Coastal Path Therapy Group

Coastal Path Therapy Group Compassionate, authentic, effective therapy. Authentic, compassionate, effective care.

At Coastal Path Therapy Group, we walk alongside you with care, connection, and evidence-based support—at your pace, on your path, in a space where you’re seen, heard, and truly supported. We believe in therapy that truly heals using evidence-based practices and real connections. We work together to create your path, walk it at a pace that works for you, and support you along the way in a safe space where you are accepted and cared for.

Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all.Some days you cry. Some days you vent. Some days you sit there not knowing what to say.A...
05/21/2026

Therapy isn’t one-size-fits-all.
Some days you cry. Some days you vent. Some days you sit there not knowing what to say.
All of it can still be therapy.

05/19/2026

Dr. and Dr. sit down together to discuss the five Rs of repair.

Regret
Rationale
Responsibility
Repentance
Repair

Responsibility and Repair are two that stand out.
For example: “Here is what I own and what I did wrong” or the common saying rings true “The best apology is changed behaviour”.

Repair implies we have done all these five things in action.

Save this post and apply it to your relationships.

A lot of people think therapy is supposed to look like this:“I feel bad → I go to therapy → I feel better.”But therapy i...
05/14/2026

A lot of people think therapy is supposed to look like this:

“I feel bad → I go to therapy → I feel better.”

But therapy is rarely that linear.

Sometimes you learn a skill and forget to use it. Sometimes you feel better before feeling worse again. Sometimes you avoid things, get triggered, shut down, open up, and then have to practice it all over again.

Therapy can feel like a roller coaster. A spiral. A few wrong turns and off-roads mixed in.

That doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It doesn’t mean therapy isn’t working.
It means you’re human.

Real healing is messy, layered, emotional, repetitive, and deeply non-linear. And often, the work is less about “fixing” yourself and more about learning how to move through life differently, with more awareness, compassion, and support.

Worry has a way of getting loud fast.Before we know it, our minds are spiralling through every possible “what if.”That’s...
05/12/2026

Worry has a way of getting loud fast.
Before we know it, our minds are spiralling through every possible “what if.”

That’s why I love this “calming the worry storm” exercise. It helps slow things down and bring us back to the present moment.

Start with the worry:
“How big is this worry?”
“Is it true?”
“What will probably happen?”
“Who can help me with this?”
“What’s one small step I can take right now?”

And when the worry feels overwhelming, pause and notice:

1 thing you can taste
2 things you can smell
3 things you can hear
4 things you can touch
5 things you can see

Grounding helps remind the nervous system that we are here, now — not stuck in every possible future outcome.

Mother’s Day can hold so many different emotions all at once.For some, it’s joy and celebration. For others, it can brin...
05/08/2026

Mother’s Day can hold so many different emotions all at once.
For some, it’s joy and celebration. For others, it can bring grief, longing, complicated relationships, infertility, loss, estrangement, or reminders of what never was.

Days like this can feel especially heavy when your experience doesn’t match the picture-perfect version often shown online.

Whatever this day brings up for you, your feelings are allowed to exist without comparison or explanation. There is no “right” way to move through it.

Sending care today to the mothers, the grieving, the hopeful, the healing, and everyone carrying complicated feelings quietly. 💗

05/06/2026

This is a bit of a simplistic take although, we do love Dr Gabor Maté’s work.

Triggers don’t just come out of nowhere.

A lot of the time, they’re tied to earlier experiences where something in us didn’t feel seen, soothed, or safe.

So yes—what comes up in your body matters.
Noticing it matters.
Getting curious about it matters.

But healing isn’t about forcing yourself into triggers or “just letting the feeling take over.”

It’s about building enough safety—inside and with others—so that when something gets activated, you can stay with it without becoming overwhelmed.

That’s the difference.

You don’t need to chase your pain to heal it.
You need support, awareness, and the capacity to stay present with yourself when it shows up.

And that gets built over time, not pushed through.

Got this out there before the day was over! May the Fourth Be With You! 😆
05/04/2026

Got this out there before the day was over! May the Fourth Be With You! 😆

A lot of us are really good at thinking our feelings instead of actually feeling them.We can explain them, analyze them,...
05/01/2026

A lot of us are really good at thinking our feelings instead of actually feeling them.

We can explain them, analyze them, justify them… and still feel stuck.

Feeling your emotions isn’t about losing control. It’s about getting connected. To your body, to your internal cues, to what’s actually happening underneath the surface.

Start small.
Notice your body when nothing big is happening so you can recognize when something shifts.
Pause before you reach for a distraction.
Name what’s there without trying to fix it.
Get curious about what’s really being activated.

And then… let yourself feel it. In your body, not just your mind.

It might be uncomfortable, but it’s also where movement happens.

Therapy can feel intimidating when you don’t know what to expect, especially if your only reference is what you’ve seen ...
04/27/2026

Therapy can feel intimidating when you don’t know what to expect, especially if your only reference is what you’ve seen in movies or on TV.

But here’s the truth: you don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.

You can take your time opening up.
You can come exactly as you are.
You don’t need a perfectly defined “why.”

Feeling stuck doesn’t mean you’re failing, it just means you’re human. And therapy meets you there, at your pace. You’re always in the driver’s seat, your therapist is simply there to help guide the way.

You also don’t have to be in crisis to benefit. Therapy isn’t just about fixing something that’s broken, it can be an investment in your growth, your relationships, and your overall wellbeing.

Your reason for coming is enough. Even if you’re still figuring it out.

The goal is to feel safe, supported, and at home in the process, wherever you choose to go.

04/24/2026

Dr. Gabor Maté discusses how we don’t fall in love but, return to unfinished childhoods. Take a listen. 🎧

Couples don’t go to therapy because something is wrong. They go because something matters.Loving someone does not automa...
04/23/2026

Couples don’t go to therapy because something is wrong. They go because something matters.

Loving someone does not automatically mean we know how to communicate, repair, or stay connected when things feel hard.

Therapy is a space to slow things down, understand the patterns underneath, and learn how to actually hear each other.

It is not about fixing the relationship. It is about being more intentional within it.

Coastal Path Therapy has therapists trained in couples counselling. Please reach out to book with Vanessa or Jody.

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11 Gondola Point Road, Suite 202
Rothesay, NB

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+15062160221

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