Healing Narratives Counselling Inc.

05/01/2026

Clients now have the option to access SERA - a dedicated app designed to support your work between sessions.

Track your patterns, explore your Early Maladaptive Schemas, reflect through guided journaling, and build more adaptive responses in real time.

This isn’t about doing more work… it’s about making the work we’re already doing stick.

Available to clients who want that extra layer of support ✨

05/01/2026

I work with adults carrying the quiet weight of relational trauma — the repeated patterns that shape how you connect, regulate emotions, and show up in relationships. Here’s a brief, anonymized vignette: a client named “S” wakes each morning bracing for rejection, finds closeness feels risky, and oscillates between people-pleasing and withdrawal. These daily realities aren’t a single traumatic event — they’re the cumulative impact of early attachment wounds that affect intimacy, nervous-system regulation, and self-worth.

At Healing Narratives Counselling, I use attachment-based, trauma-informed approaches to help you: recognize relational patterns, practice nervous-system regulation, build secure connection skills, and rewrite your internal story. Therapy is collaborative and practical — we move from understanding to tools you can use in real life.

I’m Stephanie, a social worker with clinical experience supporting virtual clients across Canada. If you’re ready to explore safer ways of relating and feel more grounded in connection, you don’t have to do it alone. Learn more or book a consult: https://wix.to/c7J5eI6

Ready to talk? Comment “I’m ready” or message me to start the conversation.

04/30/2026

Behaviours like clinging, withdrawing, or feeling unpredictable aren’t flaws — they’re survival strategies your nervous system learned to keep you safe. I help adults understand anxious, avoidant, and disorganized attachment as adaptive responses to early relationships, and then build healthier regulation tools through attachment-focused, trauma-informed therapy. If you’re unsure where to start, book a free 30-minute consultation to explore what therapy might look like for you. https://wix.to/Uwdai6u 💬🌿

04/29/2026

I’m Stephanie — a social worker specializing in relational trauma and attachment patterns. In this short video I’ll spot one common early maladaptive schema (like abandonment), show a relatable micro-scenario, and explain how schema-aware therapy helps you rewrite that inner story for lasting change. I work with evidence-based approaches and focus on root causes to help you build healthier relationships and emotion regulation. Virtual sessions available for Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta. Ready to start? Book a session: https://wix.to/whFtOvi 😊🧠

04/17/2026

When conflict hits, small skills can make a big difference. I’m sharing three brief, evidence-informed self-regulation tools you can use in the moment: a breathing anchor, a grounding body scan, and a micro-boundary script. These techniques complement trauma-informed therapy and reflect my clinical experience helping adults with relational trauma and attachment wounds. Try one the next time you feel triggered, and notice how it shifts your nervous system. Learn more and access step-by-step prompts at https://wix.to/Jf7aTjO 🌿✨ . Want a quick guide you can save? Comment “Guide” and I’ll send one.

04/16/2026

I use attachment theory as a practical map to help adults heal relational trauma and make clearer relationship choices. Here’s a quick guide — and one concrete practice for each pattern you can try today. • Secure: You seek connection and communicate needs calmly. Practice: Journal three recent moments you felt seen and list what helped you feel safe. • Anxious: You worry about closeness and need reassurance. Practice: Grounding exercise — 5 deep breaths, name five things you can see/hear/touch, then write one need you can ask for. • Avoidant: You pull away to protect yourself. Practice: Set a small boundary and journal what felt manageable and why. • Disorganized: You feel pulled between wanting closeness and fearing it. Practice: Safe-place visualisation — 2 minutes imagining a calm, protective space, then note one small step toward connection. My trauma-informed, attachment-based approach (inspired by Stephanie Underwood) helps translate your attachment map into concrete skills for better regulation and clearer choices. I offer virtual therapy across Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta to make support accessible. Ready to explore your attachment map? Book a session: https://wix.to/elV9tmi

04/14/2026

I help people move from hidden patterns to real repair. Using an attachment-based, trauma-informed approach, I guide you from noticing automatic reactions to gaining insight and practicing relational repair - so you experience less reactivity, clearer boundaries, and deeper connection. I work virtually with clients across Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. Ready for practical tools and lasting change?

Visit my services page to learn about next steps: https://wix.to/XtRV8QK

04/12/2026

I’m Stephanie — a trauma-informed social worker — and I want to help you make sense of how your early relationships shape your adult connections. In my latest post I break down the four attachment styles (secure, anxious-preoccupied, dismissive-avoidant, and fearful-avoidant), how they show up in emotion regulation and the nervous system, and practical tools you can start using today: breathing, grounding, mindfulness, and seeking trauma-informed therapy.

If you’ve ever found yourself stuck in push–pull dynamics or emotional overwhelm, learning your attachment style isn’t about labels — it’s about understanding the survival strategies you developed and choosing new, healthier pathways. Read the full post for concrete tips and next steps, including how therapy can support nervous-system regulation and healing from relational trauma.

Curious to explore this further? Start with the article and book a free consultation to see if online counselling is a fit for you (available in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta). Let’s turn your past story into a path forward. 💬🧭

04/11/2026

Most people aren’t overwhelmed because they “feel too much.” They’re overwhelmed because no one ever taught them what to do with those emotions.

This guide walks you through the process step by step so you can stop overthinking, start understanding, and actually move through what you feel.

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04/10/2026

Seeing the whole system matters: trigger → pattern → reenactment → rupture. I map how your early attachment and relational wounds show up at home, work, and in culture, then teach practical, trauma‑informed tools to interrupt the cycle and rebuild safety. Virtual therapy available across Quebec, Ontario and Alberta. Learn more and book a consultation: https://wix.to/DH1gnko 🌿💬

Have questions or want to book? Comment below or visit the services page.

04/09/2026

I’m Stephanie — a trauma‑informed social worker working with people who’ve spent their lives waiting for others to leave. In my latest post I unpack the Abandonment/Instability schema: where it comes from, how it shows up in adult relationships, and why healing requires more than tips — it needs corrective relational experience and therapeutic connection.

If you’ve ever found yourself hyper‑vigilant for signs someone will pull away, overworking to be “enough,” or leaving first to protect yourself — this piece is for you. It explains how early patterns wire our nervous systems and outlines practical next steps: awareness, relational corrective experiences, and finding the right therapeutic fit.

Read the full article to learn how therapy can be the training ground for new, safer relational habits — and how small, consistent experiences of safety begin to change the groove carved by the past. 💬✨

Curious or ready to talk? Start with a free consultation — link below.

The abandonment schema doesn't just make you fear being left - it shapes every relationship you have. Here's how to heal it.

04/06/2026

Welcome to Healing Narratives Counselling Inc.

We are here to serve the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta, Canada.

Stephanie Underwood is a trauma-informed Registered Social Worker based in Montreal, Quebec. She is a relational trauma specialist and researcher who supports adults navigating a range of relational and mental health challenges.

For more information on Healing Narratives Counselling and Stephanie Underwood’s approach to working with clients, please visit www.healingnarrativescounselling.com and book your free 30 minute consultation with Stephanie to get to know our services.

Book a Consultation:
https://stephanieunderwoodrsw.janeapp.com

Healing Narratives Counselling Website:
www.healingnarrativescounselling.com