Why We Created Whole Again Foundations
Healing often happens in fragments — a therapy session here, a yoga class there, a book, a podcast, a practice picked up and put down. Many people are genuinely committed to healing, yet still feel stalled or unchanged, not because they are doing something wrong, but because they are trying to integrate a process that was never designed to be fragmented. We designed the Whole Again pathway to provide a coherent, comprehensive pathway to thorough healing. Whole Again Foundations is the first step.
For many people, unresolved trauma lives quietly beneath the surface — shaped in early family relationships, later partnerships, work environments, or long-standing relational stress. Even when life is outwardly functional, the nervous system may still be carrying patterns of vigilance, collapse, over-responsibility, or emotional constriction that show up as anxiety, depression, rage, insomnia, overwhelm, over-working, substance use, or ongoing relationship strain.
The way Tara works integrates relational psychotherapy, yoga therapy, and Comprehensive Resource Model© (CRM) based resourcing and memory reconsolidation to address trauma as it lives in the nervous system, the body, and current relationships. This work relies on clients having a lived understanding of how their system responds under stress, why certain interventions are used, and how internal experience can be met directly rather than managed or avoided.
Whole Again was created to offer this foundation at the beginning of the healing journey. It provides shared language, embodied experience, and relational context so that trauma-informed 1:1 psychotherapy with Tara does not begin in abstraction or repeated explanation. Instead, clients step into the work with greater capacity to stay present, resourced, and engaged — allowing healing to unfold more fully, more quickly and with greater momentum.
Healing here is not about fixing what is broken. It is about restoring connection to the strengths already present within emotional, psychological, physical, and spiritual life — and allowing those strengths to support the resolution of old patterns that no longer serve.
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You’re Here Because…
- Some part of you knows that things are not okay — even if much of your life appears to be functioning.
- You may be managing work, relationships, or responsibilities while feeling internally fragmented, overwhelmed, numb, or exhausted. Parts of you keep going; other parts are hurting, hidden, or shut down.
- You’re here because you’re ready for support that meets the whole of you — including the parts that have been carrying too much for too long.
- You’re ready to take a big step forward in your healing.
- You may have “done the work” — therapy, yoga, journalling, reflection, mindfulness – but nothing seems to stick.
- You might be going through a transition — a shift in work, relationship, or sense of purpose — and you’re realizing that what used to sustain you no longer does. You want to feel inspired, rested, and more connected to yourself again.
- You’re ready to step more fully into your healing — something inside you is asking for deeper attention.
You might be living with…
- A nervous system that rarely settles — feeling on edge, overwhelmed, or shut down
- Low energy, emotional heaviness, or a sense of numbness or disconnection
- Trouble sleeping or ever feeling truly rested
- Irritability, anger, or intensity that can feel surprising or hard to contain
- Staying busy or productive just to get through the day
- Difficulty staying connected in close relationships
- Using work, food, substances, or screens to take the edge off
- A loss of direction, meaning, or a sense of who you are now – possilby from grief, life transitions, loss of relationship
- These experiences aren’t random. They are ways your system learned to cope in past relationships — families of origin, partnerships, peer groups, or work environments — where staying connected or safe required adaptation.
You’re realizing that…
- What you’re dealing with isn’t a personal failure — it’s how your nervous system learned to survive in relationship
- Insight alone isn’t enough; your body, emotions and spiritual world need to be part of the healing
- Pushing harder, thinking more, or “trying to be better” hasn’t brought the relief you’re looking for
- Healing needs structure, guidance, and continuity — not more self-directed effort
- Working through these patterns in relationship feels essential, not optional
- You want a process that can hold complexity, depth, and real change over time
Whole Again Foundations Philosophy
Whole Again Foundations is required for clients who wish to engage in Tara McGee’s deeper trauma-focused psychotherapy, intensives, or advanced group work. It is an in-person program designed to support the beginning of trauma-informed healing and to prepare clients for the depth and pace of Tara McGee’s integrative psychotherapy work.
Rather than approaching trauma only through insight or narrative, this program helps clients understand how trauma lives in the nervous system, spirit, energy system and body — and how to work with those responses through embodied resourcing, presence, and relationship. Through yoga therapy, psychoeducation, and experiential group work, clients learn why CRM-informed interventions are used and how to stay engaged when difficult sensations, emotions, or relational patterns arise.
This foundation allows individual therapy sessions to move more directly into meaningful trauma processing, with less overwhelm, less avoidance, and greater continuity. It invites community support and the realization that your experiences are truly human, that everyone else has these experiences too and that you are not alone. It also supports clients in resourcing themselves between sessions, reducing the sense that healing only happens in the therapy room.
The program unfolds through continuity and return, allowing space for integration between gatherings through readings and 1:1 therapy sessions and for deeper shifts to emerge gradually, rather than forcing intensity before the system is ready.
Why This Foundation Matters
Trauma healing requires more than understanding what happened in the past…
It requires the capacity to stay present with internal experience as it arises in the body and in current relationships.
These capacities are developed through Whole Again Foundations…
By establishing shared language, embodied resourcing skills, and an understanding of why specific interventions are used, Whole Again: Foundations often shortens the time it takes for clients to engage meaningfully in trauma processing.
Rather than spending early therapy sessions orienting, stabilizing, or repeatedly explaining foundational concepts, clients arrive to their sessions resourced, informed, and more able to stay present with their internal experience. This continuity allows individual psychotherapy to move more directly into relational and trauma-informed work, without needing to rebuild capacity each time distress surfaces.
Whole Again nurtures this continuity….
Continuity is further supported when individual psychotherapy is paired with ongoing yoga therapy. When yoga therapy practices are informed by the psychotherapy work, clients are better able to regulate their nervous systems between sessions, return to difficult material with more steadiness, and sustain the gains made in therapy.
Whole Again intentionally lays the groundwork for a broader healing journey, that includes 1:1 psychotherapy, possible individual or group intensives, yoga classes and yoga therapy and more advanced group work – so deeper work unfolds with clarity, continuity, and community support rather than isolation and fragmentation.
Whole Again: Foundations Process
In-person program | Fridays | $555
Whole Again: Foundations is an in-person program that brings together psychotherapy, yoga therapy, and experiential group work to support embodied change over time. Rather than compressing the work into a single experience, this program allows space for integration between gatherings and for deeper shifts to emerge through practice, relationship, and reflection.
Foundation Themes
- Exploring the Pañca Maya (body–energy-mind–spirit–bliss): what does it really mean to feel whole, and to return to the Self?
- Understanding how life stressors, deep emotional wounds, and patterns from past experiences shape your nervous system—and your response to daily life.
- Learning embodied resourcing as the essential foundation for healing body/mind/spirit and achieving self-regulation.
- Learn about supporting transformation through memory reconsolidation—a path to healing emotional imprints and relationship wounds, and toward feeling grounded, at ease, and deeply at home in your life.
- Uncovering the unconscious protective patterns and inner blocks that keep you stuck—and learning how to move through them with compassion.
- Cultivating presence and practice: shifting from intellectual understanding into embodied, lasting change.
General Structure:
- Guided group yoga therapy practice followed by resourcing practice
- Short break
- Group debrief of resourcing practice
- Psychoeducation seminar
- Discussion and group work to integrate theories
You’ll Learn To:
- Resource yourself and connect to your own wisdom
- Understand the processes used for change in yoga thearpy and psychotherapy
- The foundational tools required for trauma processing to bring freedom to your system
- Be with your overwhelm without judging it
- Regulate your nervous system and manage triggers
- Stay present during emotional or relational stress so you can make better choices
- Build daily resourcing and yoga therapypractices that anchor you in grounding and awareness and accelerate your healing process
- Know that the right practices, at the right time can bring you lasting relief
The Whole Again: Foundations program is designed to be the foundation from which deeper individual psychotherapy, individual intensives, or immersive group work through an intensive retreat may naturally unfold.
What People Take Away from Whole Again
Whole Again offers more than insight — it offers a felt sense of transformation that lasts after the program ends.
Participants consistently describe this program as life-changing because it meets them on every level: physical, psychological, and spiritual.
Embodied Safety
Learn what it feels like to be in your body without fear — holding sensation and emotion with steadiness.
The Ability to Be With, Not Fix
Discover that healing isn’t about eliminating pain but learning to stay present with compassion, step in with courage and move through towards clarity.
Reconnection to Self and Spirit
Rediscover your innate inner guidance and the quiet strength that is waiting with you beneath the noise.
Integration of Knowledge and Experience
Move from talking about healing to living it — from knowing to being.
Belonging and Shared Humanity
Experience community as medicine — being seen, supported, and mirrored in your growth.
A Blueprint for Ongoing Practice
Leave with tools that sustain nervous system regulation, inner clarity, and spiritual connection.
Investment and Registration
Start the Journey HERE
Phase 1: Foundations of Wholeness- *Four x 3 hour in-person group sessions combining yoga therapy, resourcing, psychoeducation and group therapy
- *Whole Again Workbook for reflection and integration
- *1-month unlimited yoga pass at The Sanctuary in Creemore
- *Personalized guidance for nervous system regulation and presence
- *Whole Again Foundations is required for clients who wish to engage in Tara McGee’s deeper trauma-focused 1:1 psychotherapy sessions, intensives, or advanced group work.
Insurance and Payment Plans
- We provide pre-determination letters for insurance companies as needed
- Former participants have put the Whole Again program through Medavie Blue Cross and Sunlife Insurance – check with your insurance provider
- Individualized Insurance receipts available – just ask
- Flexible payment plans offered – we are happy to work with you
Dates and Locations
Whole Again: Foundations Group
Time:
- Fridays, every other week, 4:00-7:00pm
Dates:
- March 27, 2026
- April 10, 2026
- April 24, 2026
- May 8, 2026
Location:
1 Caroline Street West
Creemore, ON
L0M 1G0
FAQ
Do I need yoga experience?
No, yoga therapy meets you where you are at. If you can breathe, you can practice yoga.
Can I use my insurance?
Often yes. Past participants have used their insurance to pay for the program. Some insurance providers will pay for the full program, others will only pay for the group psychotherapy aspects of the program. If your insurance provider covers psychotherapy provided by a social worker (MSW, RSW) you are likely covered. Some insurance companies are now recognizing yoga therapy as well. You will need to contact your insurance provider to find out more. We are happy to provide a pre-determination letter for your insurance provider and to work with you to make sure invoices meet your insurance provider’s criteria.
Do you offer payment plans?
Yes, we offer flexible payment plans. We are also able to connect you with Affirm to provide interest free loans. Contact us to find out more – info@cpyc.ca
What if I can't attend a session?
We understand that life can be unpredictable, and sometimes things come up. Because the Whole Again process builds week to week within a small, supportive group, make-up sessions and refunds aren’t available. We ask that you treat your attendance as a commitment to yourself and to the group — your presence truly matters.
Your consistent participation supports both your own healing and the collective experience of the group. We encourage you to plan ahead so you can be present for every session, on time and for the full duration.
Is the intensive right for me?
Phase 1 helps you build the foundational skills and self-awareness to know whether the Intensive is the right step for you. We also take care to screen for fit during your free consult call, ensuring that the program supports your growth and that you’ll feel resourced and ready for the depth of the work. Our goal is to ensure that everyone who joins the Intensive feels well-prepared, supported, and able to engage in the process safely.
Is group therapy safe?
Safety is a deeply personal experience. While we aim to create a supportive, attuned, ethical environment, true healing often asks us to step outside our comfort zones. Growth can bring moments of discomfort, and in this program you may encounter reflections, sensations, ideas, feedback, experiences or emotions you didn’t expect.
Our role is to help you develop the inner resources to meet those moments with steadiness. Through grounding, breathwork, visualization, and relational support, we teach you how to create safety within yourself — in your body, nervous system, and spirit — even as you explore material that once felt unsafe.
Memory reconsolidation and trauma integration work often involve turning toward the very experiences that have felt intolerable. When you do this while resourced and supported, your brain and body begin to release old reactions and create new pathways of choice and freedom.
We are not afraid to accompany you into the more difficult parts of your healing. As trained and embodied professionals, we hold the integrity, ethical grounding, and skill to guide you through those processes compassionately, honestly and skillfully.
Group work can bring moments of misunderstanding or tension — what we call empathic breaks. These are natural in any authentic healing relationship and, when worked through with care, often become some of the most powerful opportunities for transformation and repair. We feel comfortable facilitating these repairs and accompanying you and the group as everyone grows together, even through the discomfort.
Our intention is not to promise that you will always feel safe, but to help you become resourced enough to find safety within yourself, even in moments of challenge. We will walk with you in that process every step of the way.
Is group yoga therapy safe?
Our yoga therapy sessions are gentle, invitational, and trauma-informed. We never push or adjust you beyond your capacity. Instead, we guide you to notice your body’s cues, choose what feels right, and move at a pace that supports regulation and integration.
At times, connecting with the body can bring up emotion, memory, or sensation. This is a natural part of healing — your system is beginning to process what has been held. We’ll help you meet these experiences with breath, grounding, and curiosity, and you’ll always have the option to rest or modify.
The goal isn’t to avoid what arises, but to feel resourced enough to stay with yourself through it — cultivating trust, awareness, and the ability to feel at home in your body, breath and mind again.
What if something comes up after I register? Do you offer refunds?
Because of the small-group, experiential nature of this program, refunds are not available once registration is confirmed, except under the following circumstances:
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If Whole Again must be cancelled by us for any reason, participants will receive a full refund.
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In cases of significant personal emergency (e.g., death in the family, hospitalization), we may review requests on a case-by-case basis.
- If clients choose to no longer pursue therapy with Tara McGee.
We are unable to offer refunds or credits for missed sessions, partial attendance, illness, or scheduling conflicts. This is to preserve the integrity of the group process and ensure fairness for all participants.
We encourage you to register only when you are ready to commit fully to the dates and process. Your spot in the program is held specifically for you, and your presence is an important part of the group experience.
Your Facilitators
Founder of Collingwood Psychotherapy and Yoga Centre
Tara is an intuitive relational psychotherapist and yoga therapist who has been working in the social service field since 2000. With over 20 years of full-time clinical experience, she supports people through deep healing and transformation. She is the founder of the Collingwood Psychotherapy & Yoga Centre, where she brings together depth psychology, yoga therapy, and somatic practice into an approach that is both grounded and transformative.
Her education includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Toronto, a Diploma in Relational Psychotherapy from the Toronto Institute for Relational Psychotherapy, and advanced certification as a Yoga Therapist from Yoga Therapy Toronto as well as multiple yoga teacher trainings and a lifelong yoga practice. Tara has also trained extensively in trauma-informed therapies, depth psychology, and yoga studies with internationally recognized teachers in both psychotherapy and yoga.
Tara is passionate about helping therapists and healers access their own depth so they can guide others from a place of embodiment rather than theory alone. Her work is warm, clear, and unflinching, inviting people into the kind of honesty and renewal that creates lasting change.
She has a gift for weaving together ancient practices and modern psychology, and for using her clair abilities to attune to the subtle layers of a person’s healing. Tara holds the kind of safe-yet-challenging space where people feel both supported and stretched — and inspired to become more fully themselves. She believes that when therapists embody their own healing, their client work becomes more real, grounded, and transformative.
Founder of The Sanctuary, Creemore
Sass is a senior yoga teacher and yoga therapist who has been teaching in Canada since 2005. She spent years studying abroad in India, Nepal, and Taiwan, and has led retreats both nationally and internationally. With undergraduate degrees in Physical and Health Education, Science, and Education — and a Masters in Counselling Psychology underway — Sass brings a rich, multidisciplinary perspective to her work. Sass studied under Ante and Felicia at Yoga Therapy Toronto to achieve her advanced yoga therapy certification.
As the founder of The Sanctuary in Creemore, Sass has created a welcoming community space where yoga, healing, and connection thrive. Gentle, grounded, and deeply attuned, she has worked with clients across a wide spectrum — from elite athletes to people living with chronic illness, pain, or disability.
Sass is known for her grounded, embodied presence and her ability to gently invite people into deeper awareness of themselves. She draws on the power of breath and pranayama to support healing, often weaving yogic breathing and sound healing into her classes and therapeutic work. Guided by a love of nature and simplicity, Sass creates soothing environments that allow people to slow down, reconnect, and feel deeply cared for.
Her intuitive healing process is rooted in warmth, compassion, and presence. Many describe her energy as calming and quietly transformative — helping people meet themselves with self-compassion while opening to profound inner shifts.
Her yoga therapy approach is finely tuned to the needs of each person, helping them regulate their nervous system, reconnect with their body, and discover new pathways of healing. Sass’s classes and therapeutic work carve out space for stillness and recalibration, helping people re-enter their lives with clarity, resilience, and vitality.
Ready to Begin Your Whole Again Journey?
Healing starts with a conversation. If you’re curious about whether this program is right for you, we’d love to connect. Together, we can explore where you are in your process and what support would serve you best.