Therapy for the Unfiltered Self

09/19/2025

Emotions aren’t to apologize for, feelings are signals we are alive.

From the beginning, many of us grow up learning that when we feel deeply or express ourselves fully, others may react with discomfort, criticism, or control. Over time, this can have us start to believe there’s something fundamentally wrong with who we are.

We may come to doubt ourselves and our emotions, conditioned to believe we have to tone it down, fragmenting parts of who we are just to bring comfort to others.

The truth is, we’re never too much. Being told we are comes from the compromises others have learned to live with. Our refusal to do the same exposes what they’ve buried.

09/07/2025

We spend so much time surviving that noticing what we need can feel far outside our awareness. Most of us are just used to surviving, taking care of everyone else, doing whatever we can to keep the world around us calm.

Therapy isn’t about “fixing” ourselves. It’s about holding space and listening to our inner world without invalidation or shame. All parts of us deserve to be held, heard, seen, and accepted. If you’re ready to explore a life that honours you in your entirety, there’s room here.

🖤 1:1 openings available

08/17/2025

Obsessive compulsive disorder is deeply misunderstood.

What’s often missing is the acknowledgment on how our obsessive thoughts and urges is a way that our system works to protect ourselves.

Trauma trains us body to stay alert, to notice danger, to prepare for harm, even when nothing “obvious” is happening.

Our brain and body runs safety loops; checking, doubting, repeating, to protect. This makes perfect sense given what we’ve gone through, and continue to live through each day.

These obsessive thoughts and responses to trauma are painful, scary, and make it incredibly difficult to hold space for, it’s only natural to avoid what hurts.

If the timing is right, slow down, lean inwards, and become curious of our own inner map. This work begins to unravel the truths that we hold deep inside.

Survival responses are not meant to be erased, these are meant to keep us alive.

🖤 Individual Counselling Sessions Available🖤

08/05/2025

Hi 👋🏼 hello!

I want to introduce myself, my name is Teegan, I am a Registered Social Worker, and the face behind Unscripted Therapy.

I’m not here to play expert. I am here because I know what it means to live in a world that tries to erase who you are, pathologize your pain, and shape you into someone you’re not.

I built Unscripted Therapy as a space where we don’t have to perform. Our truth is held with honour and survival isn’t shamed.

This is a space where we untangle the noise, from within, but most importantly, from the outside.

If you’ve ever felt more rejected or overall worse after therapy, you’re not alone. Most traditional western modes of therapy are built with a specific human “model” and ideologies that reaffirm the “perfect client” and tell us if we aren’t “fixed” it’s because of our own personal failings. Never the therapist, or the therapy, or the system.

This space is different. Because I am, too. You deserve to be seen, heard, held, and valued.

Thank you for being here, and welcome for the ride 🤪

08/04/2025

There are good reasons why stillness doesn’t feel easy.

If your body learned to stay alert to noise, moods, and sudden shifts, it won’t just shut that off because someone told you to “breathe” or “relax” (the two responses that personally trigger me the most 😅).

Calm isn’t neutral when it’s never been safe.
When rest came with consequences.
When silence meant bracing.

This isn’t about what’s wrong with you.
It’s about what your system learned to expect.

In therapy, we don’t treat that like a problem to fix.
We notice it. We get curious about what’s underneath. And we go slow because going fast was never the answer anyway.

If that kind of space feels like something you’ve never had but maybe need now, there’s room here.

🖤 We have openings for 1:1 work. If this resonates, reach out.

07/26/2025

Existential loneliness lives in the space where belonging and rejection collide.

This space is an extremely individual experience, but a very common theme for those living with complex trauma.

It happens when we have been through experiences where we’ve been we are too much, too loud, too emotional, too sensitive, too worried, while also exposed to narratives that we are not enough. This fractures our sense of self, our ability to trust intuition or our emotions, leaves us gaslighting our own emotions, thoughts, and feelings. We become disconnected from who we really are.

This lends to being stuck craving belonging but fearing rejection, wanting to be fully seen and heard but guarded behind the barbed wire fence around our heart.

Complex trauma amplifies existential loneliness by making it unsafe to trust others with our true selves, and unsafe to trust our selves. We adapt to these experiences, to protect those parts of us that are rejected, silencing our truth to belong, only to feel more invisible and alone.

Healing means reclaiming our right to exist exactly as we are and finding or creating spaces where we unapologetically belong without needing to shrink or perform. This is accepting ourselves, which is a radical act of self-love.

When we accept ourselves without conditions, we return home to our truth and reject the narratives of self hatred that we adapted to survive.

You deserve to be yourself. Unscripted.

07/23/2025

Unscripted Therapy is here.

A space for those who've been shrinking themselves for far too long.

For those who've had enough of pretending, conforming, and losing their truth to get by.

This journey isn't about fixing you; it's about rediscovering yourself.

🌀 Stay close if this resonates. We're just getting started.

05/24/2024

Let's talk about grief.

Grief is not something that we get over. Grief is what we move through. Grief is messy. It doesn't need to ‘make sense’. It's important that we allow ourselves to feel all of our emotions. It can feel debilitating and leave us wondering when it will stop...

It is important to acknowledge that time doesn't heal our grief, or make it go away but rather, we learn how to live without the person we've lost.

Grief is not linear. There are no magic words of affirmation. There is no protocol or template that we follow to move through the process.

It is imperative that we normalize all of the feelings that come to us during grief. We can feel anger, guilt, regret, resentment, sadness and hopelessness. These are all valid feelings.

Holding space for self-compassion is critical when dealing with difficult emotions. Despite societal expectations, grief doesn't have to present a certain way. It is unique to each person and their individual circumstances.

Someone doesn't need to die for us to experience grief.
We can move through grief when we end relationships, go no contact, missed opportunities, life transitions, or mourn the life we may never get to live.

There is no right way to grieve. It is a process that we move through, along the complexities of life.

No sentiment will take away someone’s grief. Holding space for another’s pain is invaluable. Listen. Affirm.

Grief is nuanced.

Offering virtual individual therapy for adults in Ontario. Specializing in trauma, neurodivergence, identity, and emotional overwhelm. Rooted in truth, embodiment, and anti-oppressive care. Where healing doesn’t follow a script.

04/26/2024

03/05/2024

Hello 👋🏻

A bit about my practice: I am a qualified psychotherapist with experiences around complex issues who can support you through this healing journey.

Mental health challenges can plague us with low self-worth, shame, and hopelessness that silence us into feeling like we fight this battle alone.

My role as your therapist is to collaboratively explore your needs and support you to heal in a way that works uniquely for you.

There is no one modality that works for all peoples, which is why a person-centered approach is foundational to my work.

My therapeutic style is trauma-informed and my practice is rooted in empathy and compassion. It is imperative to meet people where they are at and to create an environment that promotes authenticity. Change happens at your own pace.

Shoot me a dm to arrange a complimentary 15-minute phone consultation to discuss your therapeutic aspirations and explore how we can aspire for wellness, together.

✨ services are covered by most insurance companies
✨ I am certified in cognitive behavioural therapy (cbt) and motivational interviewing (mi)