Anne-Marie Lachance, Registered Psychotherapist

12/08/2025

There’s a moment in therapy that gives me so much hope —
when someone who has spent years being quiet, pleasing, shrinking, or surviving…
finally starts to feel angry.

Not explosive, not destructive —
but the kind of anger that tells the truth:
“That wasn’t okay.”
“I deserved better.”
“I mattered, even then.”

Anger isn’t the problem —
for so many, it’s the evidence that your nervous system trusts you enough to speak.
It’s a sign that your story is being reclaimed, boundary by boundary, breath by breath.

If you’re beginning to feel anger in your healing — it doesn’t mean you’re regressing.
Often, it means you’re finally safe enough to feel.
And that is something worth celebrating. 💛

11/05/2025

Soon to be back from maternity leave — coffee in hand, heart full, and slowly finding my way back to the therapy chair. ☕👶🏽💬

The past months have been full of growth, tenderness, and deep reflection. As I begin this transition back to work, I’m reaching out first to reconnect and share a few updates before reopening my schedule.

✨ If you’re a current or past client, please check your inbox for details about my return and next steps.

I can’t wait to reconnect soon and hold space together again 🌿

10/20/2025

PCOS comes with enough challenges—shame and blame shouldn’t be one of them.

Too many people with PCOS hear dismissive comments like:
– “Just lose weight.”
– “It’s probably just stress.”
– “You’ll be fine once you want kids. We will deal with it then."

Or they struggle to obtain a diagnosis and are perpetually invalidated by the medical system.

None of those statements tell the truth. PCOS is a complex hormonal and metabolic condition that affects your body, your cycles, your energy, and often your mental health. And here’s the most important part:

🌱 It is not your fault.

You deserve care that validates your experience instead of minimizing it. And you deserve support for the emotional weight PCOS can bring from someone who deeply understands it. Because it’s more than a medical condition, it’s a whole-life experience.

In therapy, we create space for the frustration, grief, and hope that often come with PCOS. You don’t have to navigate it alone.

💌 If this resonates, reach out through my bio to learn how therapy with me can support your journey with PCOS.

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09/19/2024

There is a school of thought that believes therapists should never share any opinions or show their personality. I do not belong to that approach and I believe it is outdated.

I belong to a school of thought that believes that political viewpoints should be in the therapy room.

The western medical model of disease deflects political causation and individualizes the origin of the problem or illness. - Ana Clarissa Rojas Durazo

Depoliticizing people's suffering is a problem because it allows people to say, for example, it's not capitalism or poverty or racism impacting your mental health its that you have a label/disorder like depression or anxiety and that's a YOU problem.

We MUST name the cause of people's pain. When there is genocide and the world is on fire, it is important to name that and grieve it and work with it instead of putting the expectation on the individual to be able to overcome those deeply rooted issues that are triggering your wellness struggle, challenges or suffering.

There is a place and a time for all of this, of course. Incorporating politics into therapy will always be done with sensitivity and respect for your comfort and needs. I always strive to create an environment where you feel safe to express your views and explore the influences, biologically, sociologically, or psychologically, that may be impacting your wellness.

09/11/2024

Self-love is the foundation of your worth. Nurture it daily, and watch your confidence, relationships and happiness grow. 🌱

Truthfully, I don't know if many of us know what it means to build our worth, how to find it if it's lost or too low. Worth and self-love are wonderful terms, but what do they mean?
Come chat with me and learn all about how they look in your world, and if a shift is needed, I will be your guide!

09/09/2024

08/26/2024

04/27/2024

My sanctuary & therapy space

For my clients who have been with me since I started my private practice, they'll know I started in a space that I shared, moved to my own tiny little nook (less than 80 square feet with a sloped ceiling) down the hall from that space and kept growing by sharing other therapy spaces at my old office in Courtice.

Now, in downtown Whitby, I have found a home for your healing journeys and a space I love spending my days. I am proud of what I have built and I am grateful for my clients that have followed me in my own business growth journey!

I look forward to seeing you!

04/18/2024

Are you a mental health professional seeking office space and growth opportunities in the GTA?

09/26/2021

Something exciting in the works!
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