This Valentine’s Day, Trellis’ Therapy Team is celebrating all the different kinds of love that connect us, and how you can show that love to the people in your life.

Affectionate, Friendly Love

Soul-to-soul bonds, loyalty, trust, encouraging, kind, and affectionate.

► Spend some quality time with a friend! Pick a friend that you’re grateful for, let them know!

Passionate Love

Sexual attraction, sexual intimacy, and romance.

► Spend quality time with your partner! If you don’t have a partner, ask yourself what you hope to find in a partner.

Familial Love

Protective, kinship-based love that embodies approval, sacrifice, and acceptance.

► Family doesn’t always mean blood. Who continually shows up for you? Share a meal of their favourite foods with them. Tip: learn a family recipe!

Selfless, Universal Love

Empathic, selfless love for others that includes a love for God, nature, and strangers.

► We challenge you to do one kind deed. Spend time in nature and pick up garbage while you’re out there.

Playful, Flirtatious Love

Easy, breezy love. It’s all about having non-committal, and consensual, fun.

► Embrace your goofy side, love is trusting our people to see all the sides of us.

Committed, Long-Lasting Love

Endurance, companionship, sharing similar hopes for the future.

► Dream together! Talk about your hopes and dreams for the future, and try to set a goal for this month, this week, and this year.

Self-Love

Affection to ourselves. Goes hand in hand with self-worth, confidence, and self-compassion!

► Take yourself on a date! Do something to treat yourself and spend some quality time with you. Maybe go for a walk or get a coffee and go thrifting.