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A framework for how people grow in therapy when given safety, attunement, and room to unfold Growth in therapy rarely arrives in fireworks. It usually shows up quietly. In a slower exhale. In a story told without apology. In someone speaking from their true self instead of their protector self. Like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, change in therapy builds in layers. Each stage supports the next. Clients don’t rush up this pyramid. They move back and forth, revisit, rest, and ris

(A personal reflection on why I became an ADHD assessor and coach) “If you could just listen.” “You’re so irresponsible you never finish anything.” “You’re so bright if only you’d try harder.” Sound familiar? These are the kinds of phrases I’ve heard over and over again, both from the clients I sit with every week. As a therapist and ADHD coach, I’ve spent years supporting people who come to me struggling with anxiety, low mood, or a sense that they’re somehow “not enough.” A

There’s a moment I see often in therapy that quiet pause when someone says, “I don’t even know who I am anymore.” It’s a feeling that can come after burnout, trauma, parenting, ADHD diagnosis, or simply years of holding everything together. Somewhere along the way, you lose touch with yourself. You stop hearing your own needs because you’ve been tuned into everyone else’s. I understand that feeling deeply, both as a counsellor and as a human being. The Truth About Healing Hea