Northern Therapy Practice

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🍃 NTP offers therapy for those navigating mental health struggles

•Childrens Therapy
•Couples therapy
•EMDR
•Applied Metapsychology
•IPV Program
•Red Path Program

✨In Espanola, LC, Mindemoya & Chapleau

🛜 Virtual Services Available

📲 705-282-7198

After trauma, children don’t misbehave — they react to stress.As Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, explains:“The more stress a child...
01/21/2026

After trauma, children don’t misbehave — they react to stress.

As Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, explains:

“The more stress a child experiences, the harder it is for them to think, learn, and behave appropriately.”

Nurturing strategies that help children heal:
• Stay calm and predictable
• Lead with comfort before correction
• Name feelings instead of judging behavior
• Offer reassurance: “You’re safe. I’m here.”
• Keep routines simple and consistent. The goal is to reset the nervous system.
*set small achievable goals.

Your calm presence helps their nervous system settle.
Healing happens in safe relationships. It takes time to rebuild.

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

🎒 Kids Refusing to Go to School?Turn School Avoidance Into a Courage Challenge Kids Can MasterAfter trauma, school refus...
01/19/2026

🎒 Kids Refusing to Go to School?
Turn School Avoidance Into a Courage Challenge Kids Can Master

After trauma, school refusal is common.
It’s not defiance — it’s a nervous system trying to stay safe.

School avoidance can look like tears, stomach aches, panic, shutdown, or anger.
When it’s forced, anxiety often grows.
When it’s treated as a courage challenge to practise, confidence grows instead.

✨ What helps:
• Name the courage challenge (“Today we’re helping your body get back to school safely.”)
• Break school into small, predictable steps
• Use short, time-limited goals
• Stay calm, confident, and connected
• Praise effort, not perfection

What parents say matters:
“You tried today.”
“Your body is learning it’s safe again.”

After trauma, school becomes possible when children feel supported — not rushed or forced.

Turning behaviour struggles into challenges kids can master.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

🌍 Making Kids a Master of Their Own WorldI’m sharing two images today because they explain why some behaviour patterns c...
01/18/2026

🌍 Making Kids a Master of Their Own World

I’m sharing two images today because they explain why some behaviour patterns change — and why others stay stuck.

Most parents don’t want to be in a punishment cycle.
They end up there because they’re exhausted, reactive, and trying to make things stop.

But punishment without skill-building often creates this pattern:
• behaviour happens
• correction or punishment is used
• a child feels guilt or shame
• behaviour escalates or shuts down
• parents escalate again

That cycle doesn’t build confidence.
It builds fear, frustration, and disconnection.

The other image shows a different cycle — the mastery cycle.

This is where real change happens.

When behaviour is treated as a challenge to practise, children learn:
• “I’m not bad — I’m learning.”
• “I can get better at this.”
• “I’m capable.”

The mastery cycle looks like this:
• one clear challenge is chosen
• the challenge is explained as a skill
• steps and structure are provided
• the parent stays calm and present
• the child experiences success
• confidence and cooperation grow

Kids feel better when they succeed.
And when kids feel better, behaviour improves.

This isn’t permissive parenting.
And it’s not harsh discipline.

It’s teaching children how to master their world, one skill at a time — with support, structure, and encouragement.

Turning behaviour struggles into challenges kids can master.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

🌍 Making Kids a Master of Their Own WorldMost childhood behaviour struggles aren’t about defiance — they’re about skills...
01/16/2026

🌍 Making Kids a Master of Their Own World

Most childhood behaviour struggles aren’t about defiance — they’re about skills that are still developing.

Neuroscience and child development research show that children do better when behaviour is framed as something to learn, not something to be punished.

When parents turn everyday struggles into challenges to practise:
• children feel capable
• resistance drops
• confidence grows

Instead of “What’s wrong with my child?”
The question becomes:
“What skill are we practising together?”

This approach helps children take responsibility without shame and teaches them to see life as something they can master — not something that overwhelms them.

Turning behaviour struggles into challenges kids can master.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

01/16/2026

Intimate partner violence is defined as behaviour within an intimate relationship that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours. This definition covers violence by both current and former spouses and partners.

In June of 2025, the Greater Sudbury Police Service launched a dedicated Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Unit as part of a 12-month pilot project. This initiative addresses the ongoing prevalence of intimate partner-related violence in our community and demonstrates our commitment to a compassionate, coordinated, and effective response.

If you are experiencing IPV, have experienced IPV or are concerned about someone you know, there are supports and resources available in our community. For more information, please visit https://www.gsps.ca/en/crime-prevention-and-community-safety/intimate-partner-violence-supports-and-resources.aspx

The Greater Sudbury Police Service is committed to providing the best possible service to victims and survivors of violence and to holding offenders accountable.

In an emergency, call 911. To file a police report for a non-emergency, call 705-675-9171.

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉Northern Therapy Practice is excited to give back to our community!✨ WIN a $100 gift card to Cortina R...
01/15/2026

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉

Northern Therapy Practice is excited to give back to our community!

✨ WIN a $100 gift card to Cortina Restaurant Espanola ✨
Perfect for a Valentine’s Day treat 💝

How to enter:
✅ Like & follow our page
✅ Like & share this post
✅ Tag a friend in the comments

👉 Each tag = an extra entry, so tag away!

🗓 The winner will be chosen on February 13 — just in time for Valentine’s Day!
The winner will be announced right here on our page.

Good luck to everyone, and thank you for supporting Northern Therapy Practice 💙

🛏️ Kids Refusing to Go to Bed?Turn Bedtime Into a Challenge Kids Can MasterMost bedtime struggles aren’t “bad behaviour....
01/15/2026

🛏️ Kids Refusing to Go to Bed?
Turn Bedtime Into a Challenge Kids Can Master

Most bedtime struggles aren’t “bad behaviour.”
They’re about learning how to slow down, transition, and settle busy bodies and brains.

When bedtime is framed as a challenge to practise, not a problem to fix, kids cooperate more.

✨ Try this:
• Name the bedtime challenge (“Let’s do bedtime calmly and smoothly.”)
• Break bedtime into clear, winnable steps
• Use a timer to reduce power struggles
• Keep check-ins calm and predictable
• Reset without shame if it falls apart — tomorrow is a new try

💡 Reward effort, not perfection.
Rewards aren’t bribes — they help kids stay motivated while learning new skills.

What parents say matters:
“You’re getting better at bedtime.”
“Your body knows how to calm down.”

Bedtime gets easier when kids feel proud of mastering it.

Turning behaviour struggles into challenges kids can master.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

Trauma triggers are not emotional overreactions.They are automatic nervous system responses.When someone has experienced...
01/14/2026

Trauma triggers are not emotional overreactions.
They are automatic nervous system responses.

When someone has experienced trauma, the brain and body learn to stay alert to danger. Long after the event has passed, the nervous system can react to reminders — not because the person is unsafe now, but because the body remembers what once was.

A trauma trigger occurs when something in the present moment resembles a past threat. This might be a tone of voice, a facial expression, a smell, a place, or a feeling of being trapped, ignored, or powerless.

When this happens, the body reacts before the thinking brain has time to assess reality.

This is why people often say:
“I know I’m safe… but my body doesn’t feel safe.”

Trauma lives in the parts of the brain that do not use words or logic. It shows up as sensation, emotion, impulse, and instinct — not memory alone.

Triggers are not a sign of weakness.
They are evidence that the nervous system learned how to survive.

Healing does not come from forcing the body to “calm down.”
It comes from helping the nervous system learn that the present is different from the past.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

Trauma is not just something that happened in the past.It lives in the internal network of the body — shaping how a pers...
01/12/2026

Trauma is not just something that happened in the past.

It lives in the internal network of the body — shaping how a person feels, reacts, and experiences safety long after the event has passed.

Trauma changes the nervous system.
It alters perception, emotion, and the body’s sense of threat — even when life looks “fine” on the outside.

As trauma physician Gabor Maté explains, trauma is not the event itself, but what happens inside a person as a result of the event.

This is why trauma isn’t resolved by “talking it out” alone.

Healing happens when the nervous system feels safe enough to reorganize — when the body no longer has to stay on guard.

If you or your child feel stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected, or always on edge, it may not be a lack of coping skills.

It may be trauma.

— Bridget Douglas, MSW, RSW
Trauma Specialist

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

Trauma triggers are reminders of past traumatic experiences that can cause intense emotional or physical reactions. They...
01/11/2026

Trauma triggers are reminders of past traumatic experiences that can cause intense emotional or physical reactions. They might be obvious, like certain sounds, places, or people, or subtle, like smells, colors, or even a specific tone of voice.

When triggered, you might experience:
• Anxiety or panic
• Flashbacks or intrusive thoughts
• Irritability or sudden anger
• Physical sensations like a racing heart or nausea

What can help:
• Recognize your triggers and notice your reactions
• Grounding techniques like deep breathing or focusing on your senses
• Seeking support from a therapist who understands trauma

Healing from trauma isn’t about avoiding triggers—it’s about learning to respond to them safely and with support. You don’t have to face it alone.

📲 Contact us:
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
📲 705-282-7198
✉ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

🌱 WE’RE HIRINGRegistered Social Worker (BSW or MSW)Independent ContractorNorthern Therapy Practice is seeking a compassi...
01/10/2026

🌱 WE’RE HIRING
Registered Social Worker (BSW or MSW)
Independent Contractor

Northern Therapy Practice is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Social Worker to provide trauma-informed therapeutic services to individuals, couples, and families in Chapleau, Ontario.

✨ This opportunity is ideal for clinicians who value client-centred care, autonomy in their practice, and flexible scheduling within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications:
✔ BSW or MSW
✔ Registered or eligible for registration with OCSWSSW
✔ Experience providing therapeutic support (trauma-informed approach preferred)
✔ Ability to work independently while collaborating within a team
✔ Evening and/or weekend availability considered an asset

📍 In-person services in Chapleau
(Hybrid or virtual options may be available where appropriate)

📩 To apply, please email your resume and a brief cover letter to:
✉ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca

Trauma Responses Are Survival Skills.Fight.Flight.Freeze.Fawn.These are not weaknesses.They are ways your system protect...
01/09/2026

Trauma Responses Are Survival Skills.

Fight.
Flight.
Freeze.
Fawn.

These are not weaknesses.
They are ways your system protected you when it had to.

Therapy isn’t about “getting rid” of these responses—
it’s about helping your body learn it doesn’t need them anymore.

And that’s powerful. ✨

📲 705-282-7198
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
✉️ wellness@northerntherapypractice.ca

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3664 RR#1 Highway 542
Mindemoya, ON
P0P1S0

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

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