Online Therapy in Alberta for Trauma & PTSD

There is a reason you feel the way you do, and healing is possible.

When painful experiences have not had the opportunity to be fully understood and integrated, they can continue to affect the way you feel, think, relate to others, and see yourself. Your mind and body may still be responding to what they learned from the past, even when part of you knows you are safe now.

You may know that you are safe, but your body still reacts as if something is wrong. A conversation, a relationship dynamic, a feeling of being dismissed, or a stressful situation can bring up emotions that feel bigger than the moment itself.

You may find yourself overthinking, feeling overwhelmed, shutting down, questioning yourself, or struggling to understand why you respond the way you do.

This does not mean something is wrong with you. These responses often developed for a reason. They were ways your mind and body tried to protect you through experiences that felt overwhelming, unsafe, or too much to carry alone.

The challenge is that these protective responses can continue long after the original experience has ended.

You might notice:

• Your body feels tense or on edge
• Strong emotions come up quickly
• Your thoughts start racing or searching for what could go wrong
• You feel pulled back into old feelings even when you know you are safe now
• You react in ways that leave you wondering why you responded that way

Your mind and body are not trying to make life harder for you. They are trying to protect you based on what they learned from your experiences.

Healing involves helping you understand these responses and helping your mind and body recognize that what happened before is not the same as what is happening now.

Sometimes trauma comes from one overwhelming experience. Other times, it develops through repeated experiences that shape the way you see yourself, relationships, and safety.

I work with adults who are healing from experiences such as:

• Betrayal trauma, when someone you trusted deeply hurt you or broke that trust
• Single event trauma, such as an accident, loss, or assault
• Complex trauma from repeated painful experiences over time
• Developmental trauma from growing up without enough emotional safety, support, or connection
• Relational trauma from experiences such as manipulation, control, gaslighting, or being repeatedly dismissed
• Traumatic grief when a loss feels overwhelming or difficult to process

Trauma can affect more than your memories. It can shape how you see yourself, how you connect with others, and how you move through life.

You might notice:

• Feeling overwhelmed by emotions
• Questioning yourself or your decisions
• Overthinking and trying to anticipate problems
• Feeling constantly on alert
• Shutting down or pulling away from others
• Feeling disconnected from yourself
• Physical reactions that are difficult to understand

These responses are signs that your mind and body adapted to what you experienced.

I want to get to know you as a person, not just what you are struggling with. I want to understand what you have been through, what has shaped you, what matters to you, and what healing looks like for you.

In our work together, we gently explore how those experiences are still showing up in your thoughts, emotions, body, relationships, and sense of yourself.

Before we begin deeper trauma processing, we focus on creating safety, understanding your responses, and building the tools you need to feel supported throughout the process.

Trauma therapy is not about forcing you to revisit painful memories before you are ready. We move at a pace that feels right for you while creating space to work through what feels stuck.

We work with the emotions, beliefs, body responses, and memories that may still feel connected to those experiences so they can be processed in a way that feels safe and manageable.

Through trauma informed and experiential therapy, including approaches such as EMDR and parts work, we work toward helping painful experiences feel less overwhelming and less present in your everyday life.

Together, we work to help you heal from what happened and also develop what may not have been fully nurtured earlier, including self trust, emotional regulation, healthy boundaries, and a stronger connection with yourself.

Over time, healing can mean feeling more grounded, more connected to yourself, and more able to move through life with greater confidence and a deeper sense of safety.

If faith is important to your healing process, I also offer counselling from an accepting Christian perspective.

You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out.

If you are wondering whether therapy with me may be a good fit, I offer a free 15 minute consultation. It is a chance to ask questions, learn more about how I work, and see whether it feels supportive for you.