Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health

04/17/2026

Join us online for our June 5, 2026 Ottawa River Grand Rounds - 8 years and going strong!

This month we welcome Rebecca Kennedy, MD. Rebecca is a family medicine physician with more than 20 years of clinical experience. She worked at a migrant farmworker clinic at the start of her career, then spent 15 years at Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Oregon, where she served as the lead physician for the Long COVID specialty group. In 2023, she founded Resilience Health Care, a clinic dedicated to treating neuroplastic symptoms. She now provides virtual consultations to patients worldwide and supports recovery from a wide range of chronic symptoms with a particular focus on long COVID. She is active in teaching, collaboration, and advocacy. Dr. Kennedy collaborates internationally on treating chronic pain and other persistent symptoms. She is a member of the Oslo Chronic Fatigue Consortium and serves as board chair of the nonprofit Association for the Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS).

04/14/2026

When your loved one has PTSD they are not living fully in the present. Their nervous system is still battling challenges from another place and time.

We are here to help. That is why we created the Change Is Possible series to support those who support the heroes who are still fighting their way back to themselves and those who love them.

Get your free Change Is Possible guide at link in bio

04/14/2026

The newest research on recovery from trauma emphasizes stabilization and regulation as well as titration of exposure so amygdala hijacking does not prevent the completion of trauma cycles somatically or the formation of new trauma narratives.

Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health is proud to offer THRIVE After Trauma.

THRIVE After Trauma is an intensive 10 week 20 session 30 hour phased trauma treatment program based on Harvard research and designed for the 51% of people who do not benefit from exposure based trauma treatments.

If you or a loved one are looking for freedom from trauma, download our free Change is Possible Guide for a loved one with PTSD

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04/12/2026

We are so excited to announce that Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health Inc now offers somatic therapies for trauma including psychotherapy

Now accepting new referrals for virtual (April 2026) and in person in Toronto (July 2026)

About Dr Sabina Sarin:

Dr Sarin’s work at is grounded in years of rigorous training: Ph.D. from McGill University (2014), M.Sc. and M.Phil. from Yale University, and ongoing advanced study including MBCT/MBSR training at the Omega Institute.

She specializes in complex and developmental trauma, narcissistic abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, eating disorders, grief and loss, sexual concerns, and empowerment — with a particular sensitivity to systemic and identity-based wounds including the impacts of racism and exploitation.

Book online at https://ottawariverintegrative.com or call 613-656-3331

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04/10/2026

What does gratitude mean to you? 😊

It could be as simple as a warm smile with friends, a sweet handwritten note, or just taking a moment to think about the good things in life, even when times are tough.

Gratitude shows up in many ways, like saying thank you or doing kind things for others. It's all about recognizing the goodness around us!

We’d love to hear what you’re grateful for today, share in the comments below! 💖

04/10/2026

Grief is the experience of being changed by loss. It says to us, "There was a 'before this happened' and an 'after this happened.' I will move forward, but I will never be the same."

Writing about our difficult emotions, including grief, can help us move forward in healthy ways. When we put our difficult experiences into language, research shows that it has an organizing effect. It allows us to see not only the difficult parts of the experience, but what we might have learned or gained, and it helps us to process it.

Grief changes us. It rewrites us. And we in turn rewrite our lives with it.

04/10/2026

What they ***should*** teach in graduate programs: the research on the importance of kindness! Check it out here…

04/08/2026

Join us May 1, 2026!

So excited to learn from our incredibly experienced and skilled colleague Thomas Holmes on Psychosis and IFS

04/07/2026

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We’re delighted to be a sponsor for the online IFS Canadian Community Conference happening June 5-6, 2026. It will feature keynote speakers, workshops, talks, and community-building events highlighting the diversity of IFS practice in Canada.

This is a beautiful opportunity to come together in learning, connection, and shared exploration of Internal Family Systems. We encourage you to check it out at https://hubs.ly/Q049VzGK0.

04/04/2026

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04/04/2026

Blaming is easy. Accountability is hard.

When you blame others, you’re admitting to yourself that you’re no longer in control. You give leverage to the person(s) you’re pointing your finger at, and you become a victim of the situation you’re in.

The greatest misconception is that avoiding accountability will lead to happiness, when in reality the reverse is true. Instead of pointing a finger, consider pointing a thumb back at yourself .. “I have to set a better framework to work with Sally in the future,” “If I’d been more upfront with the client, I wouldn’t be in this situation,” etc.

I think of accountability as the brakes. It stops the momentum of pain that comes from blaming others… It gives me great calm and comfort to feel that every issue in my life is one hundred percent my fault. It excites me to know that nobody else is in control. If I created the issue, then I have the power to fix it.