Kimberly Sogge PhD CPsych

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Kimberly Sogge PhD CPsych Psychologist, Chair-Elect of Clinical Psychology Section-Canadian Psychological Association, Podcast Dr Sogge on the Art & Science of Thriving

*SM does not = a professional relationship* I offer my clinical services as an experienced registered clinical health psychologist through Ottawa River Psychology/Ottawa River Integrative Mental Health, a group of registered heal

th care professionals specializing in the family of Third Wave clinical health psychology and evidence-informed psychotherapies. Third Wave approaches in psychology and psychotherapy are grounded in contextual behavioural science, and take a process oriented perspective on suffering, emphasizing cultivation of psychological flexibility and de-identification of one's self from symptoms concomitant with a re-orientation towards processes that build vitality and committed actions towards values-based living. The Third Wave of psychology and psychotherapy is a big conceptual umbrella, and includes mindfulness and compassion-based interventions such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Process-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Radically Open Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, and Internal Family Systems Therapy among others. I am a dedicated Buddhist practitioner with experience working with high performance athletes, military, front line responders and health care workers particularly physicians. I bring a Trauma Sensitive and Somatic emphasis to sessions integrating Third Wave processes from CBT, DBT, ERP, Compassion-Focused Therapy, Systems Theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Integrated CBT, and Somatic Experiencing/Somatic IFS as indicated, to co-create an individualized plan for developing well-being and growth with you.

Just uploaded a guided practice in honour of International Self Compassion Day! Check it out at the bottom of the page....
07/25/2025

Just uploaded a guided practice in honour of International Self Compassion Day! Check it out at the bottom of the page.

I AM HERE TO SERVE YOUR THRIVING. I love serving the thriving of patients, my team and my community. I am chair-elect of the Clinical Psychology section of the Canadian Psychological Association and former Chief of Psychology Professional Practice at the Royal Ottawa hospital. I have dedicated over....

As a perfectionist and eldest child I quickly learned that working hard made other people happy and like many others I g...
07/24/2025

As a perfectionist and eldest child I quickly learned that working hard made other people happy and like many others I got a graduate degree in what began as a survival strategy.

Unlearning our survival strategies and rediscovering how to trust our true nature rather than forcing reality to bend to the shape we want is hard for us all.

Learning to trust flow is important because there is no way to deep happiness without this loving connected relationship with the universe.

You want to be happy but you don’t know how to get there.

For thirty years I have studied, researched, practiced, meditated and taught others how to work with their conditioning to transform their lives with simple tools available to everyone but which most people overlook.

Right now I’m working on a seven step method which will accelerate progression from surviving to thriving. If you are curious and want to be part of the pilot program in 2026 please DM “Thrive” and I will reach out with an early access code when we are ready to go live.

Keep trusting the flow

I highly recommend this app for home practice of effortless mindfulness with my teacher Loch Kelly
07/24/2025

I highly recommend this app for home practice of effortless mindfulness with my teacher Loch Kelly

Take your mindfulness practice to the next level with Loch Kelly's leading app that integrates ancient wisdom traditions, neuroscience and psychology.

Impermanence is nothing we need to be afraid of. Rather than holding back, trying to control, or being caught up in fea...
07/21/2025

Impermanence is nothing we need to be afraid of. Rather than holding back, trying to control, or being caught up in fear in the face of impermanence, join me in jumping in to the river of life and opening to the full experience of constant change.

Learning to enjoy the flow of constant change is one of the greatest joys.

This weekend I turned 58 and I am happy to say that being in the flow is something I am opening to more and more as I ripen into my golden years. I am so grateful for all of the experiences that have brought me here; the victories and the defeats, the loves and the losses, the darkness and the light are all part of what make life delicious and spicy and also bittersweet.

What is ambition but opening our all to the light, to serve the flourishing of the whole?

May all beings flourish. May all beings know they are part of the whole.

“What is a self?”Asked the treethat was alwayssharing sustenance to and froma deep community of roots.“What is an indivi...
07/21/2025

“What is a self?”
Asked the tree
that was always
sharing sustenance to and from
a deep community
of roots.

“What is an individual?”
Asked the log,
happily decomposing
into nutrients
to sustain the rest.

“What is identity?”
Asked the leaves,
once part of the grand,
noble oak,
now just as content
to flutter down and feed
the forest floor.

“What is separation?”
Asked the ecosystem.
“No part of us even exists
without each other.”

“What is ambition?”
Asked the flower,
“If not opening my all
to light
to serve the flourishing
of the whole?”

(Source: Chelan Harkin. Artwork by Ruth Evans Art)


Thanks Karen Dipnarine-Saroop

Another beautiful soul and ancestor in my lineage of compassion focused service passed from this life this week. Thank ...
07/21/2025

Another beautiful soul and ancestor in my lineage of compassion focused service passed from this life this week. Thank you James R. Doty for your love, fearless leadership and trust in the limitless heart of compassion.

Join us Saturday July 19 from 12-1 pm
07/17/2025

Join us Saturday July 19 from 12-1 pm

So much of our thinking is about self protection. Listen to how we unhook and find freedom in this great interview by Ez...
07/17/2025

So much of our thinking is about self protection. Listen to how we unhook and find freedom in this great interview by Ezra Klein with psychiatrist Mark Epstein.

I have had a meditation practice for about 15 years now. I started hoping it would calm me down, and it has. But it’s also made me more aware of the strangen...

Compassion for All Your Parts: Compassion Focused ACT My CACBT 2025 Keynote Clinical Skills Workshop Talk is up on The A...
07/13/2025

Compassion for All Your Parts: Compassion Focused ACT

My CACBT 2025 Keynote Clinical Skills Workshop Talk is up on The Art and Science of Thriving!

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In this episode, Dr. Sogge leads participants through awareness practices inspired by effortless mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and compassion-focused therapy (CFT) to build a peaceful relationship with therapists’ inner parts. Dr Sogge invites participants to discover the t...

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Dr. Kimberly Sogge C.Psych. Registered Clinical Health Psychologist, IMTA certified mindfulness teacher, CMSC certified MSC teacher. I specialize in evidence based psychological treatments for health and performance that integrate mindfulness and compassion. ACT, CFT, CBT-E, MiCBT, MSC, MBCT, Maudsley FBT.

I hold a Ph.D. from the APA accredited program in Psychology from Texas A&M University, and my doctoral residency was at the University of Texas at Austin’s Student Health Center Behavioral Medicine Unit. My post doctoral work was in the Medical Simulation program and the Olin B. Teague V.A. Hospital PTSD Unit within the Texas A&M College of Medicine.

I have 25+ years of professional experience in mental health, healthcare, medical education, research, academics and hospital leadership. I have been honoured to hold positions as Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at the Texas A&M College of Medicine, Health Psychologist at Alberta Children’s Hospital, Chief of Psychology Professional Practice at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, and Director of Child, Adolescent and Families Mental Health at the Clara Martin Center in Vermont. Inspired by what I have learned from the best organizations in health and mental health, I founded my own private practice in psychology.

My original solo practice has grown into the Ottawa River Psychology Group, a group of psychologists and registered psychotherapists who share a commitment to evidence based practice, diversity, inclusion, collaboration, and the integration of mindfulness and compassion into clinical interventions in the Third Wave of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tradition. Interventions that belong to the Third Wave include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness Integrated CBT, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindful Self Compassion training, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and others.