HGT Counselling

02/19/2026

‼️ Responses please

As you know HGT is looking to hire a couples counsellor to the team. We want to know if virtual was the only option, would it be useful?

If couples prefer in person. We will hire accordingly.

Please comment your preference below👇

02/16/2026

Something intentional is growing at 🌿

We’re expanding and looking to welcome a therapist interested and experienced with couples and youth/children into the practice.

If you’re registered and authorized to practice in PEI, value trauma-informed care, and are looking to grow your caseload or maybe slow down and work part-time with no administrative duties within an established practice, I’d love to connect.

📩 Send inquiries to: info@hgtcounselling.com

www.hgtcounselling.com

Please feel free to share with anyone who may be aligned.

02/12/2026

🌪 Overthinking isn’t a flaw — it’s a trauma response.

It often develops from growing up around criticism, being told you were “wrong,” or having your feelings minimized.

Your nervous system learned that safety meant anticipating, replaying, and getting it right.

How do we interupt it? Let's work on it together

https://hgtcounselling.janeapp.com/

02/08/2026

💚 PSA
Self-care is actually:

Doing the hard things that benefit the future you.

Working out when you don't want to.
The budget you stick to.
Owing your sh*t and making the changes instead of trying to blame and change the people around you.
Apologizing and doing differently next time.
The boundary you enforce no matter how hard it is.
The conversations you have, no matter how uncomfortable.

This isn't easy. It's brave, it takes work, healing, growth.
This is why many choose to stay the same. It is easier.

We can work on this together- when you're ready.

info@hgtcounselling.com
https://hgtcounselling.janeapp.com/

02/05/2026

❔Why go to therapy?
Not because you’re broken.

You go because life shapes us.
Because patterns repeat until they’re understood.
Because surviving isn’t the same as living with ease.

✨Therapy isn’t about fixing —
It’s about getting curious instead of critical,
making sense of what you’ve carried,
and learning how to move through the world with more choice and less weight.

It is a space to honour yourself, the life you lived and work towards the life you always wanted

— Chelsea | HGT Counselling
info@hgtcounselling.com

02/01/2026

For many people, anger is the unexpected signal that healing is happening.

It shows up when you finally realize how much of your life was shaped by survival.
By adapting.
By staying small, quiet, agreeable, hyper-independent, or “easy” to keep the peace.

That anger isn’t about becoming bitter or reactive.
It’s about clarity.

It’s the moment your nervous system realizes:
“Oh. That wasn’t okay.”
“I shouldn’t have had to carry that.”
“I deserved more safety than I had.”
"F*uck this- no more".

Anger is often the first real boundary forming.
Not explosive — informative.
Not destructive — protective.

And no, it isn’t the end of healing.
For many, it’s the beginning of finally choosing themselves — gently, firmly, and without apology.

If your healing journey has an angry cat phase…
You’re probably right on track 🐾

— Chelsea
HGT Counselling

01/29/2026

🐾 Another year, another kennel sponsored 🐾

I’m honoured to continue supporting the PEI Humane Society through an annual kennel sponsorship.

As PEI’s Pet Loss Grief Specialist, this support comes from a deep belief that no one should have to grieve the loss of a beloved animal in silence or alone. The bond we share with our pets is real, and so is the grief when they’re gone — yet so many people feel unsure where to turn or worry their pain won’t be understood.

This sponsorship is one small way of helping close that gap — between loving deeply, losing deeply, and knowing that support exists. There are people who understand and at HGT Counselling, we offer the space and support for this kind of grief.

To the PEI Humane Society team: thank you for the compassion and care you offer every day. And to the animals waiting for their forever homes — you are held, seen, and loved 💛

If supporting animals (and the people who love them) speaks to you, check out their website below:

👉 https://peihumanesociety.com/adopt/

To connect with us:
www.hgtcounselling.com
info@hgtcounselling.com
Book here: https://hgtcounselling.janeapp.com/

01/25/2026

💚Healing isn’t becoming someone new.

✨It’s becoming someone who can finally show up for the parts that needed it the most.

🌿Therapy can help: https://hgtcounselling.janeapp.com/

01/22/2026

💚Some parents never learned how to regulate emotions, repair ruptures, or show up with consistency.

That doesn’t mean you’re too sensitive.
It means you were asking for something they didn’t yet have the capacity to give.

If you grew up feeling unseen, walking on eggshells, or becoming “the strong one” early — this may resonate.

This article gently breaks down what emotionally immature parenting can look like and how to protect yourself now, without guilt or self-abandonment:

🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/being-your-best-self/202504/handling-relationships-with-emotionally-immature-parents?msockid=24e460ad6e75614a306776636fb060af

Healing doesn’t require blaming your parents —
It asks you to stop blaming yourself.
Start setting boundaries and caring for the parts of you that adapted to survive. 🤍

01/18/2026

✨I can’t wait for the day you say, “I’m so proud of myself.”

We’re often taught that we’re not supposed to need that from others — that it should come from within.

But some of us never heard it. Or didn’t hear it enough.

So until your own voice learns how to say it, I’ll say it for you — loudly and often.
I am proud of you.

And when your voice comes online, I’ll still be here, cheering.

info@hgtcounselling.com
www.hgtcounselling.com

01/14/2026

💚Sometimes healing looks like…

It’s about becoming aware, accountable, and kind while you’re still learning.
• Recognizing your role in situations without collapsing into shame
• Realizing you are part of the solution
• Letting “I’m human and doing my best” be enough
• Cringing at past behaviour (that awareness is growth)
• Apologizing without defending yourself
• Seeing your patterns — and sometimes still stepping into them with compassion
• Sitting with uncomfortable truths without spiralling
• Growing while grieving the comfort of who you used to be
• Knowing better and still occasionally doing the “dumb” thing
• Choosing growth anyway

Healing isn’t about becoming flawless —
It is about becoming aware, accountable, and kind while you’re still learning.

www.hgtcounselling.com
info@hgtcounselling.com

01/14/2026

Dear men,

As humans we need community. Please see this opportunity below and offer yourself the chance at something new. 👇

Charlottetown Men's Shed Information session
Join us Jan 23rd from 230-400 at the Beaconsfield Carriage House, 2 Kent Street, Charlottetown to learn about how you can get involved in starting the first Men's Shed in PEI.