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EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based therapy designed to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories that have become "stuck." Using bilateral stimulation — such as guided eye movements — EMDR allows distressing memories to be reprocessed so they no longer carry the same emotional charge. It can significantly reduce symptoms of PTSD, flashbacks, hypervigilance, anxiety, and the intrusive thoughts that trauma leaves behind.

Cognitive Processing Therapy

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) helps you identify and challenge the unhelpful beliefs that trauma creates — things like "it was my fault," "I am broken," or "nowhere is safe." By examining how traumatic experiences have shaped your thinking, CPT helps reduce feelings of guilt, shame, and hopelessness, and supports you in building a more balanced and compassionate understanding of yourself and the world.

Somatic Experiencing

Trauma lives in the body, not just the mind. Somatic Experiencing works with the physical sensations, tension, and nervous system responses that get locked in after overwhelming experiences. Rather than just talking about what happened, we pay attention to what the body is holding — and gently help it complete the survival responses that were interrupted. This approach is especially helpful for people who feel disconnected from their body, chronically on edge, or numb.

Polyvagal Techniques

Polyvagal Theory explains why the nervous system shifts between states of safety, mobilization (fight/flight), and shutdown (freeze/collapse) — and why we can't always just "think" our way out of those states. Polyvagal-informed techniques help you understand your own nervous system patterns, build the capacity to recognize which state you're in, and develop practical tools to move toward greater regulation, connection, and felt safety.

Developmental Body-Mind Expression

This approach draws on early developmental movement patterns and body-based expression to support healing at a deep, pre-verbal level. It is particularly useful when trauma occurred early in life — before language — or when words alone feel insufficient. By working with posture, breath, movement, and sensation, we access parts of the nervous system that talk therapy cannot always reach.

DBT

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) was developed to help people who experience intense, overwhelming emotions. It teaches concrete, practical skills across four areas: mindfulness (staying present), distress tolerance (getting through a crisis without making it worse), emotion regulation (understanding and managing emotional responses), and interpersonal effectiveness (communicating needs and maintaining relationships). DBT is especially helpful for those who struggle with emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, or intense relational patterns.

CBT

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is one of the most well-researched approaches in psychology. It works by helping you identify the connections between your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours — and recognize how unhelpful thinking patterns keep symptoms going. Through structured exercises and between-session practice, CBT builds skills to challenge distorted thinking, reduce avoidance, and respond to difficult situations in more effective ways. It is effective for anxiety, depression, OCD, and many other presentations.

ACT

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) takes a different angle than traditional CBT — rather than trying to eliminate difficult thoughts and feelings, ACT teaches you to change your relationship with them. Through mindfulness, acceptance, and values clarification, ACT helps you stop fighting your inner experience and start moving toward the life that matters to you. It is particularly helpful for chronic pain, anxiety, depression, and situations where struggle with thoughts and feelings has become its own problem.

Narrative Therapy

Narrative Therapy is built on the idea that we are not our problems — we are the authors of our own stories. It helps you examine the dominant narratives you've internalized about yourself (often shaped by others or by difficult experiences) and begin to reauthor them. By separating who you are from the problems you've faced, Narrative Therapy creates space for new, more empowering ways of understanding your identity, your history, and your future.

Strength-Based & Solution Focused

Strength-Based and Solution Focused approaches shift the lens from "what's wrong" to "what's working." Rather than dwelling exclusively on deficits and problems, these approaches help you identify your existing strengths, resources, and past successes — and use them as a foundation for change. Solution Focused Therapy in particular helps you get clear on what you want your life to look like and build practical steps toward it, without needing to fully excavate the past.