“Asking for help isn’t giving up,
it’s refusing to give up.”

Charlie Mackesy

Welcome to Talitha Koum Psychology

Talitha Koum Psychology beholds the inherent dignity and worth belonging to every person. We recognize the privilege and responsibility of being allowed into another person’s sacred and intimate space, and we do not take this lightly.

We understand that sacred processes are to be held with tenderness, compassion, respect, kindness, openness, curiosity, humility, courage, and responsibility.

We are honoured to hold space for each person who allows us to journey with them.

Our therapists are registered with at least one of the following bodies:

If you would like to engage in your own healing process with us, you can make an appointment with one of our therapists.

Meaning behind our name ‘Talitha Koum’

Some of us experience acute and intense psychological symptoms (e.g., panic attacks, depression, relationship difficulties, emotional outbursts, burnout, etc.) at certain periods of our lives.

At other times, we may find ourselves tolerating longstanding experiences where we feel we are existing but not living. We may function but feel numb and restless. Speak but feel disconnected. Produce but feel purposeless. Attend to others but feel empty. These experiences can be confusing and distressing.

Unlike an illness-based model that perceives symptoms as simply problems to be eradicated, Talitha Koum Psychology takes a trauma-informed perspective which views psychological symptoms[1] as manifestations from the wisdom of our psyche, inviting us to grow, heal, and reconnect with the full glory of our humanity.

‘Talitha Koum’ is as an Aramaic expression meaning, “Little girl, rise up”, as found in the bible, Mark 5: 41. More inclusively, it means, “Little child, come alive”. At Talitha Koum Psychology, we believe that our symptoms and struggles always make sense in the wider context of our stories.

Particularly, when we did not receive what we needed (often in the form of relational, psychological and emotional needs) at specific developmental stages of our lives, our younger selves (which continue to be a part of us as an inner child / inner children) experience wounds, ruptures, and/or traumas that remain stored in our bodies and psyche awaiting repair and healing.

When we now honour and attend to what was needed for our younger selves (inner child), a restoration within us occurs and we start to feel more whole, more integrated, more grounded.

Our younger selves/inner children gain capacity to reveal to us who they gloriously are – and therefore who we more truly are – when our needs are met in a secure relationship.

The fruits of building a secure relationship with ourselves include gratitude, joy, curiosity, confidence, courage, creativity, compassion, purpose, ease, and contentment that a child who feels loved and secure naturally exudes.

We hold expectant hope for everyone engaging in this healing work to gradually embody more of these experiences as part of their sense of Self.

[1] Please note that sometimes it is necessary for us to reduce the impact of psychological symptoms through symptom management techniques and/or psychotropic medication before we can have the capacity to connect with their underlying wisdom.

Our logo showcases an adult with their inner child. Their fingers touch as a sign of them connecting with each other. The circle they are in symbolizes the wholeness, security, and completeness that we feel whenever we experience a safe and loving relationship with ourselves.

We see all parts of you as inherently good and will
invite
every part to
come alive and
have their full dignity
restored.
Little child, come alive.
Talitha Koum.

“Who is the ‘I’
that will come alive when I am
held in safety?”

Dr. Jean Cheng

“The relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have”

Robert Holden

Instagram

On growing up and being told that our experiences of events were wrong, immature, childish, uninformed, and “lesser” than the adults’ experiences and perspectives. Follow @jeanpsychologist for more of such content 💕 . . . . . #inv
They became mothers of their mother, Mothers of their father, Mothers of their siblings, Sometimes even mothers of their extended families. 
They were the ones who held the families together, Who anticipated others’ needs, Who responded quick
To all of you learning how to mother yourself (e.g., your inner children, younger parts) and/or mother your children while feeling unsure because you’ve never had a felt sense of a nurturing mothering experience… … I see you &hel
Often when working with longstanding wounds that trace back to early childhood, there is a quality of these wounds/trauma/pain/aches feeling like they will never end. A sense of being trapped in overwhelming agony forever. Because this WAS the realit
While there are many strategies to cope with a theme of “not good enough”, if we do not understand the roots of our recurring symptoms, we can grow easily frustrated with ourselves when these strategies do not seem effective (as they may
Our relational needs for connection are part of our humanity. When these needs were unmet in childhood, our bodies/psyche will signal this through symptoms and sensations. The problem is that when children are left alone to make sense of these sympto