Saalvio Blog

Plain-language writing on therapy and mental health

  • Trauma and PTSD

    Complex PTSD and trauma therapy in Toronto: what to expect

    Complex PTSD and trauma therapy in Toronto can help people whose trauma happened repeatedly over months or years rather than as a single event. Complex PTSD therapy in Toronto may focus on understanding how long-term trauma affects emotions, relationships, thoughts,…

    7 minute read

  • Anxiety and Stress

    ERP therapy for health anxiety

    ERP therapy for health anxiety targets a specific loop: a body sensation, a frightening thought about it, and a search for certainty that never quite lands. The tools are the same ones used for any other OCD-spectrum pattern. The target…

    9 minute read

  • ERP

    ERP Therapy at Home: How to Do ERP on Your Own

    ERP therapy at home means practicing exposure and response prevention outside a therapist's office, usually as homework between sessions, sometimes as a first step before starting with a therapist at all.  The exercises themselves do not change because you are…

    8 minute read

  • ERP

    ERP therapy techniques: Exercises, steps & examples

    ERP therapy techniques are the specific, practical tools a therapist uses to turn exposure and response prevention from an idea into a repeatable practice: a distress scale for rating fear, a ranked list of triggers, named categories of exercises, and…

    7 minute read

  • ERP

    ERP vs CBT for OCD: What is the difference?

    ERP therapy is a type of CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) built just for OCD. It helps you face a scary thought without doing the ritual that usually follows it. This guide explains what ERP is, how it fits inside CBT,…

    8 minute read

  • ERP

    How does ERP therapy work?

    Exposure and response prevention works on a simple mechanism, even though living with OCD rarely feels simple. A therapist helps you deliberately approach a thought, image, or situation that triggers your obsession, and then helps you sit with the urge…

    7 minute read