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Chantal Wade Therapy Helping Big-Hearted, Deep Feelers know their worth, become their own friend, feel safe in their bodies and have comfort around others.

Helping HSPs/Empaths heal Shame, calm their Inner Critic & exit Survival Mode
Licensed Therapist 21 yrs
Creator of The Befriending Your Parts Framework

FREE WEBINAR:
www.befriendingyourparts.com/bypwebinar
$18-$37 COURSES:
www.befriendingyourparts.com

Share this to spread the awareness.💙In case you’re new to my page, welcome! I’m Chantal. 👋i’ve been a licensed therapist...
10/14/2026

Share this to spread the awareness.💙

In case you’re new to my page, welcome! I’m Chantal. 👋

i’ve been a licensed therapist since 2005 specializing in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

And I developed The Befriending Your Parts Framework to help you heal shame, calm the inner critic, and exit survival mode (without wasting more time and money on things that don’t work long-term).💙

10/13/2026

Do you agree? Let me know 💙

This is in reference to the Cornell 7 case. I’ve sat with this for the last two weeks.

And I feel that, even though I don’t have a huge platform, I still have a platform.

And I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, attachment, and nervous system healing.

So it’s important to talk about these things.

These are all the very things that get impacted by se🦋ual assaults and se🦋ual abuse.

And I know that I carried a lot of shame for a long time.

And I also know that it truly impacted my nervous system, my physical health, my emotional health, and my intimate relationships.

And this is what I see in each human I work with who has experienced SA.

There isn’t a single aspect of one’s life that isn’t impacted by SA..

So we need to keep talking about Jane Doe, and offering more support to Jane Doe. Because Jane Doe needs that support now.💙

If we haven’t met, hi! I’m Chantal!💙

I’ve been a licensed therapist in Ontario Canada since 2005. I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

And I developed the BYP to help empaths and HSPs heal shame, calm their inner critic, and exit survival mode (without wasting more time and money on things that don’t work long-term).

If this is you, I really get it. 👇You worked up the courage to go to therapy, you showed up, and it just didn’t land. Ma...
10/12/2026

If this is you, I really get it. 👇

You worked up the courage to go to therapy, you showed up, and it just didn’t land.

Maybe you felt unseen. Maybe nothing shifted. So you decided therapy wasn’t for you, and honestly, that makes complete sense given what you went through.

Yet therapists aren’t interchangeable. That experience doesn’t mean healing isn’t possible for you.

Some therapists work more cognitively (“talk therapy”), focused on your thoughts and understanding your dynamics.

Some do EMDR.

I’m an integrative therapist, so I work both top-down and bottom-up. Top-down, meaning your thoughts and understanding, and the shift that creates in how you feel. And bottom-up, with your survival brain and nervous system, which impacts how you feel and how you see yourself and the people around you.

Underneath all of that, every therapist carries their own approach and their own energy. Some are warmer. Some are more direct. So much of healing comes down to fit, and it’s not your fault if you hadn’t found it yet.

If you’re carrying shame, trauma, or anxiety, I HIGHLY recommend finding an integrative therapist.

So if therapy didn’t work for you before, here’s what might’ve actually been happening, with zero judgment on you or what you brought to it:

Maybe it never touched your survival brain and nervous system or your body, so you kept talking in circles without actually getting anywhere, even though you were trying.

Maybe your therapist was more passive than active, nodding along and asking you to talk, yet not guiding you into the healing itself, because that doesn’t happen through talking alone.

Or maybe your system just wasn’t ready yet, and things moved faster than it could handle at the time. That’s your system protecting you, not a failure on your part.

One try with the wrong fit isn’t proof healing isn’t possible for you. 💙

I’d love to hear where you’re at with this. Let me know below.

10/12/2026

Here’s your practice ⬇️

This is a trauma-informed writing practice I teach for shame.

It helps your system shift out of threat so you can relate to shame differently.

Shame has a way of making everything feel personal.

A look from someone.
A tone in a text.
A mistake.
A memory.

And suddenly a Part of you is spiraling with:

I did something wrong.
There’s something wrong with me.
I’m too much.
I’m not enough.

Here’s what’s important to know: when shame shows up, it’s not just a thought or an emotion.

It’s a full-body threat response.

Your survival brain and nervous system shift into protection.

And, when that happens, it’s really hard to access empathy, perspective, or self-compassion.

So this writing practice isn’t about forcing positivity.

It’s about helping your system soften out of threat, so you can relate to shame differently.

THE PRACTICE:

NAME IT → NORMALIZE IT → NEED IT

1) NAME IT

A Part of me feels shame about _______.
I notice it in my body as _______.
(Examples: tight chest, heavy stomach, heat in face, frozen, small)

2) NORMALIZE IT

This makes sense because _______.
This shame learned to show up when _______.
It’s trying to protect me from _______.
This Part of me fears_______

(Examples: rejection, being judged, disappointing someone, failing)

3) NEED IT

What this Part needs from me right now is _______.
What it needs to know is _______.
One small supportive step I can take today is _______.

That’s it!

Writing it out is a powerful process.
It helps to rewire.
And we want to keep it simple.

Now, this is the key: repeat it.
Because your system learns through repetition.

In case we haven’t met: Hi, I’m Chantal 💙

I’ve been a licensed therapist in Ontario, Canada since 2005, specializing in shame, self-esteem, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system resilience.

And I developed The Befriending Your Parts Framework to help deep feelers and empaths heal shame, calm their Inner Critic, and exit Survival Mode —

so they can feel at ease in their mind and body, create a foundation of safety and self-worth, and live the life they want for themselves. 💙

Let me know in the comments if this was helpful for you.💙This is something that comes up so often and is so important to...
10/11/2026

Let me know in the comments if this was helpful for you.💙

This is something that comes up so often and is so important to talk more about.

Personally, I love IFS, somatic, work, and nervous system healing for learning to process emotions efficiently.

Because emotions have a lot of wisdom for us that often gets bypassed by the need to make the emotion go away.

And in case you’re new to this little IG space of mine, I welcome you!

I’m Chantal, a licensed therapist in Ontario Canada since 2005. I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

And I developed the BYP to help empaths/HSPs/deep feelers heal shame, calm there inner critic, and exit survival mode— without wasting more time and money on things that don’t work long-term.💙

10/10/2026

This is for you⬇️

One of the biggest things I’ve learned, both through my own healing and over 21 years as a therapist, is that healing shame requires more than one approach.

It requires the right pieces working together.

Shame can become deeply embedded in your nervous system, your survival responses, your protective parts, and the way you’ve learned to experience yourself in relationships.

That’s why healing often requires more than working with your thoughts or trying to understand your patterns.

You can understand where your shame comes from and still feel trapped in the same cycles of self-criticism, overthinking, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm, shutdown, etc…

These pieces are connected, and they all have a place in the healing process.

It’s like trying to do a four-step dance while only knowing one or two of the steps. You may be moving constantly, but you’re still two-stepping in the same spot.

This is exactly why I developed the Befriending Your Parts (BYP) framework.

I wanted to bring together the approaches that have worked across the board for my clients and have also changed my own life completely for the better, so you could have the pieces you need to heal in one place.

The BYP brings together nervous system healing, heart coherence, IFS-informed parts work, self-compassion, cognitive restructuring, and attachment healing.

Instead of searching for another missing piece or trying to figure out what to focus on next, you can follow a clear, step-by-step roadmap and focus on your healing.

Because In my experience, shame heals when you have the right pieces, the right support, and a clear path forward.

I have a free webinar that explains the BYP process.

Please comment “WEBINAR” if you’d like to watch it!💙

If we haven’t met, hi! I’m Chantal! 💙

I’ve been a licensed therapist in Ontario, Canada since 2005. I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

I developed the Befriending Your Parts (BYP) framework to help empaths, HSPs, and deep feelers heal shame, calm their Inner Critic, and exit survival mode.

Have you ever heard of this? Let me know.💙heart Coherence has a very special place in my heart. Get it? 😉💙And it has bee...
10/09/2026

Have you ever heard of this? Let me know.💙

heart Coherence has a very special place in my heart.

Get it? 😉💙

And it has been a fan favourite of my students for a reason. It works.

If we haven’t met, hi! I’m Chantal!💙

I’ve been a licensed therapist in Ontario Canada since 2005. I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

And I developed the BYP to help empaths and HSPs heal shame, calm their inner critic, and exit survival mode (without wasting more time and money on things that don’t work long-term).💙

10/09/2026

Read this if shame keeps coming back 👇

You can’t heal shame without healing how safe your system learned to feel with others.💙

An attachment wound is basically the blueprint you built early on for what love and connection feel like.

Is it safe? Does it have to be earned? Can I trust people? Will people hurt me?

That blueprint forms before you even have words for it, and it runs quietly underneath every relationship you have until you rewire it.

Shame and attachment wounds really can’t be separated, as shame actually forms through attachment wounds.

Here’s what I mean.

Shame is the way your system learned to hold onto a relationship.

If I take on all the responsibility and decide I’m the problem, then I’m the one who gets to fix it and keep the connection.

As an emotion, that’s actually shame’s job, stopping us from doing something that could damage a relationship, and helping us repair it when we’ve hurt someone.

In small, healthy doses, it’s protective, not something that harms you.

Chronic shame is a different story.

When your system has learned relationships just aren’t safe, that alarm doesn’t turn off.

It’s running constantly in the background, scanning for anything that might cost you the connection, trying to auto-correct you into being better, more lovable, more wanted, more worthy.

Because somewhere along the way, a part of you learned connection was never guaranteed, could be lost easily, and/or needed to be earned.

That’s the loop so many of us live in without ever understanding why, working so hard to be worthy of love that we never actually get to just feel loved.

This is exactly why I developed the Befriending Your Parts Framework, to help heal shame, the nervous system, and the attachment wound underneath it, all in one place.

I have a free webinar that walks you the steps of the BYP.

Comment “WEBINAR” and I’ll send you the link!💙

If we haven’t met, hi! I’m Chantal!

I’ve been a licensed therapist in Ontario Canada since 2005. I specialize in shame, trauma, anxiety, and nervous system healing.

And I developed the BYP to help empaths and HSPs heal shame, calm their inner cr

Comment “COURSES” for the link.💙Here’s what each one does:“Self-Esteem, Shame and Your Nervous System” ($37) is where it...
10/08/2026

Comment “COURSES” for the link.💙

Here’s what each one does:

“Self-Esteem, Shame and Your Nervous System” ($37) is where it all starts. You learn why shame lives in your survival brain and nervous system, and you get the steps for rewiring it. It includes 5 lessons, a workbook, and a simple tool to track what’s happening in your nervous system.

“The Inner Critic Toolkit” ($18) is my 2 hour IFS based course. It gives you the tools to take your Inner Critic out of the extreme, loud role it’s likely been in for a very long time, so it stops running the show.

“Heart Coherence for Shame and Self-Worth” ($22) is the most powerful tool I’ve come across in 21 years as a therapist. Rewiring is what’s needed to truly heal shame, and this tool rewires your nervous system. It’s where I start with every single client.

Start with the first one, and add the other two at checkout. Or get all three for $77.

I’m Chantal 👋, a licensed therapist in Ontario, Canada, since 2005, specializing in shame, trauma, anxiety and nervous system healing.

And I developed The Befriending Your Parts (BYP) Framework to help empaths and HSPs heal shame, calm the Inner Critic and exit survival mode.

Comment “COURSES” for the link.💙

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