Justin the Therapist, 52 Village Centre Place, Mississauga, ON (2026)

01/15/2026

Anxiety can feel overwhelming when you’re trying to outrun it.

But most of the time, it’s your body trying to signal something important.

What actually helps isn’t “getting rid of it.” It’s learning how to work with it.

When I talk to clients about anxiety, we usually start with awareness, noticing the feeling instead of fighting it.

From there, a few things make a real difference:

✔️ Getting curious about what triggered it
✔️ Supporting your body with rest, stillness, or less stimulation
✔️ Leaning on connection, because solitude can make anxiety louder
✔️ Calling out the thoughts that sprint straight to worst-case scenarios

Small habits, practiced consistently, can shift the way anxiety shows up in your life.

You don’t have to tackle it all at once. And you don’t have to figure this out solo.

If anxiety has been taking up a lot of space lately, therapy can help you make sense of it and give you tools that actually fit your real, everyday life. 💙

Anxiety Support | Mental Health | Therapy Tools | Emotional Awareness

01/13/2026

We joke about “the ick”…

but sometimes that tiny feeling is the thing you shouldn’t ignore.

It shows up quietly, a shift, a hesitation, a moment where something just feels off.

But before you decide it’s a dealbreaker or a red flag…

Pause.

Because the ick isn’t always what you think it is.

Sometimes it’s intuition.

Sometimes it’s comfort turning into honesty.

Sometimes it’s just the honeymoon phase fading.

The real question is… What is your ick trying to tell you? 👀

01/07/2026

AI might sound supportive… but it’s NOT a therapist. 💭

ChatGPT can be a great tool for things like organizing your thoughts, learning new ideas, or getting everyday support.

But when it comes to therapy… to your safety, your history, your emotions… AI can’t do what a trained human can.

It can feel accessible, fast, even comforting in the moment…

but it can’t sit with you.

It can’t understand your nuances.

And it definitely can’t know YOU.

There have already been situations where vulnerable people received unsafe “advice” from AI during a crisis, the kind of advice a trained therapist would never give.

That’s where the danger is.

AI can be a tool, but it’s not where healing happens.

Healing happens in connection with someone who can hold your story, your safety, and your humanity. 💙

Therapy Education | Mental Health | AI & Therapy

01/05/2026

“What’s your philosophy as a practice owner?”

Sometimes we forget this, but therapists are people first.

They have limits, needs, stress, families, emotions, and whole lives happening outside the therapy room.

But in this field, people often assume the therapist is fine… because they’re the one helping everyone else.

As a practice owner, that’s something I think about constantly.

If you want therapists to do great work, you have to take care of them, not as a strategy, but as a value.

So yes… my honest answer?

Don’t be a d***.

Don’t put profit above people.

Don’t treat therapists like tools.

Don’t forget why you got into this field in the first place.

This isn’t an industry where the bottom line gets to come first.

We’re here because we care about human beings. That should be true at every level of a practice, from the therapists to the leadership.

I try to treat my team the same way I treat my clients.

With dignity, compassion, flexibility, patience, and respect.

Because supported therapists do better therapy.

And everyone wins when the people doing this work feel valued.

01/02/2026

So… who is Justin the Therapist? 👀

HEY IT’S ME.

Here’s a little peek of the work I do, why I started BB Therapy, and what makes this community so special to me.

BB didn’t begin as a business plan… it started because more people needed support than I could see on my own, and because I believed good therapy happens when therapists feel connected, supported, and genuinely happy in their work.

That’s still the heart of everything we do:

happy therapists → great therapy → real change.

If you’re new here, welcome.

If you’ve been with us for a while, thanks for being part of this growing community. 💙

To learn more about Building Bridges Therapy, visit bbtherapy.ca or follow along on Instagram .ca

12/29/2025

I had the chance to speak with the SMSK Youth Group this past month, and we went straight into a topic a lot of people struggle with:

Loving yourself without feeling guilty about it.

So many of us were taught to put everyone else first.

To be selfless.

To not “take up space.”

And while caring for others matters, ignoring yourself for long enough doesn’t make you kinder, it makes you exhausted. Then people wonder why they’re burned out, resentful, or running on fumes.

What we talked about is that self-love isn’t selfish.

It isn’t about putting yourself above others.

It’s about choosing yourself so you can actually show up for the people you care about.

When you’re rested, supported, and connected to who you are, you naturally become more patient, more compassionate, and more present in your relationships.

You love better when you’re not running on empty.

I’m grateful to the youth group for being so open, curious, and thoughtful.

It was a really meaningful conversation, and honestly, I walked away inspired by them too. 💙

12/23/2025

There’s nothing like seeing your team show up as their full selves.

Not as therapists, not as “professionals,” but as people.

Our holiday party reminded me just how much heart this team carries into everything they do.

I think about them a lot, their growth, their careers, the weight they hold for clients, the ways I can better support them. So watching them laugh together, celebrate each other, and build friendships that go beyond the therapy room… that genuinely meant a lot.

What makes nights like this so special isn’t the event itself, it’s the connection.

People meeting for the first time.

People realizing they’re not alone in this work.

People finding support in places they didn’t expect.

I joked that I felt like a proud dad, but there’s some truth to that.

I’m grateful for this team. Grateful for the work they do. Grateful for the community they’re building together.

And if you’re a therapist reading this… you deserve this kind of environment too.

A place that celebrates you, supports you, and truly sees the impact you’re making. 💙

12/21/2025

We talk about mental health.

We talk about physical health.

But for some reason, s*xual health still gets left out of the conversation.

For many adults, s*xuality is a huge part of identity, how we connect, express, and experience closeness. And yet, it’s often the area most loaded with shame, misinformation, or silence.

That’s where s*x therapy comes in.

It’s not about “fixing” performance issues or assigning blame. It’s about understanding how your emotions, thoughts, and experiences shape intimacy. It’s about unpacking the anxiety, guilt, or fear that might be sitting underneath.

And sometimes? It’s just about learning to communicate better, because connection starts long before the bedroom.

When we treat s*xual health as part of mental health, people stop feeling broken for wanting help.

Because it’s not dirty. It’s not taboo.

It’s human.

12/19/2025

Can you feel safe and uncomfortable at the same time? 💭

Absolutely.

Our brains are wired for complexity. You may feel safe sitting beside someone you love, yet anxious at the same time. You may feel overstimulated in a crowded room, yet lonely inside it.

We often assume feelings have to line up neatly: either you’re calm or you’re anxious, connected or alone, safe or unsafe. But emotions rarely work in a single file.

Two things can coexist.

Your body might register safety, while your mind is still running a mile a minute.

That doesn’t mean something’s wrong with you… it means you’re human.

Therapy helps you make sense of those mixed signals, to understand where they come from and what they’re trying to tell you.

Because when you stop trying to “choose” one feeling over another, you make space for both, and that’s often where real self-awareness begins. 💙

Emotional Awareness | Mental Health | Therapist | Therapy Education | Anxiety

12/17/2025

When s*x starts to feel like a performance the pressure creeps in and pressure almost always leads to anxiety. 😦

That’s what we call performance anxiety and it can show up as er****on struggles, pain, or just feeling stuck in your own head instead of present with your partner.

S*x isn’t meant to be a test or a show, it’s play.

Play is curiosity, fun, and connection.

It’s exploring together without worrying about getting it right.

Of course there are boundaries, but inside those boundaries you get to be yourself, you get to connect, experiment, and enjoy the moment without all the weight of expectation.

When the focus shifts from performance to play the pressure eases, your body relaxes, intimacy gets easier, and ironically by letting go of the outcome you often end up reaching it more naturally.

If s*x has started to feel like something you have to perform, maybe it’s time to reframe it.

Less performance, more play. That’s where connection and pleasure thrive.

12/16/2025

Most couples wait until it’s almost too late for therapy.

On average, they sit with the same problems for SIX YEARS before getting help.

Six years of quiet tension that never really goes away.
Six years of small things turning into big things.
Six years of avoiding hard conversations because it feels easier to keep the peace.

But that kind of peace is temporary.

It’s the calm that comes from avoidance, not resolution.

Couple therapy can be the emergency room for relationships, but it doesn’t have to be. It can also be the training ground where you grow the relationship to prevent it from ever needing to go to the ER.

It’s where you learn to have the hard conversations without tearing each other down, and how to grow stronger because of them.

If you still believe in what you’re building, that’s the time to start. 💙

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