Insight Therapy

Insight Therapy We support individual with trauma
Providing daily mental health tips
Helping individuals since 2016
Book your complimentary consultation below

CPTSD doesn’t just silence your voice—it teaches you that shrinking is safer than being seen. But over time, the cost of...
08/30/2025

CPTSD doesn’t just silence your voice—it teaches you that shrinking is safer than being seen. But over time, the cost of staying small begins to feel heavier than the risk of taking up space.

What does starting to live look like?
Not all at once.
But in the quiet, radical ways we begin to choose ourselves again:

– Saying no without guilt
– Letting your nervous system soften, even for a moment
– Feeling your feelings without needing to fix them
– Reaching out, even when it’s terrifying
– Creating safety from the inside out

This is the work we do at Insight Therapy.
We help you reconnect with your voice, your boundaries, your body—and remind your nervous system what safety can feel like.

If you’re ready to begin that journey, we’re here. Click the link in bio to book a consultation or comment the word “consult” for booking link 💛

__________________________
head to the bio to:
→ START THERAPY with us (Ontario, Canada)🇨🇦
→ RECEIVE free resources
__________________________
♡ IG ≠ therapy
♡ disclaimers ⇒ highlight
♡

When you’ve lived through trauma, your brain learns to hold on to danger. That’s why you may find yourself bracing for t...
08/28/2025

When you’ve lived through trauma, your brain learns to hold on to danger. That’s why you may find yourself bracing for the worst, even when nothing is wrong.

The good news? The same brain pathways that once stored trauma can also be rewired through new experiences.

Every time you:
✨ picture a safe place
✨ breathe into calm
✨ connect with someone who feels supportive

…you’re showing your nervous system something different. And the body begins to record those moments as real.

Healing isn’t about erasing the past it’s about teaching your brain and body that safety exists, too. With repetition, new experiences create new patterns.

💬 Save this post if you need the reminder: new experiences are not “small” — they are the building blocks of healing.

Disclaimer in highlights

Developmental trauma isn’t just about one big event — it’s the repeated absence of what we needed most while growing up....
08/21/2025

Developmental trauma isn’t just about one big event — it’s the repeated absence of what we needed most while growing up. It happens when the environments we grew up in couldn’t consistently provide safety, attunement, and care during the stages we needed it most.

🔹 Infancy (0–2 years): We needed safety, soothing, and secure attachment. Without it, our nervous system learned to stay on high alert.

🔹 Early Childhood (2–6 years): We needed guidance, play, and emotional validation. Without it, we often learned shame or that our emotions were “too much.”

🔹 Middle Childhood (6–12 years): We needed support with learning, friendships, and self-confidence. Without it, we may have missed out on social skills or felt “different.”

🔹 Adolescence (12–18 years): We needed independence, identity, and encouragement. Without it, many of us struggle with self-worth and boundaries today.

Healing developmental trauma means slowly giving yourself now what you didn’t receive then 💛

Disclaimer in highlights

The freeze response is born in survival. When your nervous system senses threat, it scans for options: fight, flight, or...
08/21/2025

The freeze response is born in survival. When your nervous system senses threat, it scans for options: fight, flight, or freeze.

If fighting back or running away doesn’t feel possible maybe because you were too young, too small, or the situation was unsafe to resist your body does the next best thing: it shuts down.

Freeze says: “If I can’t get out, I’ll go numb. I’ll disconnect. I’ll wait it out until it’s safe.”

Over time, especially with repeated trauma, this survival response can become wired into the body. You may find yourself freezing in situations that don’t seem “dangerous” now like being asked a hard question, needing to make a decision, or feeling emotionally overwhelmed.

This isn’t weakness or failure. It’s the imprint of a nervous system that once learned: the safest way to survive is to go still.

With time, compassion, and healing, the body can learn new ways of responding — and thaw out of freeze. It’s about retraining the nervous system to feel safe again.

Disclaimer in highlights

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between a normal reaction and a trigger.A normal reaction is tied to the pres...
08/20/2025

Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference between a normal reaction and a trigger.

A normal reaction is tied to the present moment. Something happens, you feel an emotion, and it passes once the situation is over.

A trigger feels different. It’s when the intensity of your reaction comes from something much older. Your body responds as if the past is happening again, even if the present situation doesn’t fully explain the depth of what you feel.

Neither response means there’s something “wrong” with you. They’re both ways your system has learned to protect you. The more you can notice the difference, the easier it becomes to respond with understanding rather than self-judgment.

If you’re ready to start exploring this work in therapy, Alessandra from the team is currently accepting new clients. Comment consult below or use the link in our bio to book a complimentary consultation.

Disclaimer in highlights

Those moments when you don’t feel like your old self anymore, but your new self hasn’t fully arrived yet.It can feel con...
08/19/2025

Those moments when you don’t feel like your old self anymore, but your new self hasn’t fully arrived yet.

It can feel confusing, even uncomfortable… but that space is where transformation is happening.

Instead of rushing through it or labeling it as “wrong,” what if you allowed yourself to rest there? Healing often asks us to pause, soften, and trust the process that’s unfolding.

Save this as a reminder: if you’re in the in-between, you are not stuck you are becoming 💛

Disclaimer in highlights

08/15/2025

Face it. Feel it. Get the Wisdom. Build forward.

✨ Another trip around the sun ✨My birthday passed recently, and while I celebrated quietly, I couldn’t help but reflect ...
08/14/2025

✨ Another trip around the sun ✨
My birthday passed recently, and while I celebrated quietly, I couldn’t help but reflect on the year behind me.

It’s been a year of growth not the kind you measure in achievements alone, but in the small moments:
🌿 Learning to slow down when my body asks for rest.
🌿 Saying “no” without guilt.
🌿 Letting joy and grief exist side by side.
🌿 Trusting that healing is never about rushing to the finish line.

Birthdays feel different as the years go on they become less about candles and more about gratitude.
Gratitude for the people who hold space for me.
Gratitude for the lessons (even the hard ones).
Gratitude for the privilege of doing the work I love.

Here’s to another year of growth, connection, and holding space for each other. 💛

Address

8700 Bathurst Street Unit7
Vaughan, ON
L4J9J8

Telephone

+14168544650

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Insight Therapy posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Insight Therapy:

Shortcuts

Share

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn
Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share via Email
Share on WhatsApp Share on Instagram Share on Telegram

Category