Blossom Counselling Centre

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Blossom Counselling Centre

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

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 🌿📣

11/22/2024

Life as an ADHDer would be so much easier if we weren't stuck in this capitalist grind. A system that values productivity over wellbeing and competition over community makes everything more challenging.

Imagine thriving in a world that actually cared about our unique brains and needs instead of oppressing us with impossible demands.

We deserve that world, and as clinicians, we will continue pushing for change that brings us closer to this vision. 🌿

11/13/2024

From the desks of our clinicians!

Health is not a personal responsibility or obligation to pursue and it is impacted by larger systems and factors not always within our control. That being said, if we want to pursue health promoting behaviours we have to take a more holistic view of them compared to the often narrow view of diet culture.

What else might you include that has an impact on your health and wellbeing?

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween! 🍂

We couldn't help jumping onto this trend. What's more scary than q***rphobia and transphobia?

10/17/2024

A lot of what makes therapy helpful is the establishment of a safe connection between client and therapist. Without safety and connection, how can we open up?

This applies to any form of human connection. We need to feel safe, in order to fully explore and express ourselves. We need to feel seen, heard and valued to feel safe.

What else can safe connection with others do?

09/16/2024

What if, instead of blaming individuals for ‘not trying hard enough’ in eating disorder recovery, we turned our gaze toward the systems that perpetuate their struggle? Misogyny, white supremacy, fatphobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism—these are the real adversaries.

Recovery isn’t about fixing people; it’s about dismantling harmful systems. ❤️

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Dafter, MI

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http://www.blossomcounsellingcentre.com/

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