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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.
11/16/2025
Caregiving Is Hard. You Deserve Inner Support That Helps You Stay Present and Whole.
Caregivers often carry invisible burdens: pressure to fix, exhaustion, over-responsibility, and the fear of not doing enough. These inner “parts” can pull us away from the grounded compassion we want to offer at the bedside.
In this two-hour experiential workshop, you will learn to:
1. Effortless mindfulness practices that connect you to your Self energy
2. Parts-mapping
3. The steps to relate from Self to parts
4. A way to relate to caregiving from Flow and Joy.
What You’ll Experience
• Gentle grounding practices
• Small group reflection
• Guided meditations for Flow
• Specific steps to caring for the parts of you that get triggered while caregiving
• A pathway to deeper training (play-shops, retreats, advanced IFS-informed programs)
You’ll leave not only with practices, but with a felt sense of Self leadership—your own capacity to stay steady, warm, and open-hearted in the most challenging moments.
Join the workshop. Reconnect with your Self. Bring more presence and joy to your caregiving.
11/15/2025
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
We’re growing, and I would love to invite you to visit our new Glebe space and see what we’re creating.
If you’ve been looking for:
🔥 A team culture grounded in generosity, wisdom, and collaboration
🔥 Colleagues who elevate each other, not compete
🔥 A stable, well-run group practice with shared values
🔥 Space to grow your skills within a trusted, supportive network
🔥 A beautifully designed environment that nourishes both clinicians and clients
…then I think you’ll feel at home with us.
When you come by, here’s what you’ll experience:
✨ A team that respects each other
✨ A space built to support meaningful psychological work
✨ Systems that make your practice smoother and more sustainable
✨ A culture of kindness, professionalism, and inclusivity
✨ Colleagues who celebrate each other’s successes and offer support during challenges
My goal has always been to build spaces where clinicians can do exceptional work serving their community together—
If you’re looking for a place where your expertise is valued, your growth is supported, and your colleagues feel like teammates, I’d love to talk.
Come walk through the space, have a tea, and get a feel for the kind of collaborative practice we’re continuing to grow.
If this resonates, let’s find a time to connect.
11/15/2025
Compassion is the activity of emptiness.
How would it be to be compassionate without any fixed sense of self or agenda behind the action?
No-thingness is the power behind all true transformation.
Notice instances of selfing and relax just a little - make room for the Ultimate to manifest through this human life.
11/11/2025
I am celebrating over 35 years in the field of mental health and wellbeing, and over 20 years as a clinical and health psychologist.
At this phase in my professional life it is my joy to serve and scale a clinic of integrative, evidence-informed, diverse mental health professionals Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health who share a focus on moving high performers and their families from struggle to strength, from survival to thriving.
To book a free 20 minute consultation, or to find out more, please check out our Ottawa River Integrative team link in my bio.
ORIMH offers confidential, compassionate, research-based integrative mental health care. Helping overcome burnout, anxiety, depression and OCD in high perfo...
11/10/2025
If you or someone you love struggles with life after PTSD, let us help. We have clinicians trained in EMDR, PE, CPT and other trauma-senseitive treatments. There is Post Traumatic Growth and thriving still available to you. Book here: https://ottawariverintegrative.com
Ontario’s regulatory body is slashing the requirements to become a licensed psychologist, which is a threat to the most vulnerable seeking mental health care
10/10/2025
If there is one thing that you take away for your own practice, whether it is your personal meditation or your care for the others in your life, it is to remember that awareness has your back. Always.
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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.
