Paige Rome Therapy

Paige Rome Therapy Registered Provisional Psychologist
Trauma informed, client centred and attachment based therapy for teens, adults & couples. Based out of Airdrie, AB.

If you’ve ever googled “how to build secure attachment” or “why am I so anxious in relationships?”…this is for you. Secu...
04/20/2026

If you’ve ever googled “how to build secure attachment” or “why am I so anxious in relationships?”…this is for you.

Secure attachment isn’t about becoming perfectly calm, confident or unbothered. It’s about learning how to stay connected, communicate clearly, and regulate your nervous system when relationships feel uncertain.

In this carousel I break down…
💞 what secure attachment actually is
💞 how it shows up in relationships
💞 the nervous system piece
💞 common behaviours of the securely attached
💞 how to actually move towards security in a practical, science backed way

If you struggle with anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, disorganized or fearful-avoidant attachment, fear of abandonment, emotional withdrawal, overthinking in relationships, or difficulty communicating your needs…this work applies to you.

Save this for later, or send to someone you’re working on this with.

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapy | attachment theory | couples therapy | relationships | mental health support | nervous system regulation |

Why do we so often find ourselves repeating patterns we KNOW aren’t healthy for us in relationships? Over time, the nerv...
04/13/2026

Why do we so often find ourselves repeating patterns we KNOW aren’t healthy for us in relationships?

Over time, the nervous system can learn to recreate or seek out old patterns (even if they’re not good for us) because they feel familiar, or because a part of us is trying to resolve something unfinished. Repeating harmful patterns can be a way for us to “go back” and redo an earlier relational experience, or to finally get a need met that wasn’t met the first time around.

So how do we break free from this type of unhelpful cycle? The first step is often in noticing the difference between familiarity and safety. Noticing not only who we are drawn to, but what is being activated in us when we are with them.

It also looks like building tolerance for choosing differently, even when it feels unfamiliar. It also involves grief. Sometimes A LOT of grief. Grieving what we didn’t get vs. what we needed, and grieving the hope that this time it might turn out differently with the same kind of person.

From that place, we can learn to choose relationships that meet who we are today, not who we had to be back then.

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| relationships | attachment | trauma healing | therapy | mental health | Trauma therapy in Airdrie |

04/10/2026

No blank slates round here folks 😂

Therapy isn’t about sitting across from a perfectly neutral wall (despite what some more traditional approaches may suggest). It is about being with another nervous system. One that is attuned, responsive, and real.

I won’t make your story about me. I won’t act on every reaction that comes up. But I also won’t pretend I’m unaffected by what you share. Because the greatest tool I have to offer in the therapy space is my own humanity.

You deserve to be met by someone that can feel with you, not just analyze you. And sometimes that means you’ll see it on my face before I say a word 🤷🏼‍♀️

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapy | mental health support | human connection | healing journey | anxiety | depression | trauma | relationships | alberta airdrie Calgary therapist |

Disorganized (or fearful-avoidant) attachment is often one of the most misunderstood patterns. From the outside, it look...
04/08/2026

Disorganized (or fearful-avoidant) attachment is often one of the most misunderstood patterns. From the outside, it looks confusing. Hot and cold. Close, then distant. Wanting connection, then pulling away.

But underneath, there’s a reason for all of it.

This pattern is what happens when your nervous system learned that the people you needed were also the people who felt unsafe, unpredictable, or overwhelming. So now, as an adult, your system is trying to do two things at once: seek connection AND protect you from it.

It is a deeply wired survival strategy that at one point functioned to keep you safe.

Moving towards secure attachment doesn’t mean forcing yourself to “just trust” or to “open up” (we can’t force that anyways). It means slowly building new experiences of safety, consistency and repair.

Over time, your system can learn something different: that closeness doesn’t always come with a cost.

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapy | mental health support | anxious attachment | avoidant attachment | secure attachment | attachment theory | relationships | trauma healing | trauma response |

04/07/2026

Tell me I’m not alone????

Coming to you from my very favorite sweater 😂

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapist life | therapist thoughts | intrusive thoughts | social anxiety | depression | trauma | relationships |

Meet Josie 🤍 Josie has a remarkable gift of helping people feel at ease. Sitting in the room with her feels like you can...
04/06/2026

Meet Josie 🤍

Josie has a remarkable gift of helping people feel at ease. Sitting in the room with her feels like you can finally exhale, settle in and just be yourself without needing to perform or explain.

If you are feeling stuck in patterns you can’t quite shift, carrying experiences that still live in your body, or are just looking for a safe space where you don’t have to hold it all together…Josie could be your gal.

If you are curious about starting therapy, Josie offers free meet and greets so that you can decide if things feel like a good fit before committing to a full session. She is accepting new clients both in person in Airdrie and virtually across Alberta.

Book your free consult today at commonthreadpsychology.com or by reaching Josie directly at josie@commonthreadpsychology.com.

You don’t have to continue to carry it all alone 🤍

| therapy | mental health support | trauma therapy | nervous system regulation | trauma healing | self growth | Alberta therapist | airdrie therapist |

04/04/2026

Respectfully, I disagree 🙅🏼‍♀️

Accountability is hard sometimes! But a good therapist doesn’t just provide endless validation. They will help you see your patterns, shine a light on your role within them and walk beside you as you introduce change.

Have you had a therapist challenge you in therapy? How did it feel?

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapy | mental health support | self acceptance | personal growth | anxiety | depression | trauma | therapist | counselling |

Avoidant attachment is often misunderstood. From the outside, it can look like someone who doesn’t care, doesn’t want cl...
04/01/2026

Avoidant attachment is often misunderstood.

From the outside, it can look like someone who doesn’t care, doesn’t want closeness, or is emotionally unavailable on purpose. But what’s misunderstood is that the distance is usually a strategy for safety, not a lack of feeling.

For many people, closeness has historically felt overwhelming, inconsistent or unsafe. So the nervous system learns to self-rely, minimize needs and maintain distance between self and other.

It can look like pulling away, going quiet, or needing space right when connection deepens. Not because the relationship doesn’t matter. I repeat - not because the relationship doesn’t matter! But because closeness activates something that feels hard to stay with.

Avoidant patterns are often protective. Moving towards more security looks like slowly expanding what feels safe in relationship with others.

Does this resonate? If so, follow along for a continuation of a series of deep dives into all the attachment patterns, how they develop, what they can look like and how we can heal.

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| therapy | relationships | communication | attachment theory | love | self acceptance | airdrie therapist | Alberta therapist |

Anxiety is a long time friend of mine. And yes, I now call it a friend (despite years of torment). Do I always want this...
03/30/2026

Anxiety is a long time friend of mine. And yes, I now call it a friend (despite years of torment). Do I always want this friend around? No, sometimes it’s a bit much. But does it mean well? Yes. Is my life easier if I stop trying to dodge its phone calls and hiding under my bed when it knocks on my door? Also yes.

I always speak to my anxiety clients about the two different ways we will work with anxiety in the therapy space.

1) We will work with it in the short term by developing a few key coping strategies that can help you ride out the most uncomfortable moments. But even more importantly we will…

2) Work to change your relationship with your anxiety for the long term. Anxiety doesn’t go away. But the good news is we don’t need it to. By changing the way we relate to it we can take the control back in our lives. We CAN live the life we want to even IF our annoying little friend anxiety tags along.

As an anxiety lifer myself, I promise you that even if it comes along for the ride…you can learn to tolerate its presence and maybe even sometimes be grateful for its good intentions.

If you’ve tried all the coping skills for anxiety and are still frustrated by the impact it has on your life…I am accepting new clients both in person in Airdrie and across Alberta virtually.

I’d love to help you shift your relationship with your annoying little friend anxiety too ❤️

**This account is for educational and entertainment purposes only. Content shared here is not therapy, does not constitute professional advice, and should not be used as a substitute for mental health treatment. For personalized support, please consult a licensed therapist**

| mental health support | generalized anxiety disorder | psychologist | therapist | therapy | airdrie therapist | Alberta therapist |

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