What to Expect From Therapy at Felt Sense Psychotherapy
- jennifergrindonthe
- Mar 5
- 3 min read
Beginning therapy can bring up a mix of hope, curiosity, and uncertainty. At Felt Sense Psychotherapy, we believe that understanding the process helps your nervous system settle enough to engage in meaningful work.
Our approach is relational, attachment-informed, and somatically grounded. Therapy with us is not about quick fixes or surface-level coping strategies — it’s about understanding patterns, building insight, and creating change that translates beyond the therapy room.
Step One: A Free 10–15 Minute Consultation
We begin with a free 10–15 minute consultation to determine fit.
This is a low-pressure conversation where we:
Explore what’s bringing you to therapy
Assess whether our approach feels aligned for you
Discuss scheduling, availability, and fees
Answer any questions you may have
Our therapists only work within their scope, so they may end up referring you to a more appropriate therapist or will decide that they have the skills to support you.
Therapy works best when there is a sense of safety and connection. This consult helps us decide together if working together feels right.
Step Two: The First Session — Safety, Clarity, and Consent
Your first session focuses on creating clarity, transparency, and emotional safety.
We review informed consent, including:
Confidentiality and its limits
Policies and procedures
Fees, cancellations, and expectations
Your rights as a client
We believe informed consent is an ongoing process. You are always welcome to ask questions, revisit agreements, and express concerns at any point in therapy.
Step Three: Understanding You in Context — Attachment Intake
Before trying to change patterns, we take time to understand how they formed.
We use an attachment-informed intake inventory to explore:
Early caregiving relationships
Past and present relational experiences
How you learned to cope, protect, and connect
The ways these experiences continue to shape your nervous system, relationships, and sense of self
This process helps us understand you in the context of your life, not as a set of symptoms. This phase may unfold over one or several sessions, depending on your pace and needs.
Step Four: Insight, Relationship, and Pattern Exploration
Talking and building insight matter. We believe that making sense of your experiences is an essential part of healing.
As therapy continues, you and your therapist will:
Explore patterns in relationships, emotions, and responses
Reflect on how these patterns show up in the therapy relationship itself
Use the therapeutic relationship as a space to practice new ways of being
Healing often happens within the relationship with your therapist — and the safety, communication, and repair practiced in therapy can translate into your life outside of sessions.
Step Five: Somatic Work — Moving Beyond Insight
Insight alone is not always enough to create lasting change. To help shift patterns at a deeper level, we incorporate somatic practices.
This may include:
Gently dropping into the body to notice sensations, images, behaviours, affect and meaning
Slowing down emotional experiences
Tracking nervous system responses in real time
Exploring what your body learned through past experiences
By working with both mind and body, therapy becomes less about intellectual understanding and more about embodied change.
Therapy That Translates Beyond the Room
Our goal is not for therapy to stay contained within sessions. The awareness, regulation, and relational skills developed in therapy are meant to support:
Healthier relationships
Increased emotional capacity
Clearer boundaries
A stronger sense of self
In-Person and Virtual Therapy Options
We offer:
In-person therapy in Nepean, Ottawa
Virtual therapy across Ontario
This flexibility allows you to access support in a way that fits your life and nervous system.
Therapy at Your Pace (unless you are trying to rush the pace.. then we will slow you down)
There is no one “right” way to do therapy. We move at a pace that respects your history, capacity, and goals — with curiosity, compassion, and collaboration.
If you’re considering therapy and want to learn more, we invite you to book a free consultation to see if Felt Sense Psychotherapy feels like the right fit for you.
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