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Kimberly Sogge PhD CPsych Psychologist, Executive member of Clinical Psychology Section-Canadian Psychological Association, Podcast Dr Sogge on the Art & Science of Thriving
*SM does not = a professional relationship* I offer my clinical services as an experienced registered clinical health psychologist through Ottawa River Psychology/Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health, a group of registered health care professionals specializing in the family of Third Wave clinical health psychology and evidence-informed psychotherapies. Third Wave approaches in psychology and psychotherapy are grounded in contextual behavioural science, and take a process oriented perspective on suffering, emphasizing cultivation of psychological flexibility and de-identification of one's self from symptoms concomitant with a re-orientation towards processes that build vitality and committed actions towards values-based living. The Third Wave of psychology and psychotherapy is a big conceptual umbrella, and includes mindfulness and compassion-based interventions such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Process-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Internal Family Systems Therapy among others. I am a dedicated Buddhist practitioner with experience working with high performance athletes, military, front line responders and health care workers particularly physicians. I bring a Trauma Sensitive and Somatic emphasis to sessions integrating Third Wave processes from CBT, DBT, ERP, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Systems Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Integrated CBT, and Somatic Experiencing/Somatic IFS as indicated, to co-create an individualized plan for developing well-being and growth with you.
09/30/2025
Every child matters 🧡
September 30th is the Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day. If you’re an Indigenous ally, take this day [and every day] to learn more about the historical and current realities of Indigenous Peoples 🪶
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Title: How Ta**ra Supports Holistic Wellbeing
By Bryarly McEachern M.Sc.
Overview of the Topic: There are widespread misconceptions in the West that Ta**ra is all about sexuality and having more or****ic lo******ng. The truth is that Ta**ra is a holistic path of awakening our full potential, addressing all aspects of human wellbeing - physical, emotional, mental, sexual, spiritual, and relational. Ta**ra teacher and wellness practitioner Bryarly McEachern will be sharing the fundamental ways that Ta**ra supports clients' wellbeing and transforms lives.
Speaker Bio:
Bryarly is a certified Ta**ra teacher and bodyworker, whose passion is to help people access more peace, pleasure, power and purpose in their lives, transmuting inner lead into gold through the wisdom of Ta**ra and other integrative wellness modalities.
Bryarly's relevant professional experience spans yoga teacher training with Himalayan Yoga Master Yogrishi Vishvketu, 16 years of teaching Akhanda Hatha Yoga and Yin Yoga; she is a certified Ta**ra Master (Level 3) through Satyarthi Prateek of Ta**ra Nectar; she has participated in numerous trainings with other renowned Ta**ra teachers including Ma Ananda Sarita, Margot Anand and Sofia Sundari; she has studied/practiced a range of modalities for personal development and conscious communication including Satir Transformational Therapy, Authentic Relating Training, and Buddhist meditation; and she has energy healing and bodywork certifications in Reiki, Thai Yoga Massage, Ta**ra Nectar Touch Massage, and Kashmiri Ta**ra Massage.
From a previous life-chapter, Bryarly has an M.Sc. in field ecology from the University of Vermont, and is the co-founder and former executive director of Earth Path, an Ottawa-based nature education non-profit.
She teaches Ta**ra internationally and lives with her partner between France, Canada, and SE Asia.
The Ontario Ministry of Health is pushing the College of Psychologists & Behavioural Analysts of Ontario to drop standards of admission to the regulated health profession of psychology and the protection of the public in Ontario. Watch the discussion here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hleuMuQzU24
09/26/2025
A little Friday joy for you…
09/25/2025
BEING UNBLENDED: EFFORTLESS MINDFULNESS MEETS INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS WITH DR. KIMBERLY SOGGE, C. PSYCH
What if healing didn’t require efforting your way to peace, but instead relaxing into the Self that’s already here? In this experiential talk, clinical psychologist and mindfulness teacher Dr. Kimberly Sogge will explore the intersection of Loch Kelly’s Effortless Mindfulness and Richard Schwartz’s Internal Family Systems (IFS)—two elegant, compassionate approaches to awakening and psychological healing.
Together, we will:
Explore how the IFS model of “Self” aligns with the open-hearted awareness of effortless mindfulness
Practice gentle “glimpse” meditations that unhook us from the thinking mind into a spacious, loving presence
Learn how to unblend from reactive parts without suppressing or bypassing them
Discover how Self-led presence can become a trustworthy inner refuge in daily life and in therapeutic work
Whether you’re a clinician, a meditator, or simply someone seeking a kinder relationship with yourself, this session will offer tools for integrating non-dual awareness and parts work into your mindfulness journey.
Dr. Kimberly Sogge C.Psych is a Canadian Psychologist and the founder of Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health Inc., a hybrid group practice offering evidence-based psychology and psychotherapy focused on wellbeing and growth. She completed her academic training at McGill University and her doctoral training in Texas at both Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin. After completing her Ph.D., she returned to Canada to raise her children as Canadians and to serve in clinical and leadership roles within hospital-based mental health care.
At Ottawa River, Dr. Sogge integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), nondual mindfulness, and compassion science in her work with clients and clinicians alike. She is a member of the international Plum Village mindfulness community founded by Zen teacher ThĂch Nhất Hạnh, and host of Dr. Sogge: The Art and Science of Thriving, a podcast exploring how psychological science and contemplative wisdom can support human flourishing.
Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health helps you move beyond stress and survival. Rediscover clarity, resilience, & connection with expert therapy.
09/25/2025
Big changes to the psychology profession, some needed, some hasty and ill advised without consideration of risks to the public. The CPBAO meeting this Friday September 26 will be key. I recommend all aspiring and current psychologists attend if possible.
The College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts meeting of the College Council will begin at 9:00AM on Friday, September 26, 2025
09/24/2025
Save the date September 25-27, 2026 for a bilingual Compassion Focused Therapy training in Ottawa with Dr Francis Gheysen MD
So something has been cooking in the background of my mindfulness and therapy practice for several years now and in 2026 I will be able to serve a few delicious meals of it.
Those who have sat with my latest Mindful Self Compassion and mindfulness daylongs have tasted this new integration of Effortless Mindfulness and Internal Family Systems therapy.
If you are curious and open to Self exploration and relating to your parts from a place of Self please add your name to the waitlist for daylong and weekend playshops and retreats starting in February 2026.
Sign up for the waitlist here:
Psychological Science & Ancient Wisdom for Thriving
09/21/2025
So many health professionals I work with talk about how the lack of supportive structures in their workplace affect their availability to and effectiveness with patients.
That is why at Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health we hire for team members who value connection, collaboration and excellence in service.
We live our values because we ask our clients to live their values, and you can’t guide someone where you have never been willing to travel yourself.
If you are tired of being a lone hero trying to make a difference, join us.
Dedicated clinical supervision. Monthly collegial case consults. Guest speakers and professional development webinars. Beautiful spaces. All the marketing and administration done for you.
All this so you can focus on the stuff you trained to do. We want you to shine so your clients can shine.
Make the unconscious conscious or it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
I believe we can unburden these deep lineage patterns and allow the new to emerge joyfully and easily in this precious human life.
Our suffering and our awakening interare. Our worst unconscious fears may be doorways into our highest realization of Self.
Don’t be afraid to change. There are guides in so many forms standing by ready to help you on this journey of transformation.
09/17/2025
09/14/2025
I am sending out SO MUCH GRATITUDE to all our referral partners, colleagues, team members and child/adolescent, couples, family and adult therapy and assessment clients for YOUR AMAZING SUPPORT! https://ottawariverintegrative.com/
We have now moved into our new location in the Glebe neighbourhood in Ottawa and are catching up with all of your requests and referrals for compassionate, effective therapy and assessment with our FIRE team of psychologists, psychotherapists and mental health professionals.
We FEEL THE LOVE. If we have not yet met you, please reach out and get to know us.
We are now offering FREE Lunch and Learns for professional teams at health and wellness businesses in the Glebe and Centretown so we can get to know you.
To bring us in to visit your team at your workplace, with lunch on us and a short chat to share and also listen to you about how we can make your and your clients lives a little easier, please contact me, the Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health Inc. Clinical Director, at kim@ottawariverintegrative.com about setting up a time.
May all beings be well and happy.
Kimberly Sogge Ph.D., C.Psych. & the Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health clinical team.
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Dr. Kimberly Sogge C.Psych. Registered Clinical Health Psychologist, IMTA certified mindfulness teacher, CMSC certified MSC teacher.
I specialize in evidence based psychological treatments for health and performance that integrate mindfulness and compassion. ACT, CFT, CBT-E, MiCBT, MSC, MBCT, Maudsley FBT.
I hold a Ph.D. from the APA accredited program in Psychology from Texas A&M University, and my doctoral residency was at the University of Texas at Austin’s Student Health Center Behavioral Medicine Unit. My post doctoral work was in the Medical Simulation program and the Olin B. Teague V.A. Hospital PTSD Unit within the Texas A&M College of Medicine.
I have 25+ years of professional experience in mental health, healthcare, medical education, research, academics and hospital leadership. I have been honoured to hold positions as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Texas A&M College of Medicine, Health Psychologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital, Chief of Psychology Professional Practice at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, and Director of Child, Adolescent and Families Mental Health at the Clara Martin Center in Vermont. Inspired by what I have learned from the best organizations in health and mental health, I founded my own private practice in psychology.
My original solo practice has grown into the Ottawa River Psychology Group, a group of psychologists and registered psychotherapists who share a commitment to evidence based practice, diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and the integration of mindfulness and compassion into clinical interventions in the Third Wave of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tradition. Interventions that belong to the Third Wave include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Integrated CBT, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindful Self Compassion training, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and others.
My mindfulness practice began as a child when I spent many unstructured summers with horses on the vast open prairies in Western Canada. In graduate school I became very interested in mind-body health health, the role of emotions in physical wellbeing, and the emotional patterns that influenced physicians’ clinical reasoning with patients. My research naturally led me towards Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and I was able to complete my first training in MBSR with the “father of Western mindfulness” himself, Dr. Jon Kabat Zinn, who came to Austin, Texas where I was in my doctoral residency to teach a 9 day course for health professionals with Dr. Saki Santorelli. Since that time I have trained and taught many Mindfulness Based Interventions as a registered psychologist (MBSR, MBCT, MBRP, MiCBT, MSC) and have pursued further training as a mindfulness teacher (MYMT Spirit Rock 2 Year program, Awake in the Wild 2 Year program), Mindful Self Compassion certified teacher, and RYT200 yoga teacher with the intention of allowing mindful awareness and compassion to suffuse and transform all spheres of my life.
Three core elements of my own insight meditation practice are: inhabiting awareness in the body, expanding and deepening the heart of compassion, and softening attachment to a separate self through connecting with the vastness and generosity of the living natural world. My living contemporary dharma teachers include but are not limited to: David Loy, Mark Coleman, Jack Kornfeld, Phillip Moffitt, Pema Chodron, Ajahn Achalo, Ajahn Viradhammo, Thannissara, and Kittisarro.
