Michael Kluba - Integrative Virtual Therapy Counselling + Assessments

Michael Kluba - Integrative Virtual Therapy Counselling + Assessments I help adults recover from trauma, addiction + intimacy disorders.

https://klubatherapy.ca

IG: .and.addiction.therapist

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🔸We can feel incredible relief in tandem with grief. Grief of who we thought they were, grief of what we missed out on, ...
01/26/2026

🔸We can feel incredible relief in tandem with grief. Grief of who we thought they were, grief of what we missed out on, grief for previous versions of ourselves.

🥶It’s super cold in Saskatoon right now, and I’m taking this opportunity to get some serious thesis-writing completed. ❄...
01/24/2026

🥶It’s super cold in Saskatoon right now, and I’m taking this opportunity to get some serious thesis-writing completed.

❄️To anyone else experiencing a cold spell where you live, I hope you’re staying warm!☕️ To everyone else, no - I don’t know why I live here.☃️

🔸I’m talking about the deprivation addiction neuropathway here.🔸This neuropathway is often activated, due to chronic unm...
01/22/2026

🔸I’m talking about the deprivation addiction neuropathway here.

🔸This neuropathway is often activated, due to chronic unmet needs in our early years.

🔸Deprivation initially became an adaptive response to unmet relational needs, where we seek temporary relief of emotional pain, emotional containment, and/or a transient sense of wholeness.

🔸Deprivation is associated with a sense of control, and therefore, safety.

🔸This can show up as an aversion to s-x, s-x for affect-soothing not pleasure, eating patterns centred in restriction, or binge-restriction cycles, and/or compulsive patterns with work, for example.

🔸I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: This is not popular opinion - as long as folks aren’t harming themselves or...
01/21/2026

🔸I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: This is not popular opinion - as long as folks aren’t harming themselves or others, people have the autonomy to live as they choose.

🔸As a human with personal experiences, and as a therapist, this is a hard lesson to learn that requires ongoing reflexivity.

🔸I don’t get to dictate how people live their lives, but society will say we’ve failed them.

🔸Or, we can only do as much as the larger system supports.

🔸There’s a way to exit the relationships we’ve outgrown.•Disclaimer: This post is not in the context of s-xual betrayal ...
01/20/2026

🔸There’s a way to exit the relationships we’ve outgrown.

•Disclaimer: This post is not in the context of s-xual betrayal trauma or betraying someone while in relationship with them. Rather, this post is about the way in which we end relationships, and how the way we end things that can be a betrayal.

🔸This isn’t about holding the past accountable for our actions. 🔸It’s about recognizing how our behaviours were once an ...
01/18/2026

🔸This isn’t about holding the past accountable for our actions.

🔸It’s about recognizing how our behaviours were once an adaptive response to adversity, while holding ourselves accountable to the present.

🔸If we’re going to have any chance at our recovery, it’s mandatory we acknowledge the things we carry shame for, in a space of compassionate hearts.

•Quote by: Gabor Maté

🔸It likely took doing something time and time again to get here.🔸You’ve likely done all that you can do.🔸At some point y...
01/16/2026

🔸It likely took doing something time and time again to get here.

🔸You’ve likely done all that you can do.

🔸At some point you realize they’re going to do whatever they’re going to do.

🔸You can’t always protect them. You can’t always save them; although, I know you’ll try.

🔸You have done enough. What happens next, regardless of what ‘next’ is - it’s not on you.

🔸The primary aim often becomes about feeling something other than pain.
01/14/2026

🔸The primary aim often becomes about feeling something other than pain.

🔸A chosen family is often of particular importance to individuals who identify with 2SLGBTQ+ identities, those with chro...
01/12/2026

🔸A chosen family is often of particular importance to individuals who identify with 2SLGBTQ+ identities, those with chronic illnesses, and any individual who did not receive support in the way they needed it from their family of origin.

🔹A chosen family, for many, is a lifeline. It’s the social support necessary to prevent harm. It’s harm reduction.

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S7N3A7

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Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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