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12/03/2025

Listening to the Body: Why True Healing Goes Beyond Positive Thinking

Positive thinking alone can’t convince us we’re safe if our body feels otherwise.✨

At Terra Counselling we integrate mind and body through somatic therapy.

Real transformation happens when we:

✨Track sensations in the body

✨Befriend what arises with compassion

✨Restore balance gradually

Healing is about integration, not perfection.

Autumn reminds us that balance means holding both light and shadow, mind and body.

✨Curious about how somatic therapy could support you? Click the link in our bio to learn more or book a call ✨

11/10/2025

When the Past Affects the Present in Love

Sometimes your reaction isn’t just about what’s happening now.

It’s your body remembering what it felt like to be hurt, ignored, or abandoned in the past.

This is so common in relationships.

We don’t just fall in love with each other - we bring our entire emotional history with us.

Therapy helps you untangle the past from the present so you can respond from your heart, not your hurt.

✨You don’t have to keep reliving the same patterns.

✨Want to explore your emotional triggers in a safe, supportive space? Let’s connect✨

11/06/2025

The Power of the Self: Healing Anxiety with Compassion

At the heart of Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is the Self - your calm, compassionate core✨

When anxiety arises, the Self can act as an anchor.

Instead of being swept away by fear, you can pause and ask:

“What does this anxious part need from me right now?”

This simple shift allows you to respond with care instead of panic, bringing more balance and calm into your daily life.

✨ The Self doesn’t “fix” anxiety - it gently cares for it.

✨Want to explore connecting with your inner Self? Therapy can guide the way✨

11/03/2025

This Might Be the Most Gentle Therapy You’ve Ever Heard Of

EMDR therapy doesn’t require you to retell your whole story.

You don’t need to explain every detail to begin healing.

Instead, EMDR helps your brain “unstick” painful memories by using bilateral stimulation - like tapping, sound, or gentle eye movements.

This reprocessing supports your nervous system in releasing old reactions like panic, shame, or fear.

Think of moments like:

✨Freezing in an argument, even when you’re not in danger.

✨Feeling anxious before a meeting because of past rejection.

✨Getting overwhelmed by a smell or sound that reminds you of something painful.

EMDR therapy works by helping your body unlearn those fear responses - so you can finally feel calm, safe, and in control again.

✨ Want to learn what EMDR could look like for you? We’d be honoured to walk alongside you✨

10/31/2025

Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Connection and Awareness

Trauma doesn’t begin - or end - with one person.

It often moves through families until someone chooses to heal.

Children grow up needing two things:

✨Attachment (feeling safe and connected) and
✨Authenticity (being true to themselves)

Too often, they are asked to sacrifice authenticity to keep attachment.

Over time, this suppression can lead to depression, anxiety, or repeating painful family patterns.

Healing means restoring both needs - and breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma.

At Terra Counselling, we support individuals and couples in creating healthier, more compassionate ways forward.

✨ Swipe to learn how trauma is passed on - and how you can begin rewriting the story with healing and self-awareness.

✨If you’re ready to break cycles of intergenerational trauma, we’d love to walk alongside you. Reach out through our bio link✨

10/26/2025

Facing Hard Emotions in Therapy: Why It Matters

Every Hero’s Journey includes trials - and therapy is no different.

This stage is about sitting with hard emotions, facing old wounds, and discovering resilience.

It’s not easy, but it’s where transformation begins.

In therapy, you’re not alone.

Your therapist walks beside you as a mentor and guide, helping you reframe your story, build strength, and move through challenges with compassion.

✨ Ready to face your trials with support? Book a consultation and let’s take the next step together ✨

     

10/24/2025

Inner Critic or Compassion - Who’s Leading Your Life?

When things don’t go as planned, do you hear your inner critic or your inner compassion?

The critic usually says:

“You’re not good enough”

“Try harder.”

The compassionate voice usually says:

“You did your best”

“It’s okay to rest”

“You’re safe here”

Self-compassion doesn’t mean lowering your standards - it means creating safety inside yourself so you can rise again.

Which voice feels louder for you right now?

✨ If you’re curious about learning how to quiet your inner critic, connect with us - we’re here to help✨

10/20/2025

Why Trauma Responses Are Acts of Survival, Not Failure
Survivors of early trauma often carry the echoes of harm in their nervous systems.

Anxiety, hyper-independence, dissociation, numbing, or people-pleasing, these are not signs of weakness.
They are your body’s way of keeping you safe when the pain once felt unbearable.
These trauma responses are not failures.
They are survival.
They are resilience.

✨ With gentle support and trauma-informed therapy, the body can begin to release survival mode and find new ways of living.

10/17/2025

From Resistance to Renewal: Fall Reflections on Trauma Healing
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Change can sometimes awaken some resistance.
That resistance isn’t failure, it’s a protective part of us, shaped by past experiences, trying to keep us safe.

Through somatic therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS), we learn to:
✨Acknowledge resistance with compassion
✨Listen with curiosity
✨Allow change to unfold at its own pace
✨ Savour the imperfect journey
At Terra Counselling, we support clients in meeting resistance not with shame, but with gentleness, because healing happens when we befriend every part of ourselves.
✨If this reflection resonates with you, we’d love to connect and support your healing journey ✨

10/16/2025

How Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Helps with Triggers
When you feel triggered, it’s easy to get stuck in blame or shutdown mode.

But what if your reaction is actually a message from a deeper part of you needing to feel safe, seen, and loved?
That’s where Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) comes in.

EFT helps couples explore the emotional patterns beneath the conflict, and reconnect with empathy instead of reactivity.

✨It’s not about fixing each other. It’s about understanding each other.
✨If you’re curious about EFT, we’d love to support you or your relationship journey✨

10/10/2025

Anxiety Isn’t the Enemy: How IFS Helps Us Embrace Our Parts

Anxiety often feels like an unwelcome guest, but in Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, it is seen as a protective part of us.

Instead of pushing it away, we can meet this anxious part with compassion - understanding that it’s often trying to keep us safe from past hurts.
When we shift from judgment to curiosity, our anxious parts begin to feel heard and supported, and the intensity of anxiety can soften.
✨ What if your anxiety is not the enemy, but a younger part of you asking for care?
✨If anxiety feels overwhelming, you don’t have to face it alone. Reach out to explore how therapy can help ✨

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Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

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