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
Week 2 📖 How to Let Everyone Know You Suck → How to Lose Feeling in Half of Your Face (p. 42–84) 😬 How to Let Everyone Know You Suck This chapter is a really good example of how openly criticizing ourselves in casual social settings (with friends, etc.) just… doesn’t work and more than that, shaming ourselves into “willpowering” our way toward more “successful” disordered eating doesn’t help—and causes harm. The harm is not only to ourselves, but to others around us who are listening to...
📚 Tired As F*ck Book Club - Week 2
Week 1 (Mar 30 – Apr 5) Intro → How to Focus on the Wrong Cure (p. xii–41) Happy April everyone! I don’t know where everyone is joining from, but here in Victoria it’s feeling a little too chilly and rainy for spring on the west coast 🌧️ So far, I’ve really loved the short chapters—it's made it easy to read for 5–10 minutes at a time and slowly make my way through the first ~40 pages. At this point, no major red flags from the author. The writing style is definitely more comic/social media...
📚 Tired As F*ck Book Club - Week 1
Hi everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who voted, messaged, or emailed with book picks 💛 There was a tie for enthusiasm , so we’re doing BOTH books: 👉 April–May: Tired As F ck* by Caroline Dooner 👉 June: No Bad Parts by Richard C. Schwartz 📅 START DATE Monday, March 30 📚 HOW TO JOIN Choose whatever format works for your brain: 📖 Physical book 🎧 Audiobook 🔄 Mix of both (my personal fave!) Local clients bonus: I’ll have a few copies in the office library—grab one anytime! 🧠 HOW...
🌸 SPRING BOOK CLUB IS HERE! 🌸
This Week: Feb 23–Mar 1 | Chapters 10, 11 & 12 [The End!] Wow — here we are, the home stretch! 🏁 This week’s chapters are reflective, and full of really important reminders about movement, body trust, and healing that is bigger than any one of us. Grab your coffee, tea, or cozy warm or iced soothing beverage of choice… let’s dive in. ☕🌿 💃 Chapter 10: Reclaiming Movement I have a lot to say about this chapter//many fave quotes, so this chapter discussion is a bit lengthy! I’m a big fan of...
📚 Body Trust Book Club - Week 7
This week: Feb 16–22 | Chapters 8 & 9 This is one of those weeks that asks us to slow down a little. The kind of reading that benefits from pauses, deep breaths, and maybe a warm drink nearby. “I need to pause and sip my coffee” energy. ☕🌿 Let’s go. 🌲 Chapter 8: Entering the Wilderness I had a genuine chuckle at this line: “Attunement is something you may not think about in your everyday life…” …unless you’re me. Or a therapist. Or someone who overthinks their internal experience for a...
📚Body Trust Book Club: Week 6
Week 4 (Feb 2–8): Chapters 5, 6 & 7 Before we dive in, a quick real-life timing note 💛I’m posting this on Feb 15 , even though Week 4 on our original plan was Feb 2–8 , and this week (ending today) was technically our catch-up / rest week 🌿 Which means… yes. I am using the catch-up week to catch up.This feels extremely aligned with the spirit of this book club. If you’re right on schedule — amazing. If you’re behind, skipped chapters, or are just reading the recaps — also amazing. The...