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Why Do I Keep Repeating Relationship Patterns
If you’ve ever found yourself asking this question, it usually doesn’t come from curiosity. It comes from a moment...
Rebecca Steele
April 6, 2026
High-Achieving Women, Anxiety, and the Pressure to Perform Confidence at Work
What I Noticed at a Communitech International Women’s Day Event
Rebecca Steele
March 30, 2026
How the Enneagram Shows Up in Therapy
Understanding personality patterns in the therapy room
Rebecca Steele
March 23, 2026
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
Few experiences feel as emotionally destabilizing as rejection. A relationship ends unexpectedly. Someone you care...
Rebecca Steele
March 9, 2026
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
Attachment, Emotion-Focused Therapy, and Boundary Work in Depth Therapy
Rebecca Steele
February 25, 2026
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
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
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
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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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