Robert Petrie Therapy
120 PERTH AVENUE M6P 4E1 Toronto, ON, Canada

Hi everyone out there across Canada, these are difficult times for so many of us and some more than others. If you feel distressed and would like someone to talk to, please connect. If this situation has put you in a difficult financial position, we will figure it out. Be well.

To Canadian healthcare workers helping keep us safe, I am offering free psychotherapy and support by phone or ZOOM. We all recognize that you are putting your health on the line for all of us so thank you, thank you, thank you! If you feel overwhelmed, anxious, angry or anything else PLEASE do not hesitate to connect with me.

These days I am seeing people who are bravely questioning what society is telling them should be. Our way of living directs all our attention outwards thus blinding us to who we really are leaving us thirsting for purpose. The first step is feeling that there’s a problem and seeking help to find one’s way inward. For those of us who have embarked on this journey our responsibility is to shine a light in the right direction for others.

Living in western society can be a great challenge because our system seems to favour conformity which makes it very difficult to maintain a true sense of self. When we feel that we cannot fully and actively express all of our potentialities, we start wondering who we are and why we are getting up every morning. This often leads to depressive symptoms, isolation and sometimes feelings of anger that life is not turning out the way we expected. Psychotherapy provides a context for exploring our relationships with ourselves, society and others and attempt to change how we relate to these by questioning feelings, thoughts, beliefs, perceptions that may no longer fit the current situation.

Thanks to all for liking my new page. This is my first foray into FB pages so I am grateful for your engagement and your feedback. I invite you to share the page if you feel that someone you know may be looking to sort some things out.