How is your inner child doing?

As we celebrate International Children's Day and the month of June, it's an opportunity to reconnect with the part of ourselves that still longs for joy, curiosity, creativity, and play. Many adult struggles—including anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, people-pleasing, and difficulty resting—can be linked to unresolved inner child wounds. In this month's blog, I explore what inner child healing means, how childhood experiences continue to shape our lives, and practical ways to nurture greater emotional well-being, self-compassion, and authentic joy in adulthood.

Read on to discover how reconnecting with your inner child can help you feel more grounded, creative, and fully yourself. ✨

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A warm and honest reflection on the emotional reality of motherhood—the resilience, the mental load, the quiet doubts, and the deep love. For moms who are doing so much, often unseen, this piece offers understanding, validation, and a gentle reminder that support is available.

New beginnings aren’t always exciting. They can feel overwhelming, uncertain, and heavy. If you’re navigating anxiety, financial stress, or self-doubt during a life transition, this blog offers a grounded, compassionate perspective on how to move forward with resilience and self-trust.

Women carry many roles. This International Women’s Day, explore how prioritizing your mental health can help you reconnect with balance and clarity.

Love… big topic in our lives, many shapes and forms, depths and experiences. As Valentine’s Day approaches, love is often reduced to romance and grand gestures. But for professionals and entrepreneurs, love is far more complex—and deeply connected to presence, self-connection, and meaningful relationships. Inspired by the Krásná paní - a Czech artist, this reflection explores the many forms of love we rarely celebrate and how therapy can help restore intimacy, clarity, and emotional depth. Discover how love becomes a conscious practice—and an invitation to reconnect with yourself and others.

A Gestalt-informed New Year reflection on awareness, presence, and meaningful change—supporting personal healing and psychotherapy students seeking relational, depth-oriented supervision.

Ah, the holidays.
That magical time of year when everything smells like cinnamon, everyone pretends fruitcake is edible, and Spotify gently bullies you with Mariah Carey.

But if you’re feeling more “silent cries” than “silent night,” you’re far from alone.

As a psychotherapist in the Greater Toronto Area, I see Holiday Blues every December — that feeling of sadness, anxiety, overwhelm, or emotional heaviness right when the world expects you to sparkle.

Let’s talk about it with honesty, warmth, and a festive sprinkle of humour.

As AI becomes part of everyday life, many wonder whether it could replace therapists. At Present Therapy, we believe healing comes not from algorithms, but from genuine human connection, the kind that listens, feels, and helps you rediscover yourself in the present moment.

Talking about money does not have to be edgy. It can be an invitation to open door to healing old wounds, start rewriting outdated beliefs, learning and creating a unique financial path that works for you and your family. Our October blog post aims to support the financial conversations that may not always feel comfortable and provide you with some tools and suggestions that may be helpful to your family conversations.

If you are looking for more support in navigating these conversations, feel free to reach out for a complimentary 15 min consultation.

Supervision can feel intimidating for many students and qualifying practitioners. It’s easy to think it’s about being judged or told you’ve done something wrong. But in Gestalt therapy, supervision is something very different.

How does our mind work?

Let’s explore it together.

One tool that can support working with our mind is hypnosis. It may be a helpful tool to support you in combating some of your fears, i.e. fear of animals, fear of hights, unknown sensation of fear,

Take a peak on what Gestalt therapy is and how it can be supportive in your healing journey. The reason the Gestalt therapy is effective is the beauty of the present moment where with creativity, humbleness and presence you can move through that has been holding you back for a very long time. If you want to know more how we work, let’s talk and schedule an initial complimentary call.