Chelsea Linden Therapy Services

03/11/2023

There’s something about client sessions on Saturday’s that I absolutely love. My mornings are always slower and my office building is its quietest✨It’s hard to explain, but it’s 👌🏻

11/19/2021

We can heal our attachment wounds by learning to hold the hand of our younger selves. The parts of us that feel big hurt are tender and need compassion and guidance. When we seek to understand the “why are they so big” we can begin to sooth them by offering affirmation, kindness and alternative ways of being✨

11/19/2021

Today I told someone the story about my birth parents. How they met and worked at Jasper Park Lodge as very young adults and fell in love. I told them about my adoption and how special the community of Jasper is to me. When I share that part of my story I am always reminded of how different my heart feels now than it did before I knew them- a shift from profound grief to profound understanding- to knowing, to feeling, to belonging 🤍 Where do you feel a sense of belonging most?

11/12/2021

These past 5 months with Jasper have been close to perfection! I’m dreaming of the day she can trot into the office with me and offer my clients whatever they are needing. She has calm energy and is fiercely affectionate, always seeming to know exactly what is needed ✨

10/26/2021

Hi 👋🏻 I’m Chelsea. I recently started seeing clients full-time in my practice and I gotta say, I’m loving it! Connection, curiousity & tenderness hold me in place with clients and I feel grateful for their trust and relationship. Therapist-y facts about me…
* I wear slippers almost always
* I cry with clients
* I apologize when I misstep
* I use my hands a lot when I talk
* I loooooove therapy!

Thanks for being here! 🤍

09/17/2021

Where do you feel your most authentic? Who are the people who help you anchor and sooth the parts that feel insecure or wounded?

Our parts shift, they get bigger and smaller, sometimes they are loud and out front and other times they tuck in and feel the most tender. What part of you may need a little attention or perhaps you've been ignoring or avoiding? What do you notice when you are curious about what that part is feeling and needing?

06/17/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/therapists/chelsea-linden-winnipeg-mb/832000

Chelsea Linden, Marriage & Family Therapist, Winnipeg, MB, R3N, (204) 400-4768, Human beings crave the comfort and closeness of relationships but can also suffer in the chaos of them. Rigid and negative patterns can develop in relationships causing disconnection and hurt. Therapy can provide unique....

06/14/2021

Therapy is dynamic. Sometimes it’s playful, restorative, humorous & freeing. Other times it can be emotional, confusing, exhausting & frustrating. It’s a space where folks can lean in, be seen & heard & have their experiences honoured. How we show up in therapy is unique. It can be creative, flexible & wonderfully connective ✨

03/21/2021

Relationships can be sacred, something we delight in and that help us feel our best selves. We can feel profoundly secure, safe and held in our relationships. Some relationships though feel hard and can hurt. We can feel deeply unseen, unheard and uncared for. We wonder how much of ourselves we have to put away to maintain the relationship and what the impact on our sense of self will be.

Sometimes we bend in relationships together and they become better and different. We heal and move in ways that feel meaningful and worthy of the pain and efforts. Other times, we choose to stay in relationship while setting boundaries that allow us to maintain a connection while caring for ourselves, which can feel hurtful for the other person. And sometimes, we end relationships and grieve the loss of what once was, what we imagined, wanted and or needed.

We crave the comfort of relationships but can also suffer in the chaos of them. 🤍

03/08/2021

To all who identify as women, Happy International Women’s Day. May we lift & hold one another up, may we honour our differences, may be celebrate, grieve, cheer and cry along side of each other & may we increase our awareness, activism & commitment to inclusion. Let us illuminate ourselves & others ✨

03/03/2021

A s*x menu is essentially a list of must have’s, must not’s and maybes.

Creating a s*x menu is an opportunity to explore s*xual interests. Co-creating one in relationship can be a way to explore needs and desires; how they have evolved, are the same and or different. It is an opportunity to be creative, set boundaries and increase erotic curiosity and awareness.

Feeling stuck in rigid ideas about s*x and s*xuality happens. What s*x used to be, what we have been taught, what others are doing and what dominant society says can influence our beliefs and actions. Menus can change, they are fluid and ebb and flow with life stages.

S*x isn’t supposed to be, feel and look the same throughout our lives and is as unique as we all are. Check in on your menu and see if it feels current, and know that it can be edited many times and whenever needed. 🤍

03/01/2021

Initiating and engaging in genuine repair in adult-child relationships is powerful and essential.

Repair is a fundamental component of healing attachment injuries, ruptures and wounds; no matter the size, no matter the reasons, no matter the time or place. It allows children to see the adult as human, to connect and to learn how to regulate emotion, trust themselves and be accountable. It creates beautiful opportunities to strengthen relationships and to deepen our understanding of the complexities of emotion and experiences.

It’s much more than apologizing. It takes practice, vulnerability and awareness.

When an adult acknowledge’s a child’s hurt and experiences it helps them feel less alone and offers them validation that what is happening for them is real, is seen and is okay. It tells them that the adult can handle and help manage what is happening. Through this experience, children learn to trust themselves- their feelings, thoughts, needs, bodies and relationships.

They know more than we as adults acknowledge sometimes. Name what is happening, say it out loud, give them space to be heard and seen and let them know what is happening for them makes sense. Reassure them as the adult and lean into the power of repair- it truly is an incredible thing 🤍

02/25/2021

Reconnecting with self and relationship(s) is something that can happen organically and without awareness. But, there are also times for all of us where we need to be more intentional with reconnection and repair. Knowing how can sometimes feel overwhelming. A gentle place to start could be:

With self: Try a hand or both over your heart center and a few deep breaths. Notice what comes up- thoughts, emotions and sensations. See if you can sense a part of you that feels lighter, more open or calm. As big or as tiny as it is.

In relationship(s): Try a hand on their arm(s) and find their eye gaze. Or a deep pressure embrace. Notice your breath and theirs. If you are able to, match the rhythm of their breath and be still, for as long as comfortable or needed. Notice what it feels like to be close.

There are many ways to reconnect. Do you know how you reconnect with yourself and in your relationship(s)? What do you need from others when you feel disconnected? What may they need from you?

02/21/2021

Hey! Whatcha all been up to this weekend? Have you found time for what you were/are needing?

Rest, relaxation, time connecting with self or others, fresh air, activities?

Whatever it is that you are all needing, I hope you get just that 🤍

02/19/2021

We can all consciously and unconsciously engage in ways that hurt us and our partner(s) and erode our relationships. Not all of the time and not forever, but when it happens it can result in us questioning how things are the way they are and how we can continue in them.

There are missed bids for connection and broken trust. There is neglect, rejection, unresolved conflict, attachment wounds and many other hurts. Some of the emotional cycles we engage in are deeply rooted and will take time, patience and help from others to unravel and heal. Others though are just bad habits that we mask with blame, irritation and stress. We can end up treating our partner(s) in ways that we would not treat others.

Our relationships do not change unless we do. We can make choices to interrupt the ways we respond and engage. While we wade through the deep waters of our relational hurts and patterns, bringing awareness to the ways we treat our partner(s) that are habitual is an important step in doing something different. Different may feel uncomfortable but leaning into discomfort is a way that we can create lasting and meaningful change.

02/19/2021

I am so happy to be here with you all! Becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist has created more depth and meaning in my life than I could have ever imagined. I am thrilled to be a part of this incredible community and feel honoured to have my clients share their stories with me.

I’ve gone back and forth on how I want to introduce myself to all of you and I have written and rewritten many introductions- the most formal and the most silly.

The truth is though, none of what I wrote felt like me. And the other truth is, while I know who me is, I’m not quite sure how I will represent her here. I want to show up, authentically, bravely and honestly because while content is important, the process is the real fun!

So for now,

Hi, I’m Chelsea ✨