Why Relationships Trigger Us (Even When We Love Each Other)
Posted January 13, 2026
It starts with something small. A tone. A pause. A shift in the other person’s face. You’re having a normal conversation with someone you care about — a partner, friend, parent, child — and suddenly something in you changes.
Read MoreEmotional Burnout vs. Depression: How to Tell the Difference
Posted December 30, 2025
You’ve been feeling off for a while, but you can’t quite name what’s wrong. You’re tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix. Tasks that used to be easy now feel like climbing uphill. You forget small things — where you left your keys, what you came into the room to do.
Read MoreThe Emotional Landscape of the Holiday Season — Why This Time of Year Affects Us All
Posted December 17, 2025
For some, this season brings warmth, excitement, and connection. For others, it brings heaviness, anxiety, pressure, or loneliness. And for many, it brings a complicated blend of all these emotions at once.
Read MoreThe Psychological Impact of Changing Seasons (For Everyone, Not Just Those With SAD)
Posted December 5, 2025
You feel it before you can explain it.
The air changes. The light shifts. Morning feels different—darker, quieter, or sharper.
Your energy seems to stretch or contract with the temperature. Something in you adjusts, even when life around you hasn’t changed at all.
When You’re “Functioning” but Not Okay: Understanding High-Functioning Distress
Posted November 19, 2025
You look fine, but inside you feel like something is quietly unraveling. You get up in the morning and go through the motions. You show up for work, respond to messages, take care of others, and keep your life moving. People admire your resilience and your ability to “handle anything.” From the outside, everything looks stable.
Read MoreWhat Is Relational Psychotherapy?
Posted August 13, 2025
You may have heard the term “relational therapy” or seen it on a therapist’s profile and wondered what it actually means. At OPCC, many of our therapists are trained in relational psychotherapy — an approach that sees healing not just as something that happens within you, but also between you and another person. In other words: relationship is central to how we grow, how we hurt, and how we heal.
Read MoreWhat It Means That Your Therapist Is in Supervision
Posted August 6, 2025
You may have seen the phrase “in clinical supervision” on your therapist’s profile or been told that your therapist discusses their work in supervision. But what does that actually mean? Is it something to be concerned about — or something to feel reassured by? At OPCC, we believe supervision is a core part of ethical, thoughtful, and high-quality therapy.
Read MoreNavigating Mental Health When You Feel “Othered”
Posted July 30, 2025
Feeling “othered” means being treated — subtly or overtly — as if you don’t quite belong. It might be because of your race, gender identity, body size, disability, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, class background, or spiritual beliefs. Whatever the reason, the experience can leave lasting emotional impacts. At OPCC, we understand that mental health doesn’t exist in a vacuum — and that healing must include the parts of you that have been silenced, ignored, or excluded.
Read MoreTherapy for LGBTQIA+ Clients: What Affirming Care Looks Like
Posted July 23, 2025
Seeking therapy as an LGBTQIA+ person can bring up unique concerns: Will I be understood? Will I be judged? Will I have to educate my therapist just to be seen clearly? At OPCC, our therapists are trained to provide affirming, relational care that honours the full complexity of your identity — without pathologizing it.
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