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What You’ll Gain From This Program
Deep Self-Awareness
Identify the roots of people-pleasing behaviors and understand their impact on your emotions, actions, and relationships.
Practical Boundary-Setting Skills
Learn how to express genuine needs in relationships, freeing yourself from suppression and compliance.
Enhanced Confidence & Self-Acceptance
Gradually reshape your behaviors and thought patterns to build a healthier self-evaluation system.
Course Overview
Session 1: Identifying People-Pleasing Behaviors & Their Roots
Help you recognize the traits of a people-pleasing personality, understand its origins, and clarify your goals for change.
Characteristics & Impact of People-Pleasing Personality
- Analyze common traits, such as excessive compliance, fear of conflict, emotional suppression, and unmet needs.
- Explore the positive and negative effects of people-pleasing on emotional well-being, productivity, and relationships.
Psychological Drivers Behind the Behavior
- Uncover deep-seated causes, such as fear of rejection, desire for approval, or emotional deprivation and criticism in childhood.
- Use the “Behavioral Tracking Tool” to document triggers of people-pleasing actions and gain insight into your patterns.
Setting Adjustment Goals
- Clarify your key concerns and aspirations in relationships.
- Establish realistic short-term and long-term goals for meaningful change.
Session 2: Setting Boundaries & Expressing Genuine Needs
Learn techniques for setting healthy boundaries and expressing your true needs, paving the way for balanced relationships.
The Importance & Misconceptions of Boundaries
- Understand how healthy boundaries contribute to personal growth and relational health.
- Identify boundaries that are missing or violated in your relationships.
- Utilize the “Boundary Checklist” to define and prioritize your personal limits.
Techniques for Expressing Genuine Needs
- Learn and practice Nonviolent Communication (NVC) skills
- Engage in role-play scenarios to practice handling common people-pleasing situations, such as declining unreasonable requests or addressing criticism assertively.
Session 3: Self-Acceptance & Long-Term Adjustment
Cultivate self-compassion and self-identity to reduce people-pleasing tendencies and embrace a confident, authentic life.
Reducing Inner Criticism & Self-Doubt
- Identify and reframe self-critical thoughts, adopting a kinder perspective toward yourself.
- Use “Self-Compassion Exercises” to offer yourself understanding and support during difficult moments rather than self-reproach.
Building Resilience & Independence
- Discover the positive lessons in failure and rejection, learning to maintain self-worth even without external approval.
- Apply “Growth Mindset Tools” to enhance resilience in the face of challenges and conflicts.
Creating Balanced Relationship Patterns
- Develop a personalized action plan to integrate healthy boundary-setting and self-expression into your daily interactions.
- Learn to address relational conflicts and disagreements authentically, avoiding a relapse into people-pleasing habits.
Stop Putting Everyone Before You
Discovering Your Authenticity
This course is tailored for individuals with people-pleasing tendencies, aiming to help you identify the roots and impacts of such behaviors, set healthy boundaries, and gradually reconnect with your authentic self. Through practical psychological tools and techniques, you will learn to balance the needs of others with your own, fostering healthier interpersonal relationships.
Through this course, you will transition from pleasing others to embracing your true self, gradually establishing healthier, more defined relationship patterns. Along the way, you will not only better meet your emotional needs but also experience more balanced and fulfilling interactions.
Hear from our clients…
It’s such a relief to talk to someone who actually gets what it’s like being LGBTQ+. No weird looks, no judgment—just real support. I can finally be myself.
They really understand what it’s like growing up with Asian family expectations. I didn’t have to explain everything from scratch. Therapy helped me find a way to set boundaries without feeling like I was disrespecting my culture.
I honestly couldn’t do therapy if it weren’t for the evening and weekend times. They really work around my schedule, and it never feels rushed. Super knowledgeable and easy to talk to.
I was completely burnt out from work. As a healthcare worker, I’m used to putting others first—but therapy helped me draw the line and get some balance back.
I used to feel like anxiety was running the show. Now, I’ve actually got tools that help. I finally feel like I’m in the driver’s seat.
It’s so ADHD-friendly here. The sessions have structure, but there’s also room to adapt depending on how my brain’s working that day. No judgment—just stuff that actually helps.
For the first time in a long time, I feel safe opening up. It’s clear they really understand trauma, and the way they show up—it just makes healing feel doable.
I was totally running on empty. Therapy helped me reset, figure out where to draw the line, and start feeling like myself again.
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Questions About Boundaries and People-Pleasing
Isn't putting others first just being a nice, considerate person — why would that need a program?
Being considerate and being a people-pleaser aren’t quite the same. People-pleasing usually comes from a harder place — fear of conflict, fear of being disliked, or feeling like your own needs don’t count as much as everyone else’s. This program is about keeping your generosity while making sure it’s actually a choice, not a compulsion.
Will learning to set boundaries make me seem selfish, or cause conflict with people I care about?
It’s a really common worry, and usually the opposite happens — boundaries set with care tend to make relationships more honest and sustainable, not more strained. Some people around you may need an adjustment period, but the program spends real time practicing how to say things clearly without being harsh.
What if my people-pleasing comes from cultural or family expectations, like always deferring to parents or elders?
That’s a really common root, and something our therapists are especially attuned to — this program isn’t about rejecting your values or your family, it’s about helping you find where genuine respect ends and self-erasure begins, so you can honour both your relationships and yourself.
Can I focus this on just one relationship, like a difficult boss or parent, or is it more all-encompassing?
Either works. Some people come in wanting to work through one specific relationship where the pattern feels strongest, while others want to look at the broader pattern across their whole life — you can shape the focus with your therapist based on what’s most useful for you.
Is this program covered by insurance?
Yes, we offer direct billing with most major Canadian insurance providers, including Sun Life, Manulife, Canada Life, and Pacific Blue Cross — the same coverage available across our other services.
Is this different from working through people-pleasing patterns in regular individual counselling?
People-pleasing often comes up as one thread within broader, open-ended individual counselling. This program is different in that it’s entirely dedicated to it — a focused three-session structure built specifically around boundaries, self-worth, and breaking the pattern, rather than being one topic among several.
Meet Your Future Therapist
Lori Wang
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Works With
- Children & Teens
- Adults
- Couples & Partners
Speaks
- English
- Mandarin
Kemmy Wong
Registered Social Worker
Works With
- Teens & Adults
- Couples & Families
Speaks
- English
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
Kelsey Lee
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Works With
- Teens & Adults
- Couples & Families
Speaks
- English
- Hakka
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
Raajbir Virk
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Works With
- Children, Teens & Adults
- Couples & Families
Speaks
- English
- Punjabi
- Hindi
Ann
Registered Clinical Counsellor
Works With
- Teens & Adults
- Couples & Families
Speaks
- English
- Mandarin