Lindsay Witton, Registered Social Worker, Psychotherapist

04/20/2026

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12/27/2025

12/24/2025

Hold it with the utmost of care. To be let into someone’s inner world, with intention, is such a gift. There’s an offering there that communicates a level of trust and safety. To open that door to another, to revel oneself, to share the fears and the insecurities, the past, the wounds, the desires, wishes, and goals.
Who are the people in your life you let into that space? Whose inner world are you honored to know? Tag them here 😘💕.

12/21/2025

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12/01/2025

And by safe, I mean that you know and feel and trust that you’ll get through this moment, even when it’s hard. It’s when your relationship doesn’t feel at risk, just because someone is upset, disappointed, angry, or hurt. A shift happens where the relationship can tolerate what once was intolerable, what once didn’t feel safe to the nervous system.
When you have enough disconfirming experiences (experiences that do not confirm what you’re used to/believe will happen) you collect new data points about conflict. And with time, conflict becomes less disruptive.
Those new data points? (Read them both ways — I’ll write it for the first one only).
You/I care about my/your experience.
You don’t punish me when we’re upset with each other.
You are curious about what I’m feeling.
You communicate directly.
If you need to pause, you always return.
You commit to getting grounded when you’re dysregulated.
You speak respectfully, even when you’re upset.
You’re never threatening about our relationship, and your actions follow.
You’re willing to learn from the rupture, and use the experience to learn more about each other.

What do you add to this list? If you had new data point after data point of lived experience, what would help you feel safe and secure through conflict?

11/05/2025

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