Bright Raven Psychotherapy and Consulting

02/15/2026

Grand gestures are easy.
Emotional consistency? That’s the real flex.

🐦‍⬛This month, Brooke's Inside Voice brings a post-Valentines emotionally focused lens to the building blocks of enduring love. Couples often come to therapy saying, “We love each other… but something feels missing.” In the room we discover it’s rarely just about romance (though we need that too).
It’s about emotional safety.

If you want love that lasts longer than chocolate, this one’s for you.

02/14/2026

💞Today we celebrate all loving bonds that help us feel safe and connected that last beyond February 14.
Love isn’t just romantic.
It’s the friend who checks in.
The parent who listens.
The colleague you vibe with.
The partner who turns toward you.
The child who reaches for your hand.

Happy Valentine's Day

02/12/2026

💞You’ve built a life together. Years of shared history, love, challenges, and resilience.
When you share a long lifetime together, it’s easy to rely on what’s always worked.

🐦‍⬛The Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat creates space to refresh and renew your loving bond with practical tools, structured conversations, and specialized guidance grounded in emotionally focused therapy.

Deep connection isn’t luck. It's built with intention and care. Join us at Hold Me Tight® June 6 and 7 brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

02/10/2026

💘You’ve built something good together.
Now take the time to deepen it.
🐦‍⬛This Hold Me Tight® retreat is for couples who feel secure in their relationship and want more. More closeness, more emotional intimacy, more understanding.
Through guided conversations, you’ll explore what helps you stay emotionally connected and intentional in your relationship.
👉 Learn more about the Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat at brightravenpsychotherapy.ca

02/09/2026

Skip the clichés.
Show up and be the Valentine she’ll brag about…for a lifetime 💞
🐦‍⬛ Learn more about Hold Me Tight at brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

02/05/2026

💝Emotional distance doesn’t always look like conflict.
There may be “peace” on the surface, but internally, important feelings are going unspoken, and you’re not as close as you want to be.

If that resonates, you’re not alone. There is a way back.

🐦‍⬛The Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat offers a safe, guided space to understand these patterns, share what’s been unspoken, and reconnect emotionally.
If you and your partner are holding things in and wanting deeper connection, this space is for you.

💑Seats are limited to 7 couples, learn more at brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

02/04/2026

Meet Keira Brown, MACP RP (Qualifying)

🍎Keira is a a steady, compassionate presence for neurodivergent youth and their families. With over 10 years in the mental health and education field, Keira brings a thoughtful, evidence-based, CBT-informed approach to her work, supporting anxiety, depression, ADHD, school adjustment, and parents of exceptional kiddos.

Keira is a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder specialist. She offers practical, skills-based strategies while staying deeply attuned to the emotional experience of children and youth.

💫Her favorite hat is being a mom of her three kiddos but Keira is also known for strong coffee, loving animals, and bringing Broadway energy to the kitchen

🐦‍⬛We're so lucky to have Keira on our team! Learn more about Keira at brighravenpsychotherapy.ca/keira-brown

02/03/2026

🔁😔 Tired of the same old fight?
When the same arguments and problems keep showing up, it’s easy to lose sight of the intimacy you’re both longing for.
🐦‍⬛Hold Me Tight® is designed to help you understand the common conflict cycles that show up in all relationships. Hold Me Tight® helps couples break old patterns and turn back toward each other with care, curiosity, and connection.
❤Join us June 6 and 7 at Aubrey Acres to reconnect with what matters most in your relationship. Register at brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

01/29/2026

➰️Together but feeling disconnected?
In the daily grind of life, we’re still holding the rope.
Busy. Tired. Doing our best.

🪢What we long for isn’t fixing. It’s the gentle tug on the rope from our lover that says, I see you. I’m here. I’ve got you.

🐦‍⬛Hold Me Tight® is an invitation to step out of the grind and back into connection

❤️Want a space for rest, renewal, and turning toward each other again? Learn more at brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

01/27/2026

Just starting out together?
Start strong.

🐦‍⬛Join our Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat to learn how to stay emotionally connected, navigate conflict effectively, and build a secure, loving bond from day one.

❤New love is beautiful. You don’t have to wait for problems to invest in your relationship. Learn more and register at www.brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/hold-me-tight

01/26/2026

🍀Meet Siobhán Bell, MACP RP (Qualifying)

🤓Warm, curious, and deeply human-centered, Siobhán brings over 5 years of experience in the mental health field, specializing in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy.

💫She supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, perfectionism, stress, and interpersonal challenges and is currently pursuing additional training in eating disorders, body image, and Emotionally Focused Therapy.

🏃‍♀️Outside the therapy room, you’ll find her running, practicing yoga or Pilates, knitting, painting, baking, and choosing tea over coffee ☕ (always). She loves animals, books, and creative streaks just as much as meaningful conversations.

💛If you’re looking for a therapist who blends evidence-based care with genuine warmth and curiosity, Siobhán would love to connect. Learn more at www.brightravenpsychotherapy.ca/siobhan-bell

01/22/2026

❤️Introducing: Hold Me Tight® Couples Retreat
🐦‍⬛Bright Raven Psychotherapy is proud to bring the internationally recognized Hold Me Tight® program to Northern Ontario couples! Grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and created by Dr. Sue Johnson, the Hold Me Tight® model is one of the most researched and effective approaches to strengthening adult relationships. At the heart of this work is a simple truth: we are wired for connection, and when we feel emotionally safe with our partner, everything changes.
Unlike traditional relationship workshops that focus mainly on communication skills, Hold Me Tight® retreats focus on the emotional bond between partners.
Through a series of carefully structured conversations, couples learn to:
💫Understand the patterns that pull them into conflict or disconnection
💫Recognize the deeper emotions and attachment needs beneath those patterns
💫Express vulnerability in ways that invite closeness rather than defensiveness
💫Build a more secure, responsive, and emotionally safe relationship
🌳Set amidst 25 acres of open fields and forest edges in Astorville, Ontario, Aubrey Acres offers our retreat a peaceful, nature-filled escape for our couples to reconnect, repair, and renew their relationship.
Led by trained EFT therapist Brooke Bertrand MA RP and co-facilitated by Keira Brown MACP RP (Qualifying), this experience will blend brief teaching, reflection, and private couple exercises with the goal to help you strengthen intimacy, trust, and a secure connection.
❤This is an invitation for reconnection. Are you ready to slow down, turn towards your partner, and deepen your relationship? This retreat is for you.
💫Space is LIMITED to 7 couples
📆June 6 and 7, 2026
📍Aubrey Acres, Astorville ON
➡For more information and to register, visit our website

Emotionally Focused Couples retreat, designed to help couples build stronger emotional bonds, resolve conflicts, and deepen their connection.