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Frank Pew MSW, RSW

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Frank Pew MSW, RSW

Social Worker/Psychotherapist who specializes in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and other evidence-based behavioural therapies at Pew Psychotherapy

Frank Pew, MSW RSW has over a decade of clinical experience and training working with trauma survivors and people with mental health related difficulties. His area of expertise is in assessment and treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety/Mood disorders, and Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders. Frank specializes in evidenced-based clinical care and is intensively trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy (CBT), and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP). He provides care from adolescents to adults and has extensive experience working with first responders and military veterans. Frank's approach to therapy is balanced between acceptance and change. He strives to help his clients cultivate the self-awareness and tools to effect behavioural change that ultimately leads to living more aligned with their values and deriving a deeper sense of meaning and purpose in life.

03/19/2026

Reassurance feels amazing.
For about 5 minutes.

Then OCD comes back louder… and now it wants more.

That’s the trap.

If I keep telling you “you’ll be okay,” I’m not helping you..I’m feeding the exact cycle that’s keeping you stuck.

Good ERP therapists are trained to sniff this out fast.
Not because we’re cold. Not because we don’t care.

Because we do😘

We’re not here to make your anxiety disappear in the moment.
We’re here to help you learn that you can handle it without needing someone to save you.

That’s where real freedom is.

And yeah… sometimes that means I won’t give you the answer you’re hoping for 😬

But I’ll sit with you while you learn you don’t need it.👊🏻

If your algorithm brought you here, you should probably stick around for a while and follow along🥰

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR�📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW�🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

03/17/2026

Slowly bringing this new space together.

now at 115 Woolwich

Still a work in progress, but I’m excited to build a place where people in Guelph can access evidence-based therapy for OCD, anxiety, trauma, and emotion dysregulation.

If you’re in Guelph or the surrounding area, help more people find support ❤️like and 🔁share this so they know we’re here. 🧭

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR�📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW�🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

03/05/2026

I’m not the therapist for everyone.

But if you’re looking for direct, evidence-based work… you might be in the right place.

👉🏻 Follow along👊🏻

02/24/2026

DBT isn’t about being calm.
It’s about not making things worse when your nervous system is lit up.

Most people don’t need more insight.
They need skills they can use in real time… mid-email, mid-argument, mid-spiral.

That’s exactly what we do in group tru

If you want tools that actually work when you’re triggered,
👉🏻check out the DBT group link in my bio.

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR�📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW�🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

02/17/2026

Trauma therapy isn’t about forcing you back into the worst moment of your life.

It’s about helping your brain realize it’s over.

EMDR doesn’t flood you.
It doesn’t push you.
It doesn’t make you “relive” anything you’re not ready for.

We build safety first.
We go at your pace.
Your nervous system leads.

If you’ve been avoiding trauma therapy because you’re scared it’ll break you, that makes sense.

But healing doesn’t happen by pushing harder.

It happens when your body finally learns it’s safe.

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR 📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW 🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

02/04/2026

Tonight I ran my last DBT group…..for now.

For the past 12 years, DBT skills groups have been a constant in my clinical life. Different rooms. Different cities. Different faces. Same core work: helping people learn how to stay when everything in them wanted to bolt, numb, explode, or disappear.

I’ve watched people walk into group feeling hopeless, overwhelmed, and convinced they were “too much” and leave with language, skills, and self-respect they didn’t know were possible. I’ve watched lives quietly and radically change.

As I get ready to close this chapter, I’m noticing two things at once: deep pride and real grief. And both make sense. This work mattered. These people mattered. The DBT group will continue as per usual next Tuesday
and I won’t be there. That feels weird!

I’m a never-say-never kind of guy, so I won’t pretend this is some dramatic farewell. But for now, I need a pause. My family needs a pause. And I’m listening to that.

To every person who showed up week after week and did the hard, unglamorous work…thank you for trusting me with your story. It’s been an absolute honour to witness your growth and resilience. ❤️

01/27/2026

f sessions are about debating the evidence for or against a thought instead of changing behaviour, that’s not OCD treatment-that’s accommodation.

👉🏻Follow for no-BS mental health talk from a real therapist.

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR 📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW 🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

01/14/2026

01/06/2026

01/01/2026

Cheers to 2025 🥂 2026 here I come! 🔥

12/18/2025

Last week before the holidays. 😮‍💨

Shoutout to all the therapists holding the heavy sh*t right now…grief, family chaos, year-end meltdowns…back to back.

Take that stretch. Take that breath. Then show up again. One week to go 👊🏻

🧠 DBT | ERP | EMDR 📍 Ontario | BC | Alberta
👊🏻 Frank Pew, MSW, RSW 🧭 Founder | True North Psychotherapy

11/05/2025

🖕🏼the idea that your pain needs to be ‘bad enough’🖕🏼

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm

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