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Weekly Reflections
A therapist blog with weekly posts from Vancouver-based therapists, writing online for clients and colleagues in BC and across Canada. Each week we share what we're noticing in the room, in the body, in the work itself. You'll find reflections on the questions we hold, the practices we return to, and the experiences that shape how we show up with clients, each other, and our communities. We also share updates from The Living Practice podcast. Come stay with what's emerging.
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When the World Feels Uncertain: Existential Therapy for Climate Anxiety
Political instability, climate crisis, and rising hostility toward marginalized communities can leave us bracing for what comes next. Existential therapy offers grounded support for meaning, responsibility, and belonging in uncertain times.
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Grief Therapy for Emotional Neglect: Grieving Parents Who Are Still Alive
Many adults carry grief for the care they never received growing up. This post explores the quiet mourning that can arise when parents remain in our lives but cannot meet us in the ways we needed.
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Finding a Relationship Therapist for Queer and Nontraditional Relationships
Looking for a relationship therapist can feel vulnerable, especially in queer or nontraditional relationships. Here’s what to look for, what questions to ask, and how to find therapy that honours your relationship and supports repair.
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Welcoming Laura Hoge, RSW: A New Chapter in Our Practice
Laura Hoge, RSW has joined Clayre Sessoms Psychotherapy Inc. full-time. She brings decades of embodied clinical work, LGBTQ community advocacy, graduate-level mentorship, and parent support for gender-diverse youth, alongside a deep commitment to justice-rooted care.
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Board Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC): What This Adds to Our Collaboration
I’ve earned the ATR-BC credential in art therapy. Here’s what that training strengthens in our work together, and how arts-based therapy may help when words don’t reach what’s true.
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Accompanying Someone Who Is Dying: Presence, Love, and the Long Goodbye
For anyone living inside a long goodbye—anticipatory grief building, words starting to fail. A personal reflection on how to stay present with someone who is dying, when love becomes simple and presence becomes enough.
