Tapestry Therapy Collective

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About the Practice

At Tapestry Therapy Collective, I work with high-functioning adults who are carrying more than most people realize.

My clients are often the dependable ones - the professionals, caregivers, over-thinkers, perfectionists, and emotionally aware individuals who appear capable on the outside while privately struggling with burnout, anxiety, emotional overwhelm, relational trauma, or chronic self-pressure.

Many have spent years surviving in environments where they learned to prioritize performance over presence, responsibility over rest, and other people’s needs over their own emotional wellbeing. Over time, this can lead to nervous system exhaustion, difficulty regulating emotions, disconnection from self, people-pleasing, hyper-independence, relationship difficulties, or a constant feeling of being “on.”

I specialize in supporting individuals navigating:

Occupational stress and burnout
Relational trauma and unhealthy relationship patterns
Anxiety, perfectionism, and control-based coping
OCD-related patterns and intrusive thinking
Emotional overwhelm and nervous system dysregulation
Attachment wounds, self-worth struggles, and chronic self-abandonment
Life transitions, identity shifts, and rebuilding after difficult relationships

About Me

Hi, my name is Ruth Reina and I’m a Registered Social Worker (RSW) with a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree, and I’m trained in EMDR and trauma therapy (TITC-CT). I’m licensed in both Alberta and Ontario, and I offer virtual therapy for adults navigating burnout, relationship patterns, and emotional overwhelm.

I’m particularly drawn to this work because I understand it from the inside.

I know what it’s like to be capable, driven, and outwardly “together,” while internally feeling exhausted, overextended, and stuck in patterns that don’t seem to change no matter how much insight you have. I also know what it’s like to achieve things you’re proud of, while realizing that accomplishment alone doesn’t actually resolve what’s happening underneath.

I identified with this way of being for much of my life and considered it part of who I was: high-functioning, thoughtful, and emotionally intelligent. For years, I carried responsibility, managed other people’s emotions, strove for perfection, and felt like my worth was tied to performance or being easy to love. From the outside, it looked like I was doing well. But inside, I often felt disconnected from myself, stuck in familiar relationship dynamics, or exhausted from constantly holding everything together - until I decided it was time for a change.

What You Can Expect

In session, clients often describe a kind of relief - not because everything is immediately resolved, but because something that has felt confusing or unnamable finally starts to make sense.

Over time, the work shifts away from simply coping better, and toward something more foundational: understanding who you are underneath the roles you’ve learned to perform, the relationships you’ve adapted to, and the strategies you’ve used to stay safe, liked, successful, or in control.

For many clients, this is the first time they begin to encounter themselves outside of productivity, responsibility, or emotional survival. Not a “fixed” version of self - but a more honest and emerging sense of identity that isn’t built around constantly managing life or other people.

That process can feel unfamiliar at first, but it also creates space for something many clients haven’t experienced before: choice. Not just automatic reactions, but moments of clarity about what they actually feel, want, and need when they’re not in survival mode.

And from there, things begin to shift - not all at once, but in ways that start to feel more grounded, intentional, and self-directed.

Client sessions are available on evenings, and weekends, as well as Fridays during the day.

Sessions are virtual, and available anywhere in Alberta & Ontario.

Phone: 587-602-7920

Email: ruth@tapestrytherapy-ca.com

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