Blossom Counselling Centre

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Blossom Counselling Centre

An Ottawa-based counselling centre offering psychotherapy and nutrition counselling.

01/06/2026

This week, we turned 5 years old! 🥳

It's hard to believe the business we dreamed up during socially-distanced picnics in 2020 has now turned into an incredible collective of dietitians, psychotherapists, social workers, and clinical supervisors. We simply could not be more proud.

This past year, we:
- Supported 250+ clients
- Completed 2000+ sessions
- Offered over 225 pro bono/low cost sessions thanks to our wonderful student therapists
- Offered individual, dyad, and group supervision focused on eating disorders, neurodivergence, and LGBTQ+ support

We are forever grateful for the clients, supervisees, and colleagues who have put their trust in us these past 5 years. It’s because of you we get to do work we absolutely adore.

Here's to many more years!
Josée, Christine, and the Blossom team

12/05/2025

🌿✨Now Accepting NEW clients! ✨🌿

As we are moving into 2026 very soon, a couple of our providers have space for new clients. You can book on our online booking page or email us at info@blossomcounsellingcentre.com for more information.

https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/

11/25/2025

What can you expect from our Blossom Dietitians?✨📣🩷

💛 Building a peaceful relationship with food
Supporting clients in reducing shame, healing from diet culture, and learning to trust their bodies—without food rules or weight-based goals.

💛 Expanding access, not restriction
Creating nutrition strategies that honour culture, budget, energy levels, and sensory needs. No judgment. No moralizing food.

💛 Supporting neurodivergent eating patterns
Helping with meal structure that works for your brain—like low-spoon meal ideas, routine-building tools, sensory-friendly foods, and reducing burnout around feeding yourself.

💛 Honouring lived experiences + identities
Understanding how racism, ableism, fatphobia, poverty, trauma, and colonialism influence eating and health—and working to name them, and reduce those burdens where possible. We also aim to reduce the power dynamic and work alongside with you rather than seeing ourselves as the experts

💛 Rebuilding body trust
Focusing on internal cues (hunger, fullness, energy, satisfaction) rather than external rules. Strengthening connection to your needs—not a number on a scale.

💛 Accessible, compassionate care
Meeting clients where they’re at. Celebrating small wins. Supporting harm reduction. Making nourishment feel doable, not overwhelming.

We can guarantee some laughs along the way too ✨🩷
Book online at the link in our bio!

10/30/2025

Very, very scary 👻

08/18/2025

We’re so excited to welcome Loren to Blossom Counselling Centre as he completes his therapy practicum!

Offering lower-cost therapy, Loren supports clients through:
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ journeys
💔 Grief & loss
🌱 Identity exploration
🌊 Life transitions
🤝 Relationship concerns

Rooted in the values of community, equity, and deep listening, Loren believes that every story deserves to be honoured in its social and cultural context. Working from a person-centered, anti-oppressive, and trauma-informed framework, he helps clients explore identity, meaning, and resilience—at their own pace.

Outside of his clinical work, Loren is active in local governance and enjoys travel, music, and exploring food culture.

Loren is booking discovery calls for new clients:
https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/14/treatment/71

04/03/2025

We are excited to welcome Lisa to Blossom as she completes her psychotherapy practicum under the supervision of Josée Sovinsky, RP.

Lisa identifies as a white, cisgender, neurodivergent, small fat woman. Her practice is grounded in principles of inclusivity, anti-oppression and trauma-informed care.

Lisa is passionate about being neurodivergent affirming, 2SLGBTQ+ allied and weight inclusive.

Sessions are open to those 18+ residing in Ontario. Fees range from $50-90 per session, based on financial needs.

Book a free discovery call with Lisa here:
https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/13/treatment/68

03/24/2025

Such an important message about decolonization in therapy from 📣✨🌿

02/27/2025

Post Reads:

Affirmations for Resting Without Guilt

-Rest is resistance to oppressive systems.
-Our bodies and minds NEED rest.
-My worth is not determined by how productive I am.
-Resting is the only way to recover from burnout.
-Resting allows me to have the energy to engage with life in a meaningful way.
-When I choose to rest, I am role modelling this form of self-care to others.
-Rest shouldn’t be a privilege.
-The guilt I feel when I rest is not mine to hold. I will rest anyway.

01/29/2025

🌊 Meet Skye (they/them) 🌊

We are so excited to share that Skye has availability for new clients. Skye is a compassionate and deeply empathetic therapist who brings authenticity and care to the work they do with their clients.

With Skye, you can expect an approach rooted in social justice, fat liberation, and q***r and trans joy.

A few details:
- Virtual
- Ontario residents only
- 18+

Learn more about Skye here: https://blossomcounsellingcentre.com/skye-mccrindle

01/21/2025

In 2025 (and beyond), in with inclusion, validation, trust, and fighting for safety for all q***r and trans folks. Out with harmful stereotypes, unnecessary apologies, fatphobia, and exclusionary language. 🌈

What would you add to this list of "ins" and "outs"?

01/14/2025

Welcome to the new therapist joining our team! 📣🌿

Rae is a white, cisgender q***r woman with lived experience of various eating disorders. Rae utilizes an integrative approach that incorporates various psychodynamic, humanistic, and cognitive-behavioural approaches, such as Internal Family Systems, ACT, and attachment theory. Her practice is strength-based, trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, and is grounded in Health at Every Size (HAES) principles. Rae has a particular interest in working with those who struggle with disordered eating, anti-fat bias, body shame, anxiety, stress-management, and depression. Rae is passionate about being gender and sexuality affirming and weight inclusive; her ultimate goal as a therapist is to help clients achieve a sense of peace and safety in their bodies, minds, and relationships.

Outside of work, Rae can often be found on long walks listening to podcasts or audiobooks, playing on her Switch, playing board games with friends, or watching some of her beloved TV shows like Supernatural.

You can book with Rae online here: https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/12https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/12https://blossomcounselling.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/12

12/20/2024

Wishing you a restful and joyous holiday season AND sometimes this time of year is challenging in different ways. You can feel however you feel about this season! 📣🌿

You never have to feel guilty for enjoying the foods you love or for your body changing. Yes, people will make moralizing comments on food and bodies at this time of year AND it's ok to change the subject, walk away or even challenge these conversations, if you feel up to it.

Your body is worthy of rest and care AND it is not a project to be commented on or “fixed”. Given circumstances, we can try and practice neutrality or even positivity towards our bodies and focus on what we like and care about instead, outside of our bodies. It's ok to tend to the hurt, anger or anxiety that comes up with fatphobia being a rampant problem.

Boundaries allow us to keep connection, while protecting our personal safety simultaneously. You are allowed to set boundaries that work for you and this doesn't make you unkind or selfish. It means you are self-aware and you know what you have to give and what you need to protect.

No one is entitled to your time or energy. Spend time with those who fill your cup!

Any other reminders? Leave them in the comments 🌿📣

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http://www.blossomcounsellingcentre.com/

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