Psychotherapy with Jackie Bristow

09/04/2025

I want to talk about how we relate to our bodies. If your body was a person, how would you treat it? How do you feed it, talk to it, do you trust it?

When I first heard this question it hit me like a tun of bricks - I realized I would never treat a human the way I treat my body, with such neglect. In these moments the bod can be abandoned and forgotten, dealing with stress without any support. I now show up for my body and look at the impact of what I feed it, both food wise and emotion/thought wise.

How do you treat your body and how does that relate to what happened to you? Where did you learn to treat your body this way.

Reach out for more support - offering free consultations to those interested in evening online therapy. Jackiebristow.ca

09/04/2025

I want to talk about how we relate to our bodies. If your body was a person, how would you treat it? How do you feed it, talk to it, do you trust it?

When I first heard this question it hit me like a tun of bricks - I realized I would never treat a human the way I treat my body, with such neglect. In these moments the bod can be abandoned and forgotten, dealing with stress without any support. I now show up for my body and look at the impact of what I feed it, both food wise and emotion/thought wise.

How do you treat your body and how does that relate to what happened to you? Where did you learn to treat your body this way.

Reach out for more support - offering free consultations to those interested in evening online therapy. jackiebristow.ca

09/01/2025

The fall can be a difficult time. Our energy is lower and sometimes this can mean our motivation. My hope is to help you find tools to work through these difficulties and be more gentle with yourself in the process. I am offering a free consult to those interested - at jackiebristow.ca

08/29/2025

It is that time of year again - back to school, and with that can come a mixture of anxiety and stress. Worrying how you will get on with your housemates, how will you make it to all those 8 am classes? What about your grades and passing some of your difficult core courses - what will your parents say if you change your major, flunk out or fail?

Using techniques that allow you to accept and sit with difficult emotions is a part of the therapy I provide, along with behavioural modifications for focusing, overwhelm, time management and motivation (along with other ADHD symptoms). Creating a routine or schedule can have a big impact on our regulation, as can having a good work life balance.

Currently accepting patients for online evening therapy - one slot left. Please reach out for a free 15 min consultation on my website jackiebristow.ca to see if we are a good fit.

08/28/2025

Thoughtful boundaries balance self-care and mutual respect.

08/28/2025

Empowerment starts with fierce self-compassion. When we stand up for ourselves with kindness, we find the clarity and strength to navigate challenges with courage.

08/22/2025

I have people contact me about self-sabotage, but what is it exactly? Self sabotage is when we do things that hinder our chance at achieving the desired outcome. Often people will engage in the opposite behaviour than ones that would rather achieve the desired result. Putting yourself down can actually make it harder to achieve your goals, comparing yourself to others can lower your confidence and motivation, and trying to control everything can leave you feeling the opposite of being in control. These are examples of self sabotage.

This can be related to self esteem, anxiety patterns, ADHD and more. Developing more self compassionate strategies has been proven to help, along with distress tolerance skills pulled from DBT.

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08/17/2025

I don't know who needs to hear this, but do you have a partner, friend or family member that apologizes but never ultimately changes? What does 'change' look like anyway? Change is not linear, people can try and fall numerous times before they get it right. Are they 'trying to change' might be a better question to ask than if they have changed.

Change can take a long time, so I try to get clients to ask themselves, if they can tolerate them how they are if they do not change or how long can they tolerate them before they change?

Want to hear more?

Reach out for a free consultation at jackiebristow.ca to see if we are a good fit. One new opening for evening online therapy.

08/16/2025

Everyone I talk to right now is struggling. This time of year seems to be the time when we tend to question where we went wrong that has left us feeling so unmotivated and shut down. You do not have to have seasonal affective disorder (SAD) to be struggling right now. Reach out for help by booking a free consultation on my website jackiebristow.ca

08/15/2025

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08/14/2025

"The more you are able to honor and accept the Now, the more you are free of pain and suffering." —Eckhart Tolle