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12/27/2025

Think of Neurofeedback as the tool that reconnects your sense of self. This is what helps you “reflect” (from the present) instead of “reexperiencing” the past in the present. After neurofeedback treatment, so much meaning needs to be made to solidify identity, such as “who am I now that I don’t stay stuck in the past?” “What is important to me now?” “How do I make sense of the past from this state?” “What is an authentic path for my future,” etc..

Depending on the type of trauma (PTSD-related Moral Injury, complex trauma, acute trauma, etc.), the way we process after neurofeedback differs. However, the methods at are all neurobiological informed to ensure the most effective results!

Have you tried neurofeedback? Have any questions? I can talk about this for days… comment or DM us :)

12/17/2025

Prolonged trauma changes the brain’s sense of self — particularly the default mode network, which is responsible for identity, self-reflection, and feeling like you are you. When trauma persists, this network can become fragmented or over-constrained, making it hard to access authenticity, ease, or internal coherence.

Neurofeedback works by gently shifting brainwave patterns and improving functional connectivity — helping the brain re-establish a more stable, integrated sense of self.

Often (not always, but often), within around 20 sessions, people begin to feel more like themselves — less braced, less fragmented, more embodied and internally organized. Not because trauma is “processed,” but because the nervous system has more capacity and flexibility.

There are different types, and they each support the brain in different ways:

🧠 Traditional Neurofeedback
Helps the brain learn more regulated patterns over time — supporting focus, emotional stability, and resilience.

🌊 ILF (Infra-Low Frequency) Neurofeedback
Works at a very deep regulatory level and is especially helpful for complex and developmental trauma. It supports safety, attachment, and autonomic balance beneath conscious awareness.

⚡ LENS Neurofeedback
Uses a very gentle signal to help interrupt long-held, stuck patterns — often useful when the system feels frozen or overloaded.

Different nervous systems need different approaches at different times.
Neurofeedback isn’t instead of therapy — it’s often what allows therapy to finally land.

When the brain feels safer, the self can come back online.

10/16/2025

🌿✨ Happy Birthday Hiral!! You’re a beautiful person inside and out, and you’re such a dedicated neurofeedback psychotherapist within our Heal Psychotherapy family! ✨🌿

Your dedication, compassion, and heart have changed so many lives (both in the therapy room and through your beautiful work with neurofeedback). You bring science and soul together in such a powerful way, helping people find safety in their own minds and bodies again.

I’m endlessly proud of you: of your growth, your integrity, and the way you show up with empathy every single day. You embody what it means to heal with purpose.

May this next year bring you everything your heart’s been quietly wishing for. You deserve it all and more. 💫💛

Happy Birthday! 🎂🥂

— Lucie and the HP family ❤️

10/15/2025

What fires together, wires together.
If you grew up under constant threat, your sense of self and your threat responses/survival strategies may have become inseparable.

So you might believe you’re sabotaging your growth …
But maybe, you’re just seeking what feels like you — the version of you that survived.
It’s not self-sabotage, it’s a neurobiology forming during traumatic development, impacting you across the lifespan (we can help!)

Healing isn’t about forcing change, it’s about gently rewiring safety so you can shift into posttraumatic growth and a life that is deeply meaningful for the genuine YOU!

In other words, there’s NOTHING wrong with you! Your brain helped you survive. It’s not a “you” thing, it’s a “brain” thing. There are evidenced-based therapies like FDA-cleared neurofeedback systems. We only use medical grade devices at paired with highly skilled clinicians to formulate protocols that facilitate the regulation of “the self.”

If you’re interested in trying neurofeedback, DM me or email us at hello@healpsychotherapy.ca!

If you’re a clinician (worldwide), contact me to learn how you can help your clients heal into their authentic selves!

10/10/2025

I worked with for to share how to ACTUALLY heal trauma and optimize your overall health, including your fitness! Check out their site to learn more!

Your body is your pharmacy. 🧠💪 When you move—lift, walk, sweat—your muscles release myokines, powerful molecules that cross the blood-brain barrier and act like natural antidepressants. They boost mood, sharpen focus, and regulate inflammation. Exercise literally rebuilds your brain from the inside out.

And here’s the connection: trains your nervous system the same way exercise trains your body. It helps your brain self-regulate—balancing your autonomic and central nervous systems—so you can focus better, sleep deeper, and even perform stronger.

When we process old trauma, we’re not just healing memories—we’re rewiring neurobiology. The nervous system, the muscles, the mind—they all talk to each other. Healing happens when we get them talking in harmony again. 💫

09/30/2025

Today we remember the children who never made it home. More than 6,000 children died in Canada’s residential schools, many of whom were buried in unmarked graves. Their families were left without answers, only grief and horror.

I also remember Benjamin Chi Chi. He did not attend a residential school, but he was sent to a reform school run by the Christian Brothers in northern Ontario. There, he was beaten regularly. The Brothers would mock his silence, laughing that he could “take it like a man.” But silence is not asking for more. Children are not quiet because they are strong; they are quiet because they dissociate! They are powerless and dissociation is the only mental escape from a physically helpless situation. At that school, as in the residential schools, children were beaten, r***d, tortured with pain and ridicule, and killed. Many children, as young as 6 lived and died in these conditions.

Benjamin’s story stays close to my heart for many reasons. He experienced “aloneness” pain and turned to painting before being sent to reform school. His life was marked by incredulous loss, abuse, and yet he found a way to express beauty and gentleness. He died in prison after being beaten to death by guards. Some reports say he died by su***de, but like many, I don’t believe that.

I’m honored to have one of his paintings in my healing room at Heal Psychotherapy, a daily reminder of both the darkness of abuse and the resilience of the human spirit.

On this day, I pray for Benjamin, for every child who suffered, and for every family who still lives with the echoes of horror, the impacts of trauma, and loss. I also pray—though my heart knows it may be a juvenile hope—that those who abuse power could somehow change. Power over the vulnerable is a dangerous weapon. I pray even for those who wield it, that they might someday see the truth and end the cycle of harm.

The world can be unbearably dark. But in Benjamin’s gentleness, in his art, I find a call to choose love, compassion, and healing. May we never forget the children. May we never stop fighting for justice. May they, at last, rest in peace.

06/04/2025

🚨Calling all RP(Q)s & new RPs in Ontario 🚨
Are you ready to become the trauma-informed therapist your clients actually need?

This isn’t checkbox supervision.
This is where we go deep — into the nervous system, the fragmented self, the legacy burdens clients carry… and the parts of YOU that show up in the room.

💥 What you’ll learn:
🔹 How to work with trauma safely (without overwhelming yourself or your client)
🔹 Parts work, addictions, and identity wounding
🔹 Polyvagal theory, neurofeedback, and somatic tracking
🔹 How to truly regulate with your clients — not just “use tools”

✨ This group is for those ready to evolve — ethically, clinically, and somatically.

🧠 Led by Lucie Ritchie, MA, RP
Trauma psychotherapist | Doctoral candidate Specializing in Traumatology | Clinical supervisor
$125 / 2-hr group | CRPO-compliant | 8 seats max

🔗 DM me or email hello@healpsychotherapy.ca to apply.

Let’s raise the standard of trauma care — together.

01/11/2025

Boundaries are expressions of your genuine desires in motion—especially when you’ve spent years losing your sense of self to complex trauma or enmeshment. When you draw that line in the sand and say, “This is who I am, and these are my needs,” you build self-agency which fuels authentic growth and reinforces the development of your true identity. Each time you affirm your worth by honoring your limits—whether it’s “No, that doesn’t work for me,” or “Yes, I deserve this”—you strengthen the very neural pathways that empower you to live in alignment. Boundaries aren’t about shutting people out; they’re about stepping into the driver’s seat of your own life, claiming your destiny, and reminding yourself that you have what it takes to stand tall in who you are, not who you feel you need to be. It’s time to give yourself permission to live fully, free from the weight of others’ expectations, and charge forward on the path to genuine, unshakable wholeness.

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