Process your past, find your footing, and move forward with confidence.

EMDR/Trauma Therapy in Victoria & Online Across BC

EMDR and Somatic Therapy are designed to process trauma via neural networks. Whether it’s a car accident, sexualized assault, or multigenerational trauma, these modalities can help regulate your nervous system so you can establish an embodied sense of safety and well-being.

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“Real Change,enduring change happens one step at a time.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Signs you may benefit from trauma counselling or EMDR therapy

Trauma can leave lasting effects long after an event has passed. You might notice it in your thoughts, your body, or your relationships—feeling on edge, easily triggered, or disconnected from yourself. You may try to move forward but find yourself pulled back into patterns that don’t make sense.

You might benefit from trauma counselling or EMDR therapy if you’re experiencing:

  • Complex trauma or PTSD symptoms

  • Intrusive memories, flashbacks, or nightmares

  • Feeling detached or “numb” from your emotions

  • Difficulty relaxing or sleeping

  • Avoiding reminders of a painful experience

  • Struggles with trust, safety, or vulnerability in relationships

  • Persistent anxiety, guilt, or self-blame

  • Feeling stuck, powerless, or unable to move forward

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Build New Neural Pathways

I use a combination of trauma-informed and evidence-based approaches to help you process experiences safely and fully. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the tools I use to support clients in healing from trauma.

EMDR helps the nervous system reprocess painful experiences so they no longer feel as overwhelming. Rather than having to relive the trauma, you’ll be guided through structured steps that allow your brain and body to integrate what happened and build new, adaptive beliefs about yourself.

This work draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches designed to help you feel grounded, whole, and empowered in your healing journey. You can explore some of the main approaches I use below.

what’s In my therapist toolkit?

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My Therapist Toolkit
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you understand and heal the different “parts” within yourself — the protective, reactive, and wounded aspects that shape how you think and feel.
By building compassion and curiosity toward these parts, IFS guides you toward greater self-understanding, harmony, and emotional freedom.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

This groundbreaking therapy technique helps people heal from the emotional distress of traumatic experiences.

It works by using bilateral stimulation to help the brain reprocess traumatic memories and reduce their emotional impact.

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)
SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions)

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) empowers parents to help their children manage anxiety by changing their own responses.
Instead of focusing on the child’s symptoms, SPACE teaches caregivers how to reduce accommodations and model calm, supportive confidence — helping kids build resilience and independence over time.

Attachment-Based Therapy
Attachment-Based Therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationships shape the way we connect, trust, and communicate today.
If you’ve ever felt anxious in relationships, struggled with self-worth, or found it hard to rely on others, this approach can help you understand why — and learn to create healthier, more secure patterns.

Somatic Therapy
Somatic Therapy

Somatic therapy recognizes that the body carries our life experiences, including shock, trauma, and emotional pain. Through techniques that promote body awareness somatic therapy helps restore the nervous system to a state of healthy self-regulation. 

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a science-backed, goal-oriented therapy that helps people manage anxiety, depression, and stress by changing unhelpful thought patterns. It’s based on the idea that our thoughts influence our emotions and behaviors, meaning that shifting negative thinking can lead to positive changes in how we feel and act.

What to

expect

  • EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is an evidence-based approach that helps the brain process traumatic memories. It uses bilateral stimulation (such as eye movements or holding buzzers) to support integration and healing without needing to re-live painful details.

  • EMDR can help with a wide range of experiences, including trauma, anxiety, panic, grief, and low self-worth. In our first sessions, we’ll discuss your history, goals, and readiness to make sure EMDR feels like a good fit for you.

  • Sessions are structured but gentle. We begin by building safety and grounding tools before processing any memories. You stay fully in control of the pace and can pause at any time.

  • That’s okay. We can focus first on building emotional regulation, stability, and trust before moving into EMDR work. Healing happens in layers, and your readiness guides the process.

  • Yes. For clients who want to work more deeply in a shorter period, EMDR intensives are available. These are customized multi-hour sessions designed to focus on specific experiences or themes.

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What becomes possible through trauma therapy

Over time, you’ll begin to notice a deeper sense of calm, clarity, and self-compassion. Many people describe feeling lighter—as though they can finally exhale after holding their breath for years.

As you process old wounds, your body and mind start to reconnect, and you can respond to life’s challenges with greater strength and confidence.

Healing is not about erasing your past—it’s about reclaiming your present.

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