Welcome Stephen Hendriks, MSW, RSW to Attuned Therapy

We are pleased to welcome Stephen Hendriks, MSW, RSW, Registered Social Worker and Psychotherapist, to the Attuned Therapy + Wellness team, offering counselling in Kincardine and across Grey Bruce.

Stephen brings over 30 years of experience supporting youth, adults, couples, and families through a wide range of life experiences. His work spans community mental health, hospital settings, crisis services, and intensive family-based treatment, giving him a grounded and steady clinical presence.

He offers both in-person therapy in Kincardine and virtual sessions for individuals and families across Ontario, including surrounding Grey Bruce communities. You can book a 15-minute phone or video call with Stephen HERE.

A Grounded and Relational Approach to Therapy

Stephen offers a calm, collaborative therapeutic space where clients can feel understood while working through challenges such as anxiety, relationship stress, emotional regulation difficulties, life transitions, and the impact of past experiences.

His approach to psychotherapy is trauma-informed, relational, and attachment-focused, with an emphasis on understanding the patterns that shape thoughts, emotions, and relationships over time.

He integrates a range of evidence-informed approaches, including:

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
• Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)
• Trauma-informed and parts-informed perspectives

Rather than relying on a single model, Stephen adapts his approach to each client, balancing insight with practical strategies that support meaningful change.

Extensive Experience Across Complex Mental Health Settings

Stephen brings a deep clinical background across community mental health, hospital, crisis, and intensive treatment environments. Throughout his career, he has supported individuals and families navigating complex trauma, anxiety disorders, attachment disruptions, emotional dysregulation, and serious mental health concerns.

He is experienced in comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration, including working alongside psychiatric and medical teams in high-acuity settings.

This breadth of experience informs a steady, thoughtful approach that prioritizes safety, clarity, and long-term change.

Supporting Individuals, Couples, and Families in Grey Bruce

Stephen works with individual adults, youth, couples, and families seeking support for a wide range of concerns, including:

• Anxiety and chronic stress
• Relationship and communication challenges
• Family conflict and parenting stress
• Life transitions and identity shifts
• Emotional regulation difficulties
• The impact of trauma and attachment patterns

Stephen works with clients seeking support during times when things feel emotionally heavy, confusing, or difficult to navigate alone. Many of the people he works with are not necessarily in crisis, but feel stuck in patterns that are affecting their relationships, sense of self, or overall well-being.

For individuals, this often includes support with anxiety, self-doubt, and persistent overthinking that can make it difficult to feel grounded or present in daily life. Others come to therapy during periods of transition—such as career changes, parenting stress, separation, or shifts in identity—when familiar ways of coping no longer feel effective.

Stephen also supports clients who are trying to make sense of how past experiences continue to show up in present-day relationships. This may look like difficulty trusting others, emotional reactivity that feels hard to control, or a tendency to withdraw or shut down when things feel overwhelming.

In his work with couples and families, Stephen focuses on helping people move out of reactive cycles and into more open, stable communication. This often involves slowing things down enough to understand what is happening underneath conflict—such as unmet needs, misattunement, or long-standing relational patterns—so that change can happen in a more sustainable way.

Across all of his work, Stephen’s focus is on creating a steady therapeutic space where clients can begin to understand themselves more clearly, regulate emotions more effectively, and build relationships that feel more connected and less strained over time. His style is structured yet flexible, supporting clients in making sense of their experiences while building practical tools for day-to-day life.

Connection to Attuned Therapy + Wellness

Stephen was drawn to Attuned Therapy + Wellness for its emphasis on attunement, curiosity, and collaborative care. These values closely reflect his own approach to psychotherapy and the way he works with clients.

“What stands out to me about this practice is the balance between independence and connection,” Stephen shares. “The ability to shape my clinical work while being part of a thoughtful, values-aligned team is important at this stage of my work.”

Now Accepting New Clients for Counselling in Kincardine and Virtual Therapy Across Ontario

Stephen is currently accepting new clients for both in-person counselling in Kincardine and virtual therapy across Grey Bruce and Ontario.

He offers flexible scheduling, including daytime and evening availability to support accessibility for individuals and families. Stephen has opened his schedule to work at the Attuned Therapy + Wellness Kincardine office on Mondays to start, with virtual Ontario-wide therapy availability throughout the week. His session rate is $165/hour for individual adults/youth, and $195/hour for couples and families. His receipts can be submitted to insurance after payment is received, with coverage being available through the majority of insurance companies who approve registered social workers as mental health providers.