Cedarway Therapy

11/17/2025

Go out!
Meet people !
Workout !
Go for a walk !

Are you actually aware of your given needs in a given moment? When we feel drained or low, we tend to turn to what we think we should be doing instead of what we need.
It’s important to know what you need at given time. What may work for your friend may not work for you and so good intended advice may rub you the wrong way. What may work one day may not work the next day. For example, chilling out with friends may be awesome and rejuvenating one week. However, the next week you may feel drained by those very friends and want to spend some time reading a book, or walking, or doing something very different.

spend some time and make a list of things that rejuvenate you. And the next time you start to feel drained and low pause and look at that list carefully and ask yourself what do I need in this moment?

11/14/2025

11/14/2025

Friendships matter
Friendships grow
Friendships wither
Friendships fall apart
Friendships can be healing but only when they’re meaningful!
Remember not all friendships are alike, not all give the same, not all take the same from us, not all are as fulfilling!

11/12/2025

Friendships are one of the greatest source for growth and for healing. It’s important to acknowledge that as we pass through time so do our needs in friendships. Hope this post helps you reflect on what you need from friendships and how you show up for others!

Have your friendship needs changed with time ?

11/10/2025

Meet our team, Ilham Jilani!

Ilham is a compassionate Registered Social Worker with over a decade of experience supporting youth, adults, seniors, and families. She provides culturally competent and faith-sensitive counselling to help clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions.

Her practice is trauma-informed, client-centered, and grounded in anti-oppressive values. Ilham is passionate about creating a safe and inclusive space where clients feel seen, heard, and empowered to heal and grow.

If you’d like to connect with Ilham for a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation, please reach out to us!

11/09/2025

Here’s a post that recognizes the effects of chronic stress on our mental health. But it hopes to also recognize that many of us have certain stressors which don’t have solutions right now. However, it’s important to recognize that there is power in acts of self-care and healing. And for many of us to show up for things, people, and causes that matter self-care and healing is a nonnegotiable. It’s an everyday practice.

11/05/2025

This post is about learning to put yourself first and listening to your needs. Many people come to therapy overworked, overwhelmed and feeling resentful. While there are many reasons that can lead one to feeling these ways - many times when exploring deeper we find that we don’t know how to put ourselves first. Remember choosing yourself first in an act of stretch not selfishness.

11/03/2025

Meet our team, Gulzar Firashta!

Gulzar is a Registered Psychotherapist specializing in couples and individual therapy. With advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method, she helps partners break unhelpful patterns, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection.

Her approach is compassionate, culturally sensitive, and grounded in evidence-based care, creating a safe and non-judgmental space for clients to heal and grow.

If you’d like to connect with Gulzar for a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation, please reach out to us!

10/31/2025

Emotional bypassing means avoiding difficult feelings by staying “positive,” despite what you truly feel. It’s okay to assess a Situation and intentionally decide to distract yourself from feeling something difficult. However, it’s not healthy when this becomes your pattern of handling your emotions. It’s important to come back to what you truly feel and process it in healthy ways. Not doing so can lead to blocking real emotional growth. Which is a key ingredient in feeling confident within the self, showing up for yourself, and creating healthy relationships with people that you care about. which can block real emotional growth.

10/29/2025

Your body, mind & soul will give you signals that it’s time to pause, to connect, to rest.
Burnout happens when we put ourselves on the back burner ! When we ignore ourselves!
# self awareness # burnoutrecovery # mentalhealthmatters

10/24/2025

Past traumatic memories can interfere with present day living. EMDR is one method of helping people with decreasing the charge of past memories so they don’t show up today !


contact info@cedarwaytherapy.com or follow link in bio to book a consult !

10/20/2025

Many of us learned early on that love and acceptance come from keeping others happy — even at the expense of our own needs.

But constantly putting yourself last doesn’t build connection, it builds resentment and exhaustion. Healing means learning that it’s okay for your comfort to matter too.