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Jenn Sophie Shields, MSW, RSW

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11/21/2025

What an amazing night celebrating our FPT Holiday Party! 🎉

This was the first time our whole team met in person, and it was so energizing to connect face-to-face as a group.

We had a lot of fun:
✨ Played the High-Low-Buffalo ice breaker (I canvassed my network and found out that people do, indeed, still enjoy ice breakers)
✨ Snacked and dined so well at a favourite local spot
✨ Debated the important pop-culture questions of the moment
✨ Swapped stories about our quirky first jobs
✨ Bonded over our collective love of concerts and live music
✨ Reflected on how we each spent the pandemic with some unexpected hobbies emerging
✨ And celebrated some big life moments across the team

We’re already looking forward to our next in-person gathering! 💛

11/13/2025

Drop a 🫶 if you can relate. I’ll go first!

11/11/2025

Recognizing that feelings of overwhelm or helplessness in the present may echo experiences from the past can be profoundly healing. When you allow your body to settle into the safety and choices available to you now as an adult, you create space to revisit childhood trauma while feeling empowered. From that place, real and lasting change can begin to happen. Have you heard of this way of thinking about trauma therapy? 👇

11/07/2025

Healing from relationships that caused pain begins when you build new ones that foster safety, trust, and belonging 💫. This is why I like to think that I will not be replaced by AI 🤪. Do you agree? 👇

11/06/2025

You know when you read something and it just stays with you? 📖 💡

So many moments in Herman’s book did that for me and resonate deeply with the kind of work I do as an EMDR therapist.

Healing from trauma means being able to hold a past experience in mind and body without feeling overwhelming emotional charge.

Do you find that interesting, too? I’d love to know.

11/05/2025

Deep into my second time coaching EMDR training this week, I’m thinking about the skill of affect shifting. Have you heard of this skill before? I’d love to know!

10/30/2025

In therapy, we get curious about family-of-origin dynamics for a reason - understanding what might have been missing helps us see where the gaps are and how we can begin to fill them with the skills, perspectives, and boundaries that support healthy relationships today. Have you heard of co-dependence before? Let me know! 👇

10/28/2025

Here is one way I like to conceptualize the work I do with my clients, and a way that you can feel empowered to take steps towards better mental health this fall. 🫶

Often times we need support to decide where to start and that’s ok.

The important message is that you can take small meaningful steps to help you feel more empowered.

Want to do this work together? Schedule a call with us, and sign up for our newsletter for more (link in bio).

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970 Queen Street East, PO BOX 98128
Toronto, ON
M4M1J0

Website

http://www.fullpotentialtherapy.ca/

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