Helping to navigate wellness & wellbeing through meaningful therapeutic connection.
Providing individual and family therapy to help people to heal
HOW I CAN HELP
Through evidence based therapy sessions informed by best practice, I help clients navigate thoughts, feelings, behaviours & beliefs to repair relationships with food, body, movement and self.
My goal as a therapist is to create a safe and compassionate space
ABOUT MONICA FREUDENREICH
Welcome,
I am told I bring warmth, genuineness, and a sense of humour and joy to therapy. I am an avid writer, music lover and adventurer when not working with clients. I offer individual and family therapy in person and virtually, and have resource books to help you get started right now in my online shop!
NOW YOU KNOW WHO I AM
This Is What I Do...
I primarily work with people to heal from disordered eating, eating disorders, feelings of loneliness, inadequacy, depression, anxiety, and grief. Since 2010, I have worked with individuals struggling with trauma, substance use, and chronic health conditions including HIV.
"We are all wired for connection. It’s in our biology. As infants, our need for connection is about survival. As we grow older, connection means thriving – emotionally, physically, spiritually, and intellectually. Connection is critical because we all have the basic need to feel accepted and to believe that we belong and are valued for who we are”
— DR. BRENE BROWN
From the blog
We're back baby! Fall Book Club 2026 I hope that everyone enjoyed some time outside, some fun fiction reads & with the days getting shorter and cooler, I hope you'r'e as excited as I am to dig back into some non fiction with me! đ Sept&Oct: Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price đ (below) then đ Nov&Dec: Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison (a re-read for me, its been a few years and I want to see how it holds up! I think it will be a good time of year to also help counter unhelpful diet BS as...
đđ Book Club is BACK â¨
And With That⌠Book Club Is on Summer Break âď¸ I may or may not reread Christy Harrisonâs Anti-Diet and The Wellness Trap this summer. Or I may just⌠not. đ What I will be focusing on insteadâand what I hope you get to do too: âď¸ Feel some sun on your face đ Swim đ Get lost in fun fiction đ´ Nap 𧊠Play/Explore đ¨ Try something new đ Laugh đś Sing đ¤ Hug your loved ones đž Cuddle your furry family members Previous Book Club Picks I Actually Recommend The Body Liberation Project â Chrissy...
đâď¸ đ Book Club Summer Break
The End đ June 29âJuly 5 | Chapters 10âConclusion (pp. 159â190) Well⌠We made it. When all of this started, I genuinely thought 5â7 pages a day would feel like a relaxed, easy, enjoyable pace. But that assumed an engaging read. đ Instead, this book felt like a bit of a battle for me to get through. There are parts of IFS that I value. I use parts work in a lot of my individual work with clients. I absolutely believe that approaching our reactions with curiosity rather than shame IS the way...
đ No Bad Parts Book Club - Weeks FIVE
Week 4: June 22â28 Chapters 7â9 (pp. 107â158) Alright⌠here we go. I have officially reached the point where I have very little interest in picking this book up because it is just feeling kind of⌠blah. Which is a bummer. Because I do believe in parts work. I use parts work in a lot of my own clinical work. There are genuinely useful ideas in IFS. But this book is increasingly giving: interesting clinical material, explained in a way that makes it hard to stay awake. đŠ I keep hoping we will...
đ No Bad Parts Book Club - Weeks Four (of 5)
Hello Summer! No Bad Parts: Week 2 & 3 [Catch-Up Week] Well... here I am posting late again. đ The good news is that my timing actually worked out pretty well this month, because we just wrapped up our break/catch-up week yesterday (June 21), so if you're behind on the reading, you're in excellent company. A quick reminder of where we're at: đ June 8â14: Chapters 3â6 (49â106) âď¸ đ¤ June 15â21: Break/Catch-Up Week And today (June 22) officially kicks off: đ June 22â28: Chapters 7â9...
đ No Bad Parts Book Club - Weeks Two & Three
First, thank you for your patience! I'm a little behind getting this week's post out. My goal is to get Week 2 posted by the end of this week, but it may end up arriving during our break/catch-up week next week instead. A quick reminder of the reading schedule: ⢠June 1â7: Introduction to Chapter 2 (pixâ48) ⢠June 8â14: Chapters 3â6 (49â106) ⢠June 15â21: Break/Catch-Up Week âď¸ đ¤ ⢠June 22â28: Chapters 7â9 (107â158) ⢠June 29âJuly 5: Chapters 10âConclusion (159â190) In other words, we're...