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Understanding Trauma Responses
Trauma can impact people in many different ways, both emotionally and physically. Common symptoms may include intrusive thoughts or flashbacks, difficulty sleeping, heightened anxiety, emotional numbness, irritability, and feeling constantly on edge or disconnected from others. Some clients may feel overwhelmed, ashamed, confused, or “stuck” in patterns they don’t fully understand.
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It’s important to know: trauma responses are natural reactions to overwhelming experiences. Your brain and body are doing their best to protect you, even if those responses no longer feel helpful. Trauma Therapy can provide a safe space to process those experiences, reduce symptoms, and help you regain a sense of safety, connection, and control.
Why should you start trauma therapy?
Therapy provides a safe, supportive space to process traumatic experiences, reduce distressing symptoms, and begin healing. With the right support, you can learn to understand your trauma responses, rebuild a sense of safety, and regain control over your thoughts, emotions, and relationships.
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You don’t have to wait for things to get worse—reach out when you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or notice that past experiences are affecting your daily life. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to go through it alone.
Discover trauma-informed care.
Trauma-informed care is an approach that recognizes the widespread impact of trauma and prioritizes safety, trust, and empowerment in the therapeutic process. It means your therapist will work with sensitivity to your past experiences, avoid re-traumatization, and create a space where you feel respected, heard, and in control of your healing journey.
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You can expect a collaborative and compassionate process that moves at your pace. Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with you?” trauma-informed care asks, “What has happened to you—and how can we support your healing?” This approach honours your resilience while empowering you develop tools to feel more grounded, secure, and connected.
Evidence-based approach to trauma counselling
We use evidence-based approaches that have been proven effective across a wide range of client needs. Each therapy plan is thoughtfully tailored to fit your unique goals, challenges, and strengths—ensuring the support you receive is both effective and personalized.
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EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
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How it works: EMDR helps the brain reprocess traumatic memories by using bilateral stimulation (such as guided eye movements) while the client recalls distressing events. This process allows the brain to integrate the memory in a healthier way, reducing its emotional intensity.
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Why it’s effective: EMDR bypasses traditional talk therapy and taps into the brain’s natural healing ability. It’s been shown to significantly reduce PTSD symptoms and emotional distress associated with past trauma.
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Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)
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How it works: TF-CBT combines cognitive-behavioral techniques with trauma-sensitive interventions. It helps clients process traumatic events, manage distressing thoughts and feelings, and develop healthy coping skills.
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Why it’s effective: TF-CBT is structured, evidence-based, and designed to reduce trauma-related symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation.
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Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
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How it works: CPT focuses on identifying and challenging unhelpful beliefs related to trauma (e.g., guilt, shame, self-blame). Through structured writing and discussion, clients learn to reframe these thoughts and make new meaning of the trauma.
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Why it’s effective: By targeting the cognitive distortions that keep trauma symptoms active, CPT helps reduce PTSD symptoms and promotes emotional recovery, especially in individuals stuck in negative thought patterns after trauma.
What can you expect from trauma therapy?
Trauma therapy reduces trauma-related symptoms such as anxiety, flashbacks, nightmares, and emotional numbness. It also helps clients process and make sense of traumatic experiences in a safe, supportive environment.
One can expect improved emotional regulation and reduced overwhelm, fear, anger, guilt, and/or shame after some time in trauma therapy. It can take time to feel ready to process these emotions and build a sense of personal empowerment. We will also work with you to build healthier relationships by addressing trust issues, boundaries, and attachment wounds​. We want to help you break any cycles of avoidance and/or hypervigilance so that you can regain control over daily life.
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Long-term, we work to strengthen coping skills and resilience, supporting your healing and emotional stability. Trauma therapy promotes post-traumatic growth, helping clients find meaning, purpose, and renewed strength after trauma.
Meet our trauma therapists.
At Hera Therapy, we are a team of compassionate and experienced therapists. We offer a wide range of evidence-based therapies, and each of us has our own unique style and approach to therapy. Each of us offers an eclectic, trauma-informed approach to therapy with some of our specific modalities noted below.
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Everything you need to know about trauma treatment with us
credit card, e-transfer + debit payment options
$200 / 50 minute session
virtual* + in-person availability
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*your therapist will assess fit for virtual trauma therapy
You’re not alone with trauma. Let us help! Book a free initial consultation in Toronto and across Ontario.
Booking a 15 minute phone or video consultation is a great way to shop around and find the best therapist for you. We want you to make sure you find your perfect fit, so get in touch with us today and we will walk you through the process, every step of the way.
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