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Nicole Perry - Embodied Psychology

Nicole Perry is a Registered Psychologist who offers counselling from a feminist perspective.

08/14/2025

I’ve been reflecting on what makes therapy actually healing—not just helpful, but transformative.

I recently read Diana Fosha’s book about AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy). Learning more about this model felt as if someone sat in my office and put words to the nuances of what I try to do every day. It reminded me that being present is the work. When sessions feel alive, when there’s real connection in the room, I leave changed, too.

In the slides, I’m sharing a few reasons why AEDP feels so aligned for me. If you resonate with these ideas, I hope this gives you a bit more language for the kind of work we might do together.

➡️ To read more on AEDP: aedpinstitute.org
➡️ To find out more about my services: embodiedpsychology.ca

07/29/2025

How can we prevent burnout before we reach a breaking point?

As a therapist, I work with people who are emotionally exhausted, losing hope, and feeling disconnected from the things they used to care about.

Whenever I talk to folks who have learned to set good boundaries, I like to ask them, "what helped you get away from how you were living before and work in a sustainable way now?"

The answer is often some version of "My body broke down. I HAD to stop."

In this post, you’ll find some tools to help you recognize the signs of burnout, take them seriously, and be intentional with your actions. This was adapted for social media from a free printable available at my website: embodiedpsychology.ca

⚠️ Please keep in mind that these resources don’t replace therapy; always check with your doctor or therapist if you're experiencing symptoms that affect your daily life.

And if you’d like an additional non-interactive educational experience, I have a mini course called HOW TO PREVENT BURNOUT. Link in bio!

07/22/2025

How do we balance our needs and boundaries with those of our partners?

One of the biggest reasons people cite when they start working on boundaries is reducing resentment in their relationships.

When faced with a request to do something, it might be helpful to tune in with your emotions and ask ourselves: do I WANT to do this, am I WILLING to do it, or am I being COMPLIANT to a demand?

You can download this exercise as a free printable at my website (no subscription required!): embodiedpsychology.ca

I also have paid offerings on boundaries, like my mini course HOW TO SAY NO, where we learn more about listening to ourselves, making difficult decisions, and dealing with the guilt that comes up. Link in bio!

07/11/2025

How do we identify what we need?

As we work on boundaries, we may find that we've been acting out of sync with our internal sense of what's best for us. But because we're often so disconnected from our needs and there are so many choices to spend our time and energy on, it can be difficult to know what we really want in order to prioritize it.

This short exercise can help you become clear on your values, the things you want to say yes to, and the things you need to say no.

If this is helpful, you may want to download this as a free printable worksheet at my website: embodiedpsychology.ca

And if you'd like extra support on setting boundaries, I have a mini course called HOW TO SAY NO, where we learn more about listening to ourselves, making difficult decisions, and dealing with the guilt that comes up. Link in bio!

07/08/2025

I set a boundary with someone and they didn't respect it. Now what?

I think most of us imagine our ideal scenarios when we go to set boundaries for the first time. “The person will totally understand! They will accept my boundary and we’ll move forward! It will be a one-time conversation and I won't have to do anything else!”

Unfortunately, this is often not how it plays out, even with people who love us and want what’s best for us. It can take time to adjust to new situations, even for people who are willing to work with us.

A big part of what I work on with clients and supervisees has to do with setting boundaries that are actually under our control.

🗨️ Swipe for some key ideas on this, and read more in my latest blog post at embodiedpsychology.ca/blog

06/09/2025

Are you a practice owner, supervisor, teacher, or leader of a mental health organization?

I’m offering a 25% discount on bulk orders of my book THE BOUNDARIED THERAPIST! Use the code BOUND25 at checkout on orders of 5 paperback copies or more, through the UTP Distribution website.

I wrote this to support both new and experienced counsellors, because it’s the kind of tool I wish I’d had access to when I was getting started in this profession.

This self-reflective guide for therapists aims to help you identify your needs, set boundaries, and lead a more sustainable career and life.

➡️ Get it at https://utpdistribution.com/9781550599480/boundaried-therapist/

05/23/2025

Financial boundaries to bring clarity

If you work in private practice, you may want to add to your self-reflection work questions about your financial boundaries. I offer some prompts to guide you in this post, but please keep in mind that:

- There’s no one right answer to any of these questions.
- It’s okay if the answers (your boundaries) change over time.

Do yourself and your clients a favor by increasing clarity on these important questions - it’ll save you a headache in the long term!

➡️ I created a resource specifically for therapists, so that we might begin to acknowledge our own limits, needs and values, which will allow us to lead a sustainable practice and link. “The Boundaried Therapist: Sustaining yourself in the counselling profession” is available in both ebook and paperback - link in bio.

05/20/2025

How can we protect our emotional boundaries and well-being as a therapist?

In my years of experience, after dealing with burnout that aggravated my chronic pain early on in my career, I've noticed that therapists' needs are rarely addressed in our education and training.

What happens when we only address our professional responsibilities is that we're left vulnerable to potential career- and life-altering outcomes like burnout and vicarious trauma.

This is why I believe that practicing self-reflection is one strategy we can use to help us develop a sustainable practice and life.

➡️ My book “The Boundaried Therapist: Sustaining yourself in the counselling profession” is an excellent resource for practice owners, supervisors and leaders to share with their teams or supervisees. Find links to purchase it at the link in bio!

05/16/2025

5 questions to rethink your boundaries

As a supervisor for Provisional Psychologists and a Registered Psychologist, I want to offer a vision of empathy that helps us stay connected with ourselves while also connecting with our counselling clients.

One of the best ways to foster both kinds of connection over the long term is to develop and maintain boundaries that feel like a good personal fit.

But there are messages that most of us have encountered in one way or another that might act as a barrier, which are mitigated or aggravated by our histories and identities.

The good news is that, with time, we can work on believing something different as we rethink our boundaries.

➡️ If you’re interested in learning more about boundaries in the counselling profession, I invite you to check out my book “The Boundaried Therapist: Sustaining yourself in the counselling profession”. Available in ebook and paperback at the link in bio.

05/14/2025

THE BOUNDARIED THERAPIST is a self-reflective guide for therapists on identifying our needs and practicing in ways that truly sustain us over time.

The feedback has been wonderful, so I’d love for this book to reach as many people as possible! I believe this is a valuable tool specially for practice owners and organizations to share with their teams, and for supervisors and teachers to share with the future therapists they mentor.

➡️ This is why I’ve decided to discount the price from $29.95 (+ tax) to $25 per copy (flat + free delivery) for orders of 5 or more paperbacks in the Edmonton area.

If this feels like a good fit for your team, I’d love to hear from you! You can order them directly through me to get the discount.

04/28/2025

➡️ Most people I meet struggle with boundaries and, to me, it’s no wonder.

We’ve grown up in a world that has taught us to prioritize other people’s comfort over our own safety, politeness over kindness, and keeping the peace at the cost of our own wellbeing.

But when we continue to stay quiet about our own needs, we stay trapped in a system of resentment, exhaustion, and burnout.

📝 In my online course “How to say no”, I'm hoping that you’ll learn:

▫️ A new definition of boundaries.
▫️ The signs that you're pushing past your limits.
▫️ Ongoing practices for tuning into your needs and understanding yourself.
▫️ What to do when others don't respect your boundaries.
▫️ How you can cope with guilt.

✴️ Just for April, you can get 40% off when you register for this course, using the code: 40for40. Link in bio!

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I’m Nicole Perry, a Registered Psychologist specializing in shame resilience, setting boundaries, and healing trauma, from an experiential, somatic, and relational approach. My courses are all evidence-based, grounded in the work I do daily with my clients, and that I apply in my own life as well.

04/25/2025

‼️ There’s only a few days left to get 40% off all my courses!

Don’t think it’s a good time to sign up? That’s perfectly okay. I’m not trying to make you feel FOMO - as if we don’t deal with enough of what we “should” be doing already!

This is just a gentle reminder, in case you’ve been meaning to sign up and have simply been putting it off, that the offer ends on April 30th - that’s next Wednesday.

✅ My online courses cover boundaries, burnout, vicarious trauma, and shame resilience. They are all pre-recorded, so you can do them at your own pace, and range from lessons you can complete in under an hour to an 8-week program.

📝 Ready to sign up? Want to find out more? Check out all my courses at the link in bio, or at: embodiedpsychology.thinkific.com

And please reach out if you have any questions about the courses!
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I’m Nicole Perry, a Registered Psychologist specializing in shame resilience, setting boundaries, and healing trauma, from an experiential, somatic, and relational approach. My courses are all evidence-based, grounded in the work I do daily with my clients, and that I apply in my own life as well.

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Edmonton, AB

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Friday	9am - 4pm
Saturday	9am - 4pm
Sunday	9am - 4pm

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Nicole Perry is a Registered Psychologist who offers counselling from a feminist perspective. She specializes in working with people who are struggling with feeling burnt out and are learning to say no. Nicole understands that many of us are coping with overwhelming feelings of guilt and shame that keep us from believing we deserve good things, and works to guide her clients toward a more compassionate way forward.

Over the past ten years she has also discovered a strong passion for working with survivors of sexual violence. She uses an approach called Somatic Experiencing, which is a body-based therapy for healing trauma. She also uses imaginal and mindful approaches to help clients heal old and painful wounds of the past. Nicole approaches her healing work with warmth and curiosity, and offers a safe container for working with difficult experiences.

Nicole provides counselling to individuals and groups. While she is currently full for individual clients, registration is open for her boundaries group and shame resilience group, and these typically run 1-2 times per year. She also recently launched an online course based on her work specializes in helping people set boundaries - Big-Hearted Boundaries.

LGBTQ* and polyamorous clients welcome.