Four Wings Psychology - The Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model in Nepean, ON

Healing Trauma by Restoring Safety, Connection, and Self-Trust

Trauma and attachment wounds don’t just live in memory: they shape how you feel in your body, how you relate to others, and how safe it feels to be yourself. You might notice patterns of anxiety, emotional shutdown, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, or deep self-doubt that feel hard to shift, even when you understand them intellectually.

The Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model offers a compassionate, whole-person approach to healing. It brings together trauma-informed, somatic, and attachment-based care to help you process past experiences, strengthen emotional regulation, and build a more secure relationship with yourself and others.

At Four Wings Psychology, we offer the use of the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model within sessions in Nepean and virtually across Ontario. Our clinicians work with care, attunement, and clinical expertise to support healing that is paced, relational, and deeply respectful of your lived experience.

What is the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model?

Created by Lori Gill, this model is intended to guide clients through reprocessing their memories of trauma, work towards physical and emotional regulation of the body, and support with decreasing symptoms of trauma. This model recognizes the neuroscience of how trauma can impact the brain and how our bodies are impacted by trauma, while also considering how trauma and attachment can be deeply intertwined. Early relationships shape how we learn to feel safe, view ourselves, manage emotions, and connect with others - and traumatic experiences can disrupt these foundations at any stage of life.

Additionally, when we have experienced a traumatic event, sometimes we can acknowledge something logically, but it feels as though our body still holds onto the impacts of the event. When reprocessing traumatic memories, we want to encourage communication in the brain, as well as consider how our body feels throughout the process, allowing us to work towards honouring our needs in a holistic way.

The Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model is a structured model that draws from multiple evidence-based frameworks to support healing on emotional, relational, cognitive, and nervous system levels.

This model often integrates elements of:

Attachment-focused and relational therapies
Trauma-informed care
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) using bilateral stimulation
ACT and CBT for coping, reframing, and meaning-making
Somatic awareness and nervous system regulation
Parts-based or inner-systems work related to visualization
Sensory processing

The goal isn't just symptom relief, but increased safety, connection, and self-understanding over time.

When Trauma and Attachment Wounds Intersect

Trauma and attachment injuries can develop from many experiences, including early caregiving disruptions, relational harm, loss, neglect, abuse, or overwhelming events later in life. When these experiences remain unprocessed, they may show up as:

Fear of abandonment or difficulty trusting others
Emotional numbness or intense emotional reactions
People-pleasing, self-silencing, or overfunctioning
Difficulty setting boundaries or feeling secure in relationships
Chronic shame, self-criticism, or low self-worth
Hypervigilance, anxiety, or a sense of being unsafe
Push-pull dynamics in close relationships
Parenting stress rooted in your own attachment history

These responses aren't flaws: they're adaptations shaped by your nervous system to help you survive. Therapy helps you gently update those patterns so they no longer run your life.

What This Approach Can Help With

The Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model can support healing related to:

Complex or developmental trauma
Childhood emotional neglect or relational trauma
Attachment injuries in adult relationships
PTSD or trauma-related anxiety and depression
Chronic shame or identity confusion
Traumatic loss
Relationship patterns that feel repetitive or painful
Emotional regulation difficulties or dissociation

This model is especially helpful when talk therapy alone hasn’t felt sufficient, or when healing needs to happen within the safety of a supportive relationship.

What to Expect at Four Wings Psychology

Therapy begins with building safety and trust. We take time to understand your story, your strengths, and what support feels manageable for you. Sessions are collaborative, flexible, and paced with care.

Within sessions using the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model, you may:

Learn coping tools to regulate your nervous system and emotions
Reprocess traumatic memories in ways that feel safe and contained
Develop a stronger sense of internal safety and self-soothing
Build healthier boundaries and relational confidence
Strengthen a more supportive inner voice
Experience the therapeutic relationship as a secure base for healing

We don't rush trauma processing. Healing unfolds at a pace your system can tolerate, with consent and choice guiding every step.

Why Choose Four Wings Psychology

At Four Wings, the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model, and our other areas of integrative trauma and attachment-focused work, reflects our commitment to care that is both clinically sound and deeply human. Our therapists are trained in trauma-informed, relational, and attachment-based approaches and understand the importance of safety, attunement, and pacing.

Our services are:

Trauma-informed and attachment-focused
Evidence-based and integrative
LGBTQ2S+ affirming and culturally responsive
Collaborative, respectful, and non-judgmental
Accessible, with in-person therapy in Nepean and virtual care across Ontario

We don’t just focus on symptoms - we support healing at the roots, where safety, connection, and self-trust are built.

Ready to Work Towards Healing?

If you’re tired of feeling stuck in old patterns, feel disconnected from yourself or others, or want to work towards feeling less reactive towards triggers, the Integrative Trauma and Attachment Treatment Model can offer a grounded, compassionate way forward.

At Four Wings Psychology, we’ll support you in rebuilding a sense of safety, strengthening your relationships, and developing a more secure connection with yourself - with care, clarity, and respect for your journey.

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