particular version of it that runs on the school calendar. There is also the occasional piece on reading, and one about the practice dogs.
None of it is a substitute for therapy and none of it is advice for your situation specifically. If something here lands closer than you expected, that is usually worth a conversation rather than more reading.
All posts
Teacher Burnout and Why the Summer Doesn’t Fix It
Teacher burnout runs on the school calendar. Why September starts empty, why March is the trough, why you get ill in the holidays, and what changes the cycle.
Therapy for Health Anxiety After a PCOS or Thyroid Diagnosis
Health anxiety after a PCOS, thyroid or Hashimoto's diagnosis works differently. What it looks like, what therapy changes, and how to start in Ontario.
Healing After Infidelity: Rebuilding Trust and Self-Compassion
Struggling after infidelity? How therapy helps you rebuild trust and self-compassion, and decide what comes next, with a Registered Psychotherapist in Ontario.
Managing Health Stress and Mood Changes
How to manage health-related stress and mood changes, with practical strategies for staying emotionally steady through chronic and hormonal health challenges.
The Mind-Body Connection in Therapy
How the mind-body connection supports healing, resilience and self-awareness, and how we integrate body-based approaches.
Individual Therapy for Relationship Growth
How individual therapy improves communication, self-awareness and emotional regulation, and strengthens your relationships.
Setting Healthy Boundaries in Relationships
How healthy boundaries build trust, respect and emotional safety, with practical, therapy-informed steps for setting limits without guilt or conflict.
Therapy and Reading, Part 3: Book Recommendations
Books for new and prospective therapists, and for anyone curious what the work really involves, including Lori Gottlieb, Irvin Yalom and Nicole Arzt.
Therapy and Reading, Part 2: Book Recommendations
Book recommendations on the body, stress and trauma from a psychotherapist and nutrition consultant, including van der Kolk, Gabor Maté and Bruce Perry.
Therapy and Reading, Part 1: Book Recommendations
Relationship and attachment book recommendations from an experienced psychotherapist, why they help, and why reading is no substitute for therapy itself.
How Pets Improve Your Mental Health
How pets support mental health through companionship, routine and anxiety reduction, plus a personal story about the Pomeranian who runs this practice.
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