Trauma-Informed and Neurobiologically-Based

 

We approach therapy with an understanding of how trauma, chronic stress, and attachment experiences shape the brain and body.

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We understand trauma broadly. It may include single overwhelming events, but also developmental trauma, relational injury, medical experiences, loss, or long-term stress. Many people seek therapy for anxiety, depression, burnout, emotional reactivity, or relationship difficulties without identifying their experiences as trauma. Our role is not to label, but to understand how past experiences may still be influencing present patterns.

 

Rather than focusing only on thoughts or behaviours, we pay attention to how the nervous system responds to threat, safety, connection, and meaning. This allows therapy to move beyond coping strategies and insight alone, toward deeper and more lasting change.

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Relationship-Centred and Attachment-Aware

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Healing happens in relationship.

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Whether we are working with individuals or couples, we attend carefully to patterns of attachment, emotional safety, and connection. Many concerns — such as anxiety, shutdown, emotional reactivity, or conflict — can be understood as protective responses shaped by past relational experiences.

 

Our work supports greater emotional awareness, responsiveness, and trust, both internally and in relationships with others.

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Integrative, Not One-Size-Fits-All

 

We draw from a range of evidence-based and trauma-specific therapies, integrating approaches thoughtfully rather than applying them mechanically.

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This integrative approach allows us to respond flexibly to complexity - especially when people have tried therapy before and found that insight alone, coping skills, or talk-based approaches were not enough. Methods serve the person, not the other way around.