Relational therapy

Reaching for AI at 3 a.m.? You have company. A research-informed look at how people are using AI chatbots for emotional support, what the studies keep finding, where regulation stands, and what relational therapy still holds that a language model cannot.

Social anxiety often starts with connection that's felt costly. This post explores what's underneath that fear, and what relational therapy offers that other approaches sometimes can't. Vancouver-based, online across Canada.

A relational approach to therapy offers a grounded beginning for anyone living through burnout, grief, disconnection, political strain, or struggle, and longing for steady relationships, honest care, and a place to begin again.

What the first online therapy session is actually like here: getting to know each other, talking about hopes, and what we try not to do. A Vancouver-based therapist on starting therapy with care.

Belonging is not a social status. It is the quiet experience of being able to be yourself without paying for it later. A Vancouver-based therapist on finding your way back after disconnection.

A Vancouver-based therapist on what relational therapy looks and feels like in session. Five markers from Jean Baker Miller's work to help you recognise when the work is landing.

Relational therapy treats the relationship between therapist and client as the primary site of change, not the setting for it. An introduction to what the approach is, where it comes from, and what becomes possible when connection itself is the work.

A life transition is not a project to manage. It is a period of loss and remaking. Online therapy across Canada for what comes up when the old shape of your life will not hold.