Care Connect Psychotherapy & Counselling Services

07/17/2025

There's growing recognition that our physical surroundings play an important role in supporting mental health - especially when it comes to spending time in nature 🌱

Exposure to natural environments has been shown to reduce stress, ease symptoms of anxiety and depression, and promote a sense of calm and clarity.

In addition to my in-office and virtual therapeutic offerings, I also offer local Walk & Talk sessions across the Bay of Quinte area! Send me an email at erika@care-connect.ca if you're interested in exploring this option with me 🌿

* Certified Walk & Talk Therapy Provider via *

07/13/2025

We are proud to announce that St. Leonard's HPE's Emergency and Transitional Housing Program is now operational.

07/13/2025

Integration is a gentle and compassionate practice, not a forceful act of fixing. By acknowledging and validating each part of yourself—including the ones carrying pain or confusion—you allow these fragmented aspects to naturally move towards connection and healing. These ideas emphasize the importance of compassionate witnessing in somatic integration.

Inspired by the insightful teachings of Frances D. Booth.

Activate deep, lasting transformation with the Integrative Somatic Parts Work Certificate Program, starting July 19, 2025. In this immersive, live online training guided by expert facilitator Frances D Booth LICSW, you'll gain practical tools to compassionately connect with, understand, and integrate all parts of yourself.

🔗 Register now: https://www.theembodylab.com/integrative-somatic-parts-work-certificate?utm_source=social

07/12/2025

Feels Like Home is Back! 💗

🗓 SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
🕑 6 - 8:30PM
📍 74 Dundas St W Unit 5 (upstairs)

In this next edition, we’ll be making postcards to our (not-so-distant) future selves - a gentle practice in intention-setting, hope, and self-compassion.

Combine words and visuals to speak to where we are now - and where we’re heading. Watercolour paints, magazines, coloured pencils, and other supplies will be provided.

No art experience necessary!

Light refreshments and treats will be provided, too. RSVP at the QR code provided or comment below 🥰💕

07/07/2025

Yesterday's collage night was such a hit! 💗✂️🔥

Warm thank you to those who made it to me and .cal's first (of many!) art series, FEELS LIKE HOME. We made some wicked art together 🥰

Stay tuned for our next art workshop this August ❤️

 

06/29/2025

Only a week away! Reach out if you're interested, there's still spots available!

06/27/2025

Happy Graduation Day! 🎉🎓

I started this journey at Queen's University in 2022 - time flies just as much as it drags! I'm so proud of how far I've come, through the highs and lows.

Excited to spend this next while focusing on my private practice before (hopefully) returning to school next fall for KATI (Kutenai Art Therapy Institute). Lots to look forward to!

06/26/2025

06/24/2025

06/24/2025

Today marked an important moment for me: I celebrated my official ribbon cutting for Care Connect Psychotherapy & Counselling Services!

At first I wasn't sure if I even wanted to have a ribbon cutting ceremony, but decided to go ahead with it because I knew, deep down, how transformative this trek into private practice has been. This therapeutic space is a love letter to my younger selves and all those who yearn for togetherness in an oftentimes lonely world.

I love all of me, no matter what a nervous wreck I was today for doing this! More pics to come, but here are some shots to celebrate this big brave occasion 🎉🌼💕

06/22/2025

Feel overwhelmed? Anxious?

The 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique is a gentle way to reconnect with your body and surroundings - one sense at a time.
No tools needed. Just your breath, your awareness, and this moment. 🌿

Swipe through to practice 🩷