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01/19/2026

You are not overreacting. Your body is responding.

The vagus nerve is a primary pathway of safety in the body. It helps regulate breath, heart rate, digestion, and our capacity to rest, connect, and recover. When life has required you to stay alert for too long, your nervous system does not forget. It adapts to protect you.

Scripture speaks to this with tenderness.

“Lord, You have searched me and known me… You are familiar with all my ways.” Psalm 139:1,3

God is not only aware of your thoughts and emotions. He knows your physiology. He understands the places your body learned to brace, to hold, to go quiet, or to stay ready. Nothing about your nervous system surprises Him.

Healing is not forcing calm. It is allowing safety to be restored. As the body learns it is no longer alone, the nervous system softens. Breath deepens. Presence returns. Trust is rebuilt slowly and faithfully.

You are fearfully and wonderfully made. Even your nervous system carries wisdom from the Lord.

If your body has been trying to protect you, you are not failing. You are human. And you are known.

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01/06/2026

Life can be hard.

When everyone around you is wishing one another a Happy New Year, and you are reading posts filled with hope and celebration, yet the word happy does not match what you feel inside, it can sit heavy in your chest.

I want you to be seen right now.

2026 may not be starting the way you hoped. You may be carrying hard things forward from last year, and it feels difficult to muster joy, contentment, or happiness. That is okay.

If you are feeling numb, if emotions feel distant or muted, that may be your nervous system trying to keep you safe for now. And that matters. But let me gently challenge you as well.

You are allowed to feel.

You are allowed to experience the full range of emotions that God wired into your brain. You are allowed to have moments of joy and happiness again. You are also allowed to need support instead of walking through this alone or staying numb just to cope.

When you are ready, do not carry this by yourself.

Getting help is one of the bravest things you can do. And maybe, as you look ahead, you will find that by 2027 something has shifted. Perhaps not everything around you, but something within you.

Because something does have to give.

You were not meant to live with the constant dread of another year.

But know this. You are seen right now, just as you are. You are allowed to be fully human, in whatever that looks like today.

Reach out for support when you are ready at www.selahsupport.ca or by texting or calling 519-281-1845

January is human trafficking prevention month. We have to be fully aware that it is happening in our own towns and citi...
01/04/2026

January is human trafficking prevention month. We have to be fully aware that it is happening in our own towns and cities. Our heart is to help those who have experienced the trauma of human trafficking by treating the cost and impact to the person.

Let’s be informed and share. A friend of mine who escaped and now works in this industry wrote a powerful article on how to prevent.

Please connect with her list at the following link located on Selah’s story.

12/24/2025

We know that Christmas is not always a time for peace and connection for everyone. Christmas may even be triggering. It is okay that you are feeling this way. We see you. You are not alone. All of the emotions, even feeling numb matter. Your body is holding onto painful experiences and wants to take care of you.

All of you matters even the parts of you that wishes Christmas was over.


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12/24/2025

You can know something is true and still feel stuck.

EMDR goes deeper than cognition, helping the brain reprocess what words alone cannot reach.

At Selah, we have witnessed transformative change through the power of EMDR with children, teens, and adults.

Healing is not just about insight.

It is about allowing the brain and body to do what they were created to do, heal at a deeper level.

Reach out to us at www.selahsupport.ca

Some journeys are not about becoming something new.They are about returning to what was always true.There comes a moment...
12/24/2025

Some journeys are not about becoming something new.
They are about returning to what was always true.

There comes a moment in every healing journey when movement slows.

Not because you are stuck, but because your soul needs a pause.

In Scripture, Selah is not an ending.

It is a sacred breath. A sacred pause. Remembering who you once were, and now more refined.

A moment to reflect, to integrate, to let what has been spoken settle into your heart.

As we close 2025, we want to share something with honesty and care.

The rebrand from
Tina J. Smith & Associates Counselling & Psychotherapy
to
Selah Counselling, Mediation, and Training Center
was driven from this same posture.

Remembering the heart behind what was first established in the City of Woodstock in 2011. The who behind the heart that set out to care deeply for all people, but now a refined version. A heart that is grown deeper and wider for all humanity. Because it is where change in all of us begins. It is less about the training and more about how deeply we love.

It was the natural unfolding of a journey. One we all take when we step into a space where we feel safe and seen.

Like many of you, we have walked seasons of growth, complexity, refinement, and deep listening.
We have learned that healing is not rushed.
That trust is built slowly.
That care begins long before a session ever starts.

Selah reflects who we have always been and who we are becoming together.

A place where people are met, not managed.
Where nervous systems are tended.
Where stories are honoured.
Where dignity is restored.

As we step into 2026, we do so rooted, present, and intentional.

Welcome to Selah.

A pause that leads to healing. A place that welcomes all of your humanity.

12/15/2025

At Selah Counselling, care does not begin in the therapy room.

It begins with people.

From the first personal email or real voice at intake, to the moment you are welcomed at the door, our team is intentional about creating a space where you feel seen, not processed.

We are a team who believes that safety is felt before it is spoken.

That is why we pay attention to the small things. Knowing your name. Offering a cup of coffee while you wait. Creating a waiting room that feels calm, grounded, and welcoming, especially during seasons like Christmas when emotions can feel tender.

Each member of our team carries both clinical excellence and genuine care. We hold your story with respect from the very beginning, understanding that reaching out for support often takes courage.

This is not about perfection.
It is about presence.

Because healing is supported not only by what happens in session, but by how held you feel from the first moment you walk through our doors.

Welcome to Selah.
A place to pause, to be met by caring people, and to begin again.

www.selahsupport.ca

Check out our new website at www.selahsupport.caThis new website reflects our heart at the practice.
12/10/2025

Check out our new website at www.selahsupport.ca
This new website reflects our heart at the practice.

12/05/2025

Most of us have a cupboard we avoid opening.
Not because of what is in the front, but because of what we shoved to the back. The expired cans, the dusty jars, the forgotten things we didn’t want to deal with. We close the door quickly and hope it never spills out.

Our inner world works the same way.

Those moments we didn’t have capacity to process. The hurt we minimized. The memories we tucked away because life kept moving forward. We store them like old items on a back shelf… out of sight, but never out of impact.

Real healing often begins when we open the cupboard and take things out one by one. When we gently examine what has been collecting cobwebs. Not to relive the pain, but to understand what has been silently shaping us.

If something feels heavy, reactive, or confusing in your present, it might not be new. It might simply be something stored away, waiting to be seen so you can finally be free.

Take a look inside, gently and honestly. What you find might be exactly what has been shaping your reactions today.
And well… accidentally… just a little food for thought. 😉

12/03/2025

Sometimes the hardest parts of your story are the ones you’ve carried alone.
The moments that left a mark.
The seasons you didn’t choose.
The pain you tried to push down just to get through the day.

But healing doesn’t begin when everything is fixed.
Healing begins when you start giving yourself permission to feel, to pause, to breathe again… even if it’s just for a moment.

Frederick Buechner wrote about how the places of our deep pain often become the beginnings of meaning.
And we see this every day at Selah:

✨ The things you survived do not define you.
✨ Your courage to keep going matters.
✨ Your story is still unfolding.

If you’re in a season of rebuilding or learning to hold the weight of your emotions with gentleness… please hear this:

Your wound is not the whole story.
It’s the place where healing can begin.

You don’t have to walk through this alone.
We’re here to support you — one step, one pause, one breath at a time.

💚www.selahsupport.ca

12/02/2025

At Selah Counselling, you don’t walk your healing journey alone.

Our team is intentionally built with clinicians who are compassionate, skilled, and deeply committed to walking with individuals, children, youth, couples, and families through every season of growth and healing.

From the fun, lighthearted moments as a team to the strength and steadiness of therapists who believe in growth of themselves both personally and professionally.

We all carry a shared mission:
to create a safe, professional, trauma-informed space where people feel understood, supported, and equipped.

We are also honoured to be a training center for new therapists, drawing on 25+ years of experience to mentor and release clinicians into their own season of impact with wisdom, clarity, and care.

Whether you’re navigating anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, relationship stress, or simply need a place to breathe…we’re here.

For you, your marriage, your children, and your family.

💛 In-person & virtual counselling
👨‍👩‍👧 Children • Youth • Adults • Couples • Families
🌿 Supervision & therapist training

Find support: www.selahsupport.ca

11/24/2025

At Selah we cultivate curiosity, not judgment, because real transformation happens when people feel understood, not evaluated.

Curiosity opens the door for safety, connection, and honest conversations. Judgment shuts people down, but curiosity makes room for their story, their pace, and the truth of what shaped them.

When leaders, therapists, and teams choose curiosity, people begin to heal. They soften. They feel seen. They stop bracing for impact and start opening up to possibility.

This is the atmosphere we fight for at Selah.
An atmosphere where you can come as you are, be held with compassion, and grow without fear.

We are here to help.
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Head Office: 5 Wellington Street, North
Woodstock, ON
N4S6P1

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