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Online Psychotherapy & EMDR Therapy in Ontario
Therapy for adults across Ontario
Trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy: integrating EMDR, Internal Family Systems & nervous-system approaches.
For deeper healing - that lasts.
Maybe you're feeling overwhelmed, anxious, burnt out, or stuck in negative patterns.
You might be caught in patterns you can't seem to break, struggling with emotions that feel bigger than you expect, or wondering why things that seem manageable for everyone else feel so difficult for you.
Maybe you've been holding it together for a long time. Maybe you're tired of trying to figure yourself out, or you've reached a point where the ways you've learned to cope aren't working anymore.
You don't have to figure it out on your own.
I'm here to help you make sense of what you're experiencing, with compassionate support and a space where you can finally slow down and be understood.
Meet Charlie,
Registered Psychotherapist & EMDR Therapist | Trauma, Anxiety, ADHD & Autism-Informed Therapy for Adults
Hi, I'm Charlie, nice to meet you!
I specialize in trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming therapy, working with anxiety, trauma, burnout, and emotional regulation, with a particular specialty in (but not limited to) supporting adults with ADHD and Autism.
My approach integrates EMDR with nervous-system and body-based therapies to help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and create meaningful change.
Trauma-informed therapy for anxiety, burnout, ADHD & Autism, and more: with a nervous-system-informed approach.
THERAPEUTIC
APPROACHES & MODALITIES
What can we work on together?
You might feel overwhelmed, stuck in familiar patterns, or unsure why things feel harder than they seem to for other people. You don't need a diagnosis for anything to begin. We can start with what's happening in your life and work from there.
Areas I can support you with include:
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ADHD, Autism & Neurodivergence — challenges with executive functioning, masking, sensory overwhelm, burnout, or making sense of yourself later in life.
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Trauma & PTSD — painful past experiences that continue to affect how you feel, think, or respond today.
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Anxiety, Stress & Burnout — overthinking, feeling constantly on edge, emotional exhaustion, or struggling to switch off.
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Emotional Regulation — intense emotions, triggers, and reactions that feel difficult to understand or manage.
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Relationships & Attachment — recurring patterns, boundaries, trust, and connection.
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Self-Esteem, Shame & Perfectionism — self-criticism, feeling not good enough, or never feeling you've done enough.
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Physical Symptoms, Chronic Pain & Fatigue — exploring the connection between physical experiences, stress, emotions, and wellbeing.
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Life Transitions & Identity — navigating change, grief, or questions about who you are and what matters to you.
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& More...
How can we work together?
Therapy isn't one-size-fits-all. My approach draws on different therapeutic modalities, informed by your experiences, needs, and goals. If you don't understand "therapy lingo," or have no idea what type of therapy you are interested in, that's okay" You don't need to come to therapy knowing these words. I will help explain relevant information and options to you as we go, or as you are interested.
Different types of therapy help you explore what's happening beneath the surface while also developing practical ways to navigate everyday life.
Trauma processing and deeper exploration
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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
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Attachment-based approaches
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Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
Mind-body and nervous-system approaches
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Somatic therapy and body-based approaches
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Nervous-system-informed therapy, including Polyvagal Theory
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Breathwork
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Mindfulness-based approaches
Practical tools and emotional support
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills
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Compassion-focused approaches
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Strengths-based therapy
My work is also informed by cultural humility, social justice, and an understanding of how identity, ability, relationships, systems, privilage, the environment, and lived experience generally can shape mental health. The approaches we use will depend on what feels appropriate and helpful for you.
ONLINE ONTARIO PSYCHOTHERAPY
SESSIONS & FEES
Online therapy is also available to adults in Newfoundland & Labrador, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Virtual Therapy means you can access therapy without the added commute time, hassle and cost - and join from wherever is most comfortable or convenient for you!
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BOOKINGS & CONTACT
Land Acknowledgement
Affirming, Culturally Responsive & Anti-Oppressive Care
"The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don’t yet know. But what we see is the power of unity. What happens to one happens to us all. We can starve together or feast together.”
― Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi
"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect."
― Chief Seattle, Duwamish
No one lives in a vacuum, and neither does our mental health... In the west, we tend to still be entrenched in cultural worldviews that understand humans to exist as individuals without much mutual impact to one another or their environments. More and more western scientific research understands this to be false, while traditional ways of knowing have understood the interconnectedness – the wholeness – of all things for a very long time. As we cannot understand our mental health by only looking at our brain and must include the interwovenness of the whole bodily system, we also cannot understand our health as an individuals without considering our lives within the living organisms of the collective, of our natural world. This includes systems of oppression, our intersections of identities, our relationships, our ansestors and collective traumas and triumphs. I am a caucasian (mixed European heritage), neurodivergent, cis-gendered, queer, able-bodied woman, and was born, raised, educated, and have worked on the traditional Turtle Island territories (aka Canada) of the Anishinaabe, Wyandot, Haudenosaunee, Attiwonderonk, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations peoples, under the treaties of Treaty 3, 13A, 19, The Haldimand Treaty, and the Williams Treaty. I currently work primarily online, based between the traditional territories of the Muzziena Bedouin Tribe of South Sinai, and the Irish lands of the Republic of Ireland with longstanding Indigenous roots. As a practitioner, I recognize the vital importance of land and its history for therapy participants, my communities, and my own life. As a therapist, I often incorporate nature-based practices. As an ally I have a responsibility to honour the stories, peoples, and creatures of the lands we occupy, our interconnectedness within the natural world. I welcome my duty to continuously self-reflect and maintain relationship and ongoing education in efforts to seek less harm in the ever-present impacts of capitalism and white supremacy. My practice seeks to be trauma-informed, socially just, accessible, culturally responsive, rooted in efforts to decolonize the practice of psychotherapy. I am open to accountability in these efforts. Resources: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/17465709 Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths, Rupert Ross https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/392410/indigenous-healing-by-rupert-ross/9780143191100 Decolonizing Therapy, Dr. Jennifer Mullan https://www.decolonizingtherapy.com/ Territory Acknowledgement https://native-land.ca/resources/territory-acknowledgement/
