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Our blog at the Collingwood Psychotherapy and Yoga Centre has been created to share our perspectives, experiences and passions for: healing trauma; improving relationships; cultivating the connection to the Self; the journey of parenting; developmental neurobiology; yoga therapy; yoga psychology; and other observations we might have that are related to healing and personal growth.

No matter where you are in your life, engaging with the healing practices and therapeutic relationships we offer at CPYC, can help you live more authentically, with more health, with more choices, with less suffering, more satisfying relationships and deeper joy.

We hope our reflections can inspire, nurture and support you as you move along this beautiful, challenging, human journey.

When Life Shifts Beneath Our Feet

When Life Shifts Beneath Our Feet By James Aitchison, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) There are seasons in life when the ground seems to quietly shift beneath our feet. And sometimes it’s not quiet at all. A child arrives. A career changes direction. Parents...

Play Therapy for Grown Ups

Play Therapy for Grown-Ups By Rhonda Breitbach, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) Many of the women I meet are carrying so much: responsibilities, expectations, the quiet pressure to hold it all together and somehow enjoy it too. Over time, that kind of living...

Welcome, James

We are excited to announce James Aitchison, has joined our practice as our newest psychotherapist. Nature, New Beginnings, and Nourishing Spaces: A Welcome to James Hi folks! My name is James and I’m excited to be joining the team at CPYC! My partner and I moved up to...

The Quiet Work of Winter

The Quiet Work of Winter By Rhonda Breitbach, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) Winter invites us to move differently. The light shortens, the air cools, and the natural world pulls inward. Leaves fall. Sap slows. Fields lie fallow. Nothing about this season is...

A Winter Walk

A Winter Walk Finding Your Winter Ground: Eco-Regulating by Walking By Sarah Kinsley, Registered Psychotherapist “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.” ― John Muir I recently walked the...

A Love Letter To The Work That Moves Me Most

Why I Started Whole Again: A Love Letter to the Work that Moves Me Most By Tara McGee, MSW, RSW, Dip TiRP, Psychotherapist, OCSWSSW, Yoga Therapist, IAYT There’s a certain kind of moment I live for as a therapist. When someone’s eyes light up—not with answers, but...