Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health

11/30/2025

Your colleagues at Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health,

14 Chamberlain Avenue in the Glebe Suite 202 https://ottawariverintegrative.com

are pleased to invite you to join us for a

free professional development webinar

this Friday December 5, 2025

1pm to 2pm Eastern time

Dr. Haleh Sanaei will be answering questions about

Intensive Short Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy,

ISTDP is an evidence-based psychotherapy for clients with complex presentations.

What is Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy?

Many people struggle with anxiety, relationship patterns, emotional overwhelm, or a sense of being “stuck,” even if they’ve tried therapy before.

Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) is a powerful, evidence-based approach that gets beneath the surface and helps people work through the emotional blocks that keep them stuck.

ISTDP helps you understand why you react the way you do, where your anxiety comes from, and how to finally move through the emotions you’ve been carrying—so you can feel lighter, more grounded, and more connected to the people you love.

If you’ve ever wondered:
• Why can’t I stop overthinking?
• Why do I shut down or get overwhelmed so fast?
• Why do I repeat the same relationship patterns?
• Why does my body hold so much tension?

…ISTDP can offer change.

For Clinicians - Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy Expands Your Skillset

ISTDP is one of the most empirically supported experiential dynamic therapies available today.

For clinicians who work with complex presentations—chronic anxiety, depression, trauma, personality patterns, somatic conditions, emotional dysregulation—ISTDP offers:
• A precise, moment-to-moment framework for understanding defenses, unconscious emotion, and anxiety pathways
• A video-based learning tradition that accelerates therapist skill development
• Strong evidence from >100 studies, RCTs, and meta-analyses
• High efficacy with treatment-resistant patients
• Durable outcomes and reduction in healthcare utilization

Clinicians interested in deepening their work with attachment trauma, accelerating therapeutic progress, or improving outcomes with stuck or complex clients will find ISTDP uniquely valuable.

About Dr. Haleh Sanaei

Dr. Haleh Sanaei is an Iranian and Swiss trained doctoral fellow in psychology at Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health. Dr. Sanaei brings together exceptional clinical skill, deep compassion, and a grounded, accessible teaching style.

She is trained extensively in Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy and understands how to translate this complex, emotion-focused approach into clear, meaningful insights that anyone can understand.

She has a gift for helping people feel safe enough to explore their inner world, and she understands—both clinically and personally—what it takes to get unstuck emotionally. Dr. Sanaei will help you understand ISTDP in a way that feels human, hopeful, and empowering.

Dr. Haleh Sanaei is exceptionally well-suited to introduce ISTDP to clinicians.

She brings:
• Formal training in ISTDP, grounded in contemporary research and best practices
• Strong international clinical experience integrating psychodynamic, emotion-focused, and trauma-informed approaches
• A capacity for translating complex theory into practical techniques clinicians can implement right away
• Warmth, clarity, and relational intelligence, which make ISTDP approachable rather than intimidating
• Hands-on familiarity with working with anxiety regulation, defenses, and emotional breakthrough processes
Her teaching style integrates theory, clinical vignettes, and real-world application—ideal for clinicians wanting both inspiration and concrete tools

THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE TO ALL.
To join, go here on Friday December 5 from 1-2 pm
Any questions or concerns - call Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health
613-656-3331 or email info@ottawariverintegrative.com

11/30/2025

11/26/2025

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11/18/2025

When Your Child Is Anxious, the Whole Family Feels It

If you’re parenting a child with anxiety, you may already know how quickly daily routines can become stressful. Bedtime becomes a negotiation. School mornings feel like a ticking clock. Your child may need constant reassurance, or avoidance has become the only way everyone can get through the day.
You love your child. You want to protect them. And so you do what most caring parents do—you step in, help, soothe, reassure, stay close, or adapt the family routine to keep your child calm.
These accommodations make sense in the moment. They bring relief.�But over time, they can unintentionally strengthen anxiety and leave you feeling overwhelmed and unsure how to help.
You are not alone. And there is a proven, parent-led way forward.

A New Way of Helping: The Yale-Developed SPACE Program
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is an evidence-based intervention developed at Yale University specifically for parents of anxious children and teens. As a clinical psychologist trained in SPACE, I’ve seen how powerful this approach can be for families who feel stuck, scared, or exhausted.
SPACE doesn’t ask your child to change first.�It empowers you, the parent, with tools that gently shift family patterns and help anxiety loosen its grip.
This work is not about removing love or warmth—it’s about helping you show support in a way that builds your child’s bravery and resilience rather than fueling their anxiety.

Why Anxiety Creates So Much Conflict
Anxiety often whispers to parents:
• “If you don’t help right away, they’ll panic.”
• “If you don’t avoid this situation, they’ll fall apart.”
• “If you don’t reassure them, they’ll never calm down.”
So you step in. It’s natural.�But the brain learns from repetition—and anxiety learns quickly.
Avoiding the anxiety trigger or relying on parental rescue teaches the anxious brain:�“This fear is dangerous. I can’t handle it. I need someone else to make it safe.”
No wonder the accommodations grow, and the anxiety grows with them.

How Parents Often Feel (And Why It Makes Sense)
Parents come to me saying:
• “I don’t want to trigger a meltdown.”
• “I feel guilty setting boundaries.”
• “I’m exhausted from being my child’s safety net.”
• “I honestly don’t know what to do anymore.”
Every one of these feelings is understandable.�Anxiety in a child pulls at every instinct you have to protect.

SPACE works with those instincts—not against them—by channeling your care in a direction that helps your child build confidence rather than dependence.

Book now by calling 613-656-3331 or scheduling online at https://ottawariverintegrative.com

11/17/2025

Happy Monday Everyone! If you are interested in some FREE Provider Wellness PD sponsored by the Champlain Palliative Care network

Talks include Dr Blair Bingham on Burnout, UToronto and Yale professor Dr Paul Bloom’s talk on the Science of Happiness today 1-2 pm.

Dr Sogge will be doing a workshop on IFS at the Bedside for helping health care providers maintain balance 2-4 pm ET.

11/17/2025

Happy Monday Everyone!

If you are interested in some FREE Provider Wellness PD sponsored by the Champlain Palliative Care network.

There are ao many great presenters!

UToronto and Yale professor Dr Paul Bloom’s will be offering a talk on the Science of Happiness today 1-2 pm.

Our own Dr Sogge will be offering a workshop 2-4 pm today

11/15/2025

At Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health, we believe clinicians do their best, most meaningful work when they are surrounded by a community that is warm, grounded, and genuinely invested in each other’s success. Whether you are an early-career psychologist or a seasoned clinician looking for a new professional home, we would love to invite you to explore what we’re building.

Our new Glebe location was designed to be a calming, uplifting environment where psychologists at all stages can feel supported, inspired, and connected.

At Ottawa River, you’ll find:

✨ A collegial team culture where clinicians consult openly and support one another
✨ A stable, well-organized practice so you can focus your energy on client care
✨ Beautiful, Zen-inspired spaces that help clients and clinicians feel grounded
✨ Opportunities for mentorship, collaboration, and ongoing learning
✨ Room to grow your niche, develop programs, or deepen your specialty
✨ A community that values diversity of experience and professional pathways

We welcome psychologists who are:

🌿 Building their careers and looking for a supportive, structured environment
🌿 Mid-career clinicians seeking a refresh, a community, or new opportunities
🌿 Senior psychologists who want a collegial, well-run practice to continue meaningful work

When you visit our space, we hope you’ll feel:

🌱 A sense of belonging
🌱 A culture of kindness and mutual respect
🌱 A practice where clinicians elevate one another
🌱 A team committed to excellence and humanity
🌱 A home for the next chapter of your professional life

If you are exploring new possibilities or simply curious about what a collaborative, values-driven practice could offer, we warmly invite you to come by for a visit, meet our team, and see if Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health feels like the right fit.

With warmth,
Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health

11/14/2025

Let us offer you an experience of generation 3.0 mental health support. We are focused on not just helping you cope or adapt but on understanding, transforming and moving to wellbeing and growth beyond symptom removal.

We are delighted today to support the work of .garderiviere recognizing that our wellbeing and growth is interdependent with the wellbeing and growth of our living world.

Reach out to our link in bio if you are ready to move to the next level in your mental health and wellbeing

11/11/2025

You’ve served your community with courage — but lately, the weight feels heavier than ever.

At Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health, our registered psychotherapists understand the toll that years of service can take.
When trauma doesn’t respond to traditional therapy, we offer next-generation approaches like Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PaT) Preparation and Integration to help first responders reconnect with themselves and find real, lasting relief.

Healing doesn’t mean weakness — it means finally letting go of what no longer needs to be carried.

💧 Take the next step toward recovery.
➡️ Book your confidential session: ottawariverpsych.janeapp.com

11/11/2025

For the achiever who can’t stop. For the perfectionist who never lets up. For the “I’m fine” person who’s anything but.

You’ve hit the wall — but you didn’t stop.
You’ve ticked every box, crushed every target, and still the exhaustion remains. You push harder, because giving up isn’t an option.
Yet something inside you says: there must be a better way.

In this latest edition of the Change Is Possible series, renowned psychotherapist-educators pull back the curtain on how burnout and obsessive-compulsive patterns converge in high-performing professionals. This is not just another “self-help” manual. It’s a battle plan for the over-achiever who’s done carrying the weight alone.

Inside you’ll discover:

Self-assessments to spot when “driven” has turned into “done.”

Practical, no-fluff strategies to move from constant doing to deep being.

A roadmap to unbind your value from your output—and reclaim your presence.

Here’s the truth: the same skills that made you great — the perfectionism, the relentlessness, the internal rule-book — can also be your undoing. This guide shows you how to turn them into tools of transformation instead.

If you’re ready to stop being exhausted and outstanding, it’s time to begin the real work of change. Because your best chapter isn’t built on burnout—it’s built on awakening.

Change Is Possible.
And it starts here.

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11/11/2025

Healing has an address.

And it’s here — in the Glebe.

At Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health, our new flagship clinic is a place where care feels different.

Where the air is calm.

Where modern psychology, mindfulness, and compassion science meet in one flowing ecosystem of care.

From trauma recovery to thriving, from individuals to couples and professionals — this is where Ottawa comes to grow.

Come see what’s possible when mental health care finally feels like coming home.

🌿 Book your first session today: ottawariverpsych.janeapp.com



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