Northern Therapy Practice

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🍃 NTP offers therapy for those navigating mental health struggles

•Childrens Therapy
•Couples therapy
•EMDR
& More!

✨In Espanola, LC, Mindemoya, Chapleau & Sudbury

🛜 Virtual Services Available Across Ontario

📲 705-282-7198

🐴❤️ YOU DON’T HAVE TO TOUCH A HORSE TO BEGIN FEELING THEIR PRESENCEHere is something fascinating about horses.A horse’s ...
09/08/2026

🐴❤️ YOU DON’T HAVE TO TOUCH A HORSE TO BEGIN FEELING THEIR PRESENCE

Here is something fascinating about horses.

A horse’s heart creates an electromagnetic field around its body. Some equine and HeartMath literature estimates that this field may extend 40–50 feet around the horse.

👉 That’s roughly the length of a large transport truck all the way around a horse.

So imagine standing at one end of that distance with the horse at the other.

You haven’t touched the horse.
You aren’t riding the horse.
You may not even be standing beside the horse.

Yet you are already within the space surrounding that animal.

And here’s where the science gets really interesting.

Research measuring horses and humans together has found that their heart-rate patterns and nervous-system activity can become synchronized during interaction.

In everyday language:

❤️ Our bodies can begin responding to each other.

A calm horse can provide powerful signals of rhythm, movement, breathing and safety that our nervous system can pick up and respond to.

For someone whose nervous system has spent years living in fight, flight or freeze, being around a calm horse may provide another experience:

“Right now, I am safe.”

This is one of the reasons horses can be such an incredible addition to trauma therapy.

🐴 Sometimes healing begins in ways we never imagined.

📚 Research on horse–human physiological synchronization:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11414536/

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 705-282-7198

Exciting News for Northern Therapy Practice! 🌿We are pleased to share that Douglas Social Work Professional Corporation ...
09/08/2026

Exciting News for Northern Therapy Practice! 🌿

We are pleased to share that Douglas Social Work Professional Corporation / Northern Therapy Practice has received support through the Northern Ontario Women (NOW) Program, funded by the Government of Canada through FedNor.

This funding will support practice growth, consulting and strategic development as we continue to strengthen and expand Northern Therapy Practice.

We are grateful for this investment in women-led businesses in Northern Ontario and for the opportunity to continue growing our services and supporting the communities we serve.

💚 Northern Therapy Practice
Support • Heal • Thrive
🌐 northerntherapypractice.ca
📧 [email protected]

09/07/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month.

Sometimes, the people who are struggling the most are the ones who have become the best at hiding it.

A simple check-in, a conversation, or reminding someone that they don’t have to face things alone can make a difference.

At Northern Therapy Practice, we believe there is always hope, even when it may not feel that way.

You matter. Your story matters. And help is available.

If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. 💚

📞 705-282-7198
📧 [email protected]
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
📍 Espanola • Mindemoya • Little Current • Chapleau • Sudbury
💻 Virtual appointments available across Ontario
💚 NIHB & private insurance accepted

Gus and Larry are on the job today at our clinic. They are so happy! Look at these cuties!
09/05/2026

Gus and Larry are on the job today at our clinic. They are so happy! Look at these cuties!

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 3When You Keep Loving but Stop Feeling LovedSometimes love doesn’t end.Reciprocity does.You ...
09/05/2026

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 3
When You Keep Loving but Stop Feeling Loved

Sometimes love doesn’t end.

Reciprocity does.

You may still love them deeply.
Still think about their needs.
Still protect the relationship.
Still try to understand them.
Still hope things will change.

But eventually, you may find yourself thinking:

“I give so much love… but I don’t feel loved in return.”

You may start working harder for connection, accepting less affection, making excuses for emotional distance, or wondering whether your needs are simply “too much.”

You may even believe:

“If I love them enough, eventually they will love me the way I need to be loved.”

But there is an important truth:

❤️ The amount of love you give cannot create reciprocity in another person.

Love can be real — and still be unequal.

You don’t have to stop loving someone to recognize that you are not receiving the kind of love you need.

Healthy love isn’t measured only by how strongly you feel.

It is also experienced through:

Presence • Responsiveness • Care • Respect • Connection • Reciprocity

❤️ Next: Part 4 — Why Is It So Hard to Let Go?

Northern Therapy Practice Inc.
📞 705-282-7198
📧 [email protected]
🌐 northerntherapypractice.ca

Knowledge • Understanding • Healing • Together

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 2: When Love Blinds UsHave you ever loved someone so deeply that you found yourself explaini...
09/03/2026

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 2: When Love Blinds Us

Have you ever loved someone so deeply that you found yourself explaining away the things that hurt you?

Sometimes love changes the way we see another person.

We may:

❤️ Focus on their potential instead of their patterns
❤️ Minimize behaviour that hurts us
❤️ Make excuses because we understand their past
❤️ Hold tightly to memories of who they once were
❤️ Keep believing things will eventually change
❤️ Give more and more while receiving less and less

Psychology calls part of this idealization — seeing someone through a more positive lens because of our emotional attachment to them.

Some positive idealization can be completely normal in healthy relationships.

But there is an important difference between:

“I see your imperfections and I still love you.”

and

“I have to ignore what is hurting me in order to keep loving you.”

Love does not require us to stop seeing reality.

Sometimes one of the most difficult parts of loving someone is learning to hold two truths at once:

I can love you deeply.
And I can acknowledge that something in this relationship is hurting me.

❤️ Next in The Love Sequence:
When You Keep Loving but Stop Feeling Loved

Northern Therapy Practice Inc.
Knowledge • Understanding • Healing • Together

Email: [email protected]
PH: 705-282-7198

09/01/2026

NTP Jemma and Jazzy loving the hay!

💜 INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY — AUGUST 31Today, we remember.We remember the people whose lives were lost to ove...
08/31/2026

💜 INTERNATIONAL OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY — AUGUST 31

Today, we remember.

We remember the people whose lives were lost to overdose.

We remember that behind every loss was a person — someone’s child, parent, sibling, partner, friend or loved one.

We acknowledge the families who continue to carry grief, the people living with substance use and addiction, and those working toward recovery.

Addiction is not a moral failure.
Struggling does not make someone less deserving of compassion.
And asking for help should never be met with shame.

Today is also a reminder that recovery is possible, support matters, and conversations about substance use can save lives.

If someone you love is struggling, stay connected. Listen without judgment. Encourage support.

And if you are the person struggling:

Your life matters.
You are worthy of help.
There is still hope. 💜

In memory of those we have lost, in support of those who remain, and with hope for those finding their way forward.

Northern Therapy Practice Inc.
📞 705-282-7198
📧 [email protected]
🌐 northerntherapypractice.ca

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 1: What Is Love?We use the word love all the time.“I love them.”“They love me.”“I know they ...
08/31/2026

❤️ THE LOVE SEQUENCE — PART 1: What Is Love?

We use the word love all the time.

“I love them.”
“They love me.”
“I know they love me, but…”

But what actually is love?

Psychological research describes love as more than a feeling. Love can involve:

❤️ Attachment — feeling emotionally bonded to someone
❤️ Intimacy — feeling known, understood and connected
❤️ Care — genuinely valuing another person’s well-being
❤️ Passion — attraction, desire and emotional intensity
❤️ Commitment — choosing to invest in and maintain the relationship

But here is where love becomes complicated:

Loving someone does not automatically mean you are being loved well in return.

You can deeply love someone who cannot—or does not—meet your emotional needs.

You can love someone and minimize the things that hurt you.

You can love who someone could be while struggling with who they consistently show themselves to be.

And sometimes we become so focused on proving our love, preserving the relationship, or waiting to finally feel loved back that we stop asking an important question:

“What does love actually feel like when it is reciprocal?”

Over the next few posts, we’re going to explore the psychology of love—including attachment, idealization, unrequited love, reciprocity, and why sometimes the relationships that hurt us can be the hardest ones to let go of.

Northern Therapy Practice Inc.
The Love Sequence ❤️

Contact: [email protected]

705-282-7198

08/31/2026

Sometimes, finding the words is the hardest part.

Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy offers a different way to connect, reflect, and work through difficult emotions. Alongside a trained therapist, working with horses like Gus and Larry can help support trust, confidence, emotional awareness, and healthier ways of coping.

There’s no riding and no horse experience needed — just a willingness to show up and begin. 🌿

Because sometimes, healing can start without saying a word. 🐴💚

🌿 Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
📍 Sudbury, Manitoulin, Chapleau, Espanola
🌐 www.northerntherapypractice.ca
📞 705-282-7198

Address

3664 RR#1 Highway 542
Mindemoya, ON
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Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+17052827198

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