The Story of Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy began with a simple, powerful truth: when we’re struggling, we need space to be heard — and healing often starts with feeling understood.

In the early 1900s, Sigmund Freud introduced the idea that our unconscious thoughts and past experiences shape how we feel and behave. He helped open the door to deep emotional healing through talk therapy. Later, Carl Jung expanded that view, focusing on personal growth and the search for meaning.

As time went on, therapy evolved. Carl Rogers brought warmth and humanity to the process, believing that genuine connection and empathy are essential to healing. Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis shifted the focus to how our thoughts impact our emotions — leading to the development of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), which is widely used today for anxiety and depression.

Over the decades, therapists have continued to listen, learn, and adapt — creating approaches that honour the unique needs of each person. From trauma-informed care to grief counselling and mindfulness-based therapy, psychotherapy has grown into a flexible, compassionate path to healing.

And while techniques have changed, the heart of therapy remains the same: a safe space to explore, heal, and grow — at your own pace.

Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, depression, loss, or trauma, you don’t have to do it alone. Therapy offers a place to begin again, supported by over a century of care, curiosity, and human connection.