Trauma Informed CBT
Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) recognizes that difficult thoughts, emotions, and behaviours often make sense in the context of what you have experienced. Rather than simply trying to change your thoughts, we explore how trauma, stress, relationships, and patterns of coping may be shaping the way you experience yourself and the world around you.
I recognize that every individual requires a unique path to recovery. In our virtual and in-person sessions, I draw upon varied therapeutic tools for adults 18+ to help you process trauma, regulate your nervous system, and return to your true self.
Therapeutic Approaches
Attachment Focused Therapy
Attachment-Focused Therapy explores how our experiences can shape the way we experience closeness, trust, safety, and connection. It can help you recognize patterns such as difficulty trusting, fear of rejection, people-pleasing, emotional distance, or challenges with boundaries, while understanding the needs and protective responses underneath them. Together, we work toward greater security, self-understanding, and more fulfilling ways of connecting with yourself and others.
Clinical Hypnosis
Clinical Hypnosis is a therapeutic approach that uses focused attention and deep relaxation to help you access new perspectives, strengthen helpful patterns, and support meaningful change. It can be helpful for working with anxiety, stress, habits, emotional responses, and other patterns that may feel difficult to shift through conscious effort alone. The process is collaborative and guided, while you remain aware and in control throughout the session.
My Approach: Beyond the Modality
Your experiences are unique, and therapy should be too. I draw from several trauma-focused approaches, integrating EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) based on what feels most supportive for you.
Our work may focus on processing difficult experiences, understanding patterns in relationships, reconnecting with your body, or developing a greater sense of safety and choice. We move at a pace that respects your nervous system and your capacity for change.
What You Can Expect From Therapy
A Safe, Collaborative Space
Therapy is something we navigate together. You don't need to have everything figured out before you begin.
Working at Your Pace
Trauma therapy isn't about forcing yourself to revisit experiences before you're ready. We build stability and resources alongside deeper processing.
Understanding the Whole You
We consider your thoughts, emotions, body, nervous system, relationships, and the experiences that have shaped you.
A Personalized Approach
There isn't one technique that works for everyone. Your treatment is adapted to your needs, goals, and readiness.