https://healingrecoverytherapy.ca/

Healing Recovery Centre, 399 Kwapis Boulevard, Newmarket, ON (2026)

02/11/2026

Have you ever felt stuck with a case…
and wished you had a supervisor who actually gets it?

Not just nods.
Not just quotes theory.
But understands the complexity of trauma work, couples dynamics, deep attachment wounds, psychedelic integration, and the very real weight of sitting with people in their hardest moments.

Supervision isn’t a checkbox.
It’s what shapes you into the clinician you want to become.

At Healing Recovery Centre, we believe accessible care matters, not just for clients, but for clinicians too. And one of the ways we live that value is through accessible supervision.

Katie is now offering pay-what-you-can clinical supervision ($50–$150 for a limited time).

Katie is a Registered Psychotherapist with 8+ years of experience, grounded in trauma-informed, emotion-focused, relational work. She brings extensive training in EMDR, EFT, ACT, couples therapy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. What truly sets her apart is her integrity and humanity.

She doesn’t just “know the work.”
She lives it.

She understands what it’s like to navigate stuck patterns, deep trauma, relational ruptures, and the complexity of holding space ethically and skillfully.

If you’re:
• working from an emotion-focused and trauma lens
• supporting couples or parents
• doing deep individual trauma/ healing work
• integrating psychedelic-assisted therapy
• or simply wanting to sharpen your clinical edge in a grounded, relational way

Katie is your girl.

Supervision with her is collaborative, challenging (in the best way), and deeply supportive. You will feel seen. You will grow.

If you’re interested, drop a 🤍 or comment “I’m in” below, or send us a DM and we’ll get you connected.

Because good clinicians deserve good supervision.

And great clinicians never stop learning.

02/11/2026

Have you ever felt stuck with a case…
and wished you had a supervisor who actually gets it?

Not just nods.
Not just quotes theory.
But understands the complexity of trauma work, couples dynamics, deep attachment wounds, psychedelic integration, and the very real weight of sitting with people in their hardest moments.

Supervision isn’t a checkbox.
It’s what shapes you into the clinician you want to become.

At Healing Recovery Centre, we believe accessible care matters, not just for clients, but for clinicians too. And one of the ways we live that value is through accessible supervision.

Katie is now offering pay-what-you-can clinical supervision ($50–$150 for a limited time).

Katie is a Registered Psychotherapist with 8+ years of experience, grounded in trauma-informed, emotion-focused, relational work. She brings extensive training in EMDR, EFT, ACT, couples therapy, and psychedelic-assisted therapy. What truly sets her apart is her integrity and humanity.

She doesn’t just “know the work.”
She lives it.

She understands what it’s like to navigate stuck patterns, deep trauma, relational ruptures, and the complexity of holding space ethically and skillfully.

If you’re:
• working from an emotion-focused and trauma lens
• supporting couples or parents
• doing deep individual trauma/ healing work
• integrating psychedelic-assisted therapy
• or simply wanting to sharpen your clinical edge in a grounded, relational way

Katie is your girl.

Supervision with her is collaborative, challenging (in the best way), and deeply supportive. You will feel seen. You will grow.

If you’re interested, drop a 🤍 or comment “I’m in” below, or send us a DM and we’ll get you connected.

Because good clinicians deserve good supervision.

And great clinicians never stop learning.

02/04/2026

You finally sit down to relax…
and suddenly the food noise gets loud.

Maybe it shows up after a meal you really enjoyed.
After choosing your favourite food.
After going back for seconds because your body was still hungry, or because you simply weren’t done yet.

In the moment, it can feel normal. Even good.
And then… the voice comes in.

The guilt.
The shame.
The quiet (or not-so-quiet) message that you did something wrong.
That you should’ve known better.
That somehow you are the problem.

For many people with disordered eating or eating disorder histories, it’s not always the eating that’s hardest - it’s what comes after.

And here’s the thing: that voice doesn’t discriminate.
It doesn’t care about body size, identity, gender, or how you look. There is no “look” when it comes to this struggle.

In fact most people reading this have felt exactly what I’m talking about at some point — often so often that it starts to feel “normal.”

Diet culture and our broader systems reinforce this, encouraging us to police ourselves instead of questioning the voice. So the spiral grows… quietly, persistently.

But when food noise shows up, it’s not proof you did something wrong.

It’s often a sign that:
• your nervous system is stressed
• old conditioning is being activated
• emotions are trying to surface
• your body is asking for safety, not punishment

Instead of shutting it down or shaming it away, we can gently respond.

You might try saying:
• I’m allowed to enjoy food.
• This is one moment, it doesn’t define my day or my worth.
• Food is meant to be enjoyed.
• What I eat is not a reflection of my morality.

One of my favourite reflections in these moments is this:
What would you say to a child who came to you and said,
“I ate too much. I shouldn’t have done that”?

Notice how naturally compassion shows up.
Notice how shame is not needed to care.

And then — as gently as you can — practice offering those same words to yourself. Even if it doesn’t feel real yet. Even if it feels awkward or forced.

Healing doesn’t come from more policing.
It comes from safety, curiosity, and kindness, practiced again and again.

Especially on the days the noise is loud 🩷

01/26/2026

Emotional regulation is a skill, not a personality trait.

And honestly? Most people never had the opportunity to learn.

Emotional regulation isn’t something we’re formally taught in school. And for many of us, it wasn’t modeled consistently at home either — especially if the adults around us were overwhelmed themselves, avoided emotions, or didn’t have the tools.

So if you feel emotionally reactive, shut down under stress, get overstimulated easily, or know what coping skills are but can’t actually access them in real life…

that’s not a personal failure.

Learning emotional regulation isn’t about reading a list of skills or doing worksheets once a week.

It’s experiential learning — practicing in real time, with support.
It’s repetition.
Trial and error.
Learning how your nervous system works.
And yes — it’s also playfulness, humour, connection, and being human while you learn.

That’s exactly what we’re doing in our 18-week DBT Skills for Life & Big Emotions Group at Healing Recovery Centre.
This group is for teens and young adults (ages 16–23) who are:

• navigating big emotions
• feeling overwhelmed or dysregulated
• preparing for the transition into adult life (post-high school, university, early adulthood)
• tired of saying “I know the skills” but still struggling to use them when it actually matters

This group is open to:
✨ people who have never learned these skills before
✨ AND people who have been in therapy or DBT groups and want support applying skills in real life

If you’re ready to stop white-knuckling your emotions and actually learn how to regulate them — not just in the easy moments, but in the hard ones too — we’d love to support you.
Maybe 2026 isn’t about trying harder…
Maybe it’s about finally being taught how. 💛

Join us starting Feb 18th in person or virtually for our next round of DBT Skills Group

01/25/2026

Life gets busy. Connection gets postponed.

This Wednesday, carve out intentional time to rest together in our Warm Restorative Couples Yoga class, featuring gentle movement, light partner massage, and warm river stones.

A midweek pause for your nervous systems and your relationship. 💛

Rest is better when it’s shared. ✨

Wednesday | Warm Restorative Couples Yoga
🕖 7:30 - 8:45pm
📍 Healing Recovery Centre

Register through the Jane App, find the link in our bio, or comment COUPLE and we’ll send the link directly to you.

01/23/2026

This work it isn’t easy, but with a dream team like this, mental health never stood a chance 🩷✨

HRC BABBBBYYYYYY

01/22/2026

We have 4 spots left in our next Anxious Girl Social event and we have just secured the most amazing events for the next few months!

We cannot wait to share it all with you! Any guesses 😎

Find the link in our bio for Feb event sign up 🩷

01/20/2026

There’s a moment in therapy when a story stops being “the situation” and starts being the pattern.

This reminded me of a moment in session recently.

A client was sharing a story they’ve told many times before — different people, same ending.

As they finished, I gently said,
“Can I reflect a pattern I’m noticing?”

There was a pause.
A deep breath.
And then… that look.

You know the one.
The “I don’t love that you’re right” look.

I named it anyway, not to call them out, not to be clever, not to sting, but because the pattern was quietly running the show, our relationship was strong enough to hold it, and they were ready to see it.

And here’s the thing:
When therapy feels uncomfortable, it’s not usually because something went wrong.

It’s often because something landed.

Naming patterns isn’t about judgment. It’s about giving language to what’s been happening beneath the surface so you can finally make a different choice.

We stayed with the discomfort.

We slowed it down.

We noticed what came up in their body.

And by the end of the session, the energy had shifted.

I’m not saying the pattern will never show up again, but when a therapeutic relationship is held by love and safety, insight and awareness have space to create real change.

Good therapy isn’t always soothing in the moment.

But it is honest.
It is respectful.
And it is deeply human.

If you’ve ever left therapy thinking,
“Ugh… I didn’t want that pointed out,”
or
“Why did they make me stay with that feeling?”
but also felt something open afterward, that’s not a red flag.

That’s the work.

💬 Has therapy ever gently (or not-so-gently) called you in?

01/17/2026

The inner excitement I get when I see this… 🥹
(And yes, there is a happy dance every single time.)

All jokes aside, this isn’t about reach, likes, or going viral.
While HRC might feel like this big thing on social media, the truth is pretty simple and very human: we’re a small business built, funded, and run by me and my husband.

No investors. No massive marketing budget. No fancy business degrees. Just a girl with with a dream and passion for quality mental health and wellness care, a husband who believes in her and family and friends who cheer us on endlessly.

We’ve worked harder than we ever have, taken risks people would loose sleep over, made so many mistakes and learned many lessons along the way.

All well staying little (or alot) delulu about our dreams until they started becoming real, even when no one else could see the vision.

Of course, we don’t do this alone.
My mom holding it down on the back end (and helping with all the cleaning and painting), and our incredible team who brings so much heart, skill, and magic into this space every single day. We are so blessed 🥹

But what we’ve been able to build with you — especially here — is beyond anything I ever imagined.

Every like, every share, every comment, every follow, every DM does more than boost a post. It helps spread information we genuinely want our community to have. It supports our small business in a very real way. And it reminds us that what we’re doing matters — that there are people out there who believe in this work as much as we do.

A year ago, I would’ve cringed at the content I’m sharing now.

Today, I feel so grateful to share our work, our values, and a little bit of our lives with you in this way.

Thank you for being here. For supporting us. For believing in what we’re building.

Just know there’s a very real happy dance behind every interaction — because we are truly obsessed with this community 🤍

We love you

01/16/2026

We want to name something clearly and with care.

We share this as a predominantly white-presenting team, aware of the privilege and protection that comes with that. We know we do not experience the world the same way many of our clients and communities do, and that awareness matters.

What we can do, and are deeply committed to, is listening, learning, and holding space with humility when the world feels heavy, unsafe, and confusing.

Therapy doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

What’s happening in the world shows up in our bodies, our homes, our relationships, and our nervous systems.
Our intention is not to have all the answers, but to create spaces rooted in care, dignity, and shared humanity.

Spaces where anger, grief, fear, and hope are all welcome.

Spaces where we can stay connected, even when things feel hard.

Sending love to you all ❤️

01/14/2026

Let’s talk about the most socially acceptable form of dysregulation.

“I’m actually super chill…
as long as I have complete control over everything.” 😌✨

If everything feels fine until someone doesn’t do it your way…
If you’re the one who jumps in to micromanage the plan, the project, the group chat…

If your go-to move is “I’ll just distance myself — it’s a boundary, it’s self-care” 👀

Sorry, not sorry — this is a red flag for us.

Here’s the hard truth:

This isn’t regulation.
It’s building a cage around your life so nothing can touch you and calling it peace.

If you’re here, you’re probably also feeling burnout, resentment, and a pretty lonely nervous system — or completely dissociated from life.

Here’s what’s actually real:

1️⃣ Triggers are information, not emergencies.
They’re not just something to cope with or shut down.
They’re little neon signs pointing to the places where something needs attention, expression, or repair — often before we jump to cutting someone off.

2️⃣ Your feelings are yours — even when they’re activated by others.
Trying to control every variable so you never feel uncomfortable is a losing game.
Flexibility over rigidity is one of the clearest signs of a regulated nervous system.

3️⃣ Real regulation means you can stay connected when things are imperfect.
It’s being able to feel activated and stay present.
To have a reaction without blowing up, disappearing, or burning the bridge.

That’s where true safety and connection live.
So if this audio felt a little too real… we get it. We’ve all been there.

This pattern usually started as protection — not a personality flaw — and you can find your way out of the cage.

Drop a 👀 in the comments if this hit closer than expected.

And if you’re ready to explore what regulation actually looks like — in your body, your relationships, and your real life — you know where to find us 🤍

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