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
The End 🎉 June 29–July 5 | Chapters 10–Conclusion (pp. 159–190) Well… We made it. When all of this started, I genuinely thought 5–7 pages a day would feel like a relaxed, easy, enjoyable pace. But that assumed an engaging read. 😅 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...
📚 No Bad Parts Book Club - Weeks FIVE
Week 4: June 22–28 Chapters 7–9 (pp. 107–158) 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. 😩 I keep hoping we will...
📚 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. 😂 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: 📚 June 8–14: Chapters 3–6 (49–106) ☀️ 💤 June 15–21: Break/Catch-Up Week And today (June 22) officially kicks off: 📚 June 22–28: Chapters 7–9...
📚 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 1–7: Introduction to Chapter 2 (pix–48) • June 8–14: Chapters 3–6 (49–106) • June 15–21: Break/Catch-Up Week ☀️ 💤 • June 22–28: Chapters 7–9 (107–158) • June 29–July 5: Chapters 10–Conclusion (159–190) In other words, we're...
📚 No Bad Parts Book Club - Week One
Supporting Eating Disorders & Body Image Concerns Summer can be a uniquely challenging season for both clients and clinicians working in the eating disorder and body image field. Increased exposure to social events such as weddings, graduations, vacations, and family gatherings often brings heightened focus on appearance, body image, food, and movement. At the same time, seasonal diet culture messaging tends to intensify—particularly with ongoing conversations around weight loss medications,...
Summer Virtual Group Supervision for Clinicians☀️
... drum roll.... 🧩 June Book Club... ✨ No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz ✨ 📚 JUNE BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 After wrapping up Tired As F*ck (and several months of reading our way through some big anti-diet, self compassion, body image, eating disorder, and mental health topics together), I'm excited to announce our next—and final before a summer break—book club pick: ✨ No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz ✨ You've probably heard people talking about: 👉 "Parts work" 👉 Internal Family...