When You Freeze or Fawn Around a Parent image

When You Freeze or Fawn Around a Parent

Moving Beyond “Fight or Flight” in Trauma Responses
Rebecca Steele
March 16, 2026
Why Rejection Hurts So Much: How It Reactivates Childhood Attachment Wounds image

Why Rejection Hurts So Much: How It Reactivates Childhood Attachment Wounds

Few experiences feel as emotionally destabilizing as rejection. A relationship ends unexpectedly. Someone you care...
Rebecca Steele
March 9, 2026
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Why Highly Sensitive People Often Feel Emotionally Alone in Relationships

Many Highly Sensitive People describe a particular kind of loneliness — not the absence of people, but the absence...
Rebecca Steele
March 2, 2026
Fear of Abandonment in Relationships: How to Stop Abandoning Yourself to Keep Others Close image

Fear of Abandonment in Relationships: How to Stop Abandoning Yourself to Keep Others Close

Attachment, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Boundary Work in Depth Therapy
Rebecca Steele
February 25, 2026
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How You Are Anywhere Is How You Are Everywhere

Why Self-Awareness, Avoidance, and the Therapy Relationship Matter More Than You Think
Rebecca Steele
February 17, 2026
Why Being “Not Chosen” Hurts So Much — And What It’s Really Pointing To image

Why Being “Not Chosen” Hurts So Much — And What It’s Really Pointing To

The Psychology of Rejection Sensitivity
Rebecca Steele
February 9, 2026
From Helper to Author: Reclaiming Your Inner Compass and Designing a Life That’s Yours image

From Helper to Author: Reclaiming Your Inner Compass and Designing a Life That’s Yours

Many people come to therapy not because they don’t care about others—but because they care too much, at the cost of...
Rebecca Steele
February 2, 2026
Left on Read? The Hidden Emotional Cost of Modern Dating image

Left on Read? The Hidden Emotional Cost of Modern Dating

At first, you tell yourself not to take it personally... “It’s just how dating is now.” “They probably got busy.”...
Rebecca Steele
January 30, 2026
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The Anxiety–Depression Loop in Winter

Why anxiety and depression intensify in winter — and how to respond gently
Rebecca Steele
January 26, 2026
Therapy Is Not Just for Healing — It’s Also for Growth and Self‑Expansion image

Therapy Is Not Just for Healing — It’s Also for Growth and Self‑Expansion

A Jungian and depth therapy perspective
Rebecca Steele
January 22, 2026
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Rebecca Steele

PO Box 40074, Waterloo Square PO
Waterloo, ON
N2J 4V1

8559083524

rebecca@smart-therapy.ca

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