Together, we'll slow things down, make sense of what's happening beneath the surface, and help your mind and body process experiences that may still be shaping how you feel, relate, and respond today.
In-Person Trauma Therapy in Collingwood, Ontario and Virtually Across Ontario.
Trauma & EMDR Therapy to Move Beyond Coping and Insight Alone
Whether you’re experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, childhood trauma, birth trauma, PTSD, adjusting to being a new parent, or feeling constantly overwhelmed, we use EMDR and trauma therapy to help adults, parents, and parents-to-be process the experiences that continue to shape how they feel, relate, and respond—so they can move forward with greater confidence, connection, and ease.
An evidence-based therapy that helps the brain process difficult experiences so they no longer feel as emotionally overwhelming in everyday life.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
We create a space where you can explore your experiences at a pace that feels manageable, process what has been weighing on you, and move toward greater connection, clarity, and resilience—without judgment, pressure, or the expectation that you should simply "get over it."
While many people think of trauma as a single overwhelming event, the reality is often much more nuanced.
Trauma therapy for the parts of you that still feel stuck.
You’re not alone and we can help. Many adults often assume they should be able to think their way through them, try harder, or simply move on from the past. But when unresolved experiences continue to live in the nervous system, understanding them isn't always enough to create change.
- You know where your struggles come from, but you still find yourself repeating the same patterns
- You feel constantly on edge, overwhelmed, or like you can never fully relax
- You react in ways that don't reflect who you want to be, then feel guilt or shame afterward
- Your mind gets stuck replaying the past or worrying about what might happen next
- You struggle with self-doubt, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or feeling like you're never enough
- Your relationships feel harder than they should
- You feel disconnected from yourself, others, or the life you want to be living
- You find yourself wondering why, despite all your insight and effort, things still feel so difficult
Is this you?
Our therapists use evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches that are both compassionate and practical. The goal isn't to erase the past or "fix" you. It's to help you heal from experiences that have been weighing on you, develop greater self-understanding, and create lasting change in the areas of life that matter most.
03. Creating a Lasting Change
Together, we'll explore the moments that feel hard like when you suddenly shut down during conflict, lose your patience with your children, feel constantly on edge, or find yourself reacting in ways that don’t feel like you. As safety and trust develop, EMDR and other trauma-informed approaches can help you process experiences that continue to influence how you think, feel, relate, and respond in the present.
02. Understanding What You're Carrying
Trauma therapy begins with understanding your unique experiences and the ways they may still be affecting your life today. Many of the people we work with have spent years trying to understand themselves, manage their symptoms, or push through difficult emotions. Therapy starts by meeting you exactly where you are, without pressure to revisit painful experiences before you're ready or have everything figured out.
01. Meeting You Where You Are
How Trauma and EMDR Therapy Works at Verity Counselling
What to expect when you reach out
- Reconnecting with yourself, your partner, or the people you care about most
- Breaking generational patterns and showing up differently in your relationships or parenting
- Navigating the transition into parenthood while working through the past
- Seeking deeper healing that goes beyond coping strategies and insight alone
- Feeling stuck in patterns you can't seem to change, despite years of self-reflection
- Living with the effects of childhood experiences, relational wounds, or significant life events
- Struggling with anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or self-doubt
- Experiencing strong emotional reactions that feel hard to understand or manage
- Carrying shame, guilt, or beliefs about yourself that no longer serve you
- Processing a traumatic experience, loss, or life event that still affects your daily life
WHERE YOU'RE HEADED
WHERE YOU ARE
We provide trauma and EMDR therapy for adults, parents, and parents-to-be for:
With specialized training in trauma, attachment, and perinatal mental health, our therapists offer a warm, collaborative space where you can feel understood and supported.
Feel empowered to move forward with greater connection, confidence, and ease.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a trauma therapy that helps the brain process distressing experiences that may still feel emotionally or physically present. It uses bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping, while you briefly focus on aspects of a difficult experience.
No. EMDR can be helpful for a range of concerns, including anxiety, panic, intrusive thoughts, phobias, grief, difficult life experiences, and trauma-related reactions.
EMDR can be used to work through single-incident trauma, childhood experiences, relationship trauma, medical or birth trauma, pregnancy or reproductive experiences, loss, and experiences that continue to affect how you feel, think, or respond today.
The goal of EMDR is not to make you relive your trauma. Instead, we work with memories, emotions, body sensations, and beliefs in a way that allows your brain to begin processing what happened without becoming overwhelmed.
There is no set number. Treatment length depends on your goals, history, current circumstances, and how your nervous system responds to the work. Some concerns can be addressed relatively quickly, while more complex or longstanding trauma may require longer-term therapy.
Yes. Past experiences can sometimes become activated through pregnancy, postpartum experiences, or the everyday demands of parenting. Trauma therapy can help you understand these reactions and create more choice in how you respond.
Yes. EMDR can be particularly helpful for people who continue to experience distress related to a difficult, frightening, or unexpected birth experience, including intrusive memories, anxiety, anger, grief, or feeling disconnected from the experience.
Trauma therapy is a broader approach to healing from difficult experiences. EMDR is one evidence-based trauma therapy that may be incorporated into treatment. Trauma therapy may also include nervous-system regulation, attachment work, somatic approaches, emotion-focused therapy, and other evidence-informed strategies.
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