EMDR and Trauma Therapy Centre

EMDR and Trauma Therapy Centre Get the relief you need. Trauma therapy for adults, teens, children & couples in the Greater Toronto.

12/08/2025

Not all grounding techniques work the same for everyone, especially when you’ve experienced trauma. 💭🤔

Have any of these techniques worked for you?

🦋Butterfly hug comes from emdr as a grounding resource.

🧘‍♀️Coregulated breathing is important and used for instance when one person models breathing to help someone ground.

🪨Weighted pressure like weighted blankets can connect you with your body in the here and now.

🌱Somatic tracking is paying attention to your body without trying to change or fix it. being with and holding curiosity and compassion.

⚓️Polyvagal anchoring: developing an internal or external anchor to ground your nervous system.

🧊Cold reset: drinking something cold or putting cold water on your face to invite you into the moment. this helps when there is emotional or physical overwhelm.

🌸Movement grounding is using gentle movements to help disrupt fight, flight, freeze responses and connect with the moment.

👀Sensory naming: naming what all five senses are experiencing in the moment.

🏝️Guided imagery/safe space: from hypnosis and emdr used to bring an embodied sense of being safe enough.

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11/30/2025

Red flag or Green flag 🤔
Therapist Edition‼️

It can be difficult to find a good therapist, especially one that can meet your needs.

When going to therapy it’s important to identify the red and green flags displayed by your therapist to ensure that you’re getting the care you deserve. ❤️‍🩹

Are there any other red or green flags you’ve noticed in a therapist 💭

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It’s hard to deal with anxiety 💭Anxiety symptoms like excessive worry, dread, and fear can make it difficult to push thr...
11/24/2025

It’s hard to deal with anxiety 💭

Anxiety symptoms like excessive worry, dread, and fear can make it difficult to push through certain tasks. 🧠

Anxiety can cause muscle tension, sweating, trouble, sleeping, a disconnection from things you once enjoyed. ❤️‍🩹

simple coping strategies can help ease your struggles with anxiety. 🌱

Therapy can help you manage your anxiety with the right tools, strategies, and support. You need to better cope with your feelings. 🌱

We can help you gain control and feel relief, so you can get back to living your life. 🫂

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Your mental health needs aren’t “too much.”They’re signals asking for support.Respond with compassion. 💛Start with one s...
11/21/2025

Your mental health needs aren’t “too much.”
They’re signals asking for support.
Respond with compassion. 💛

Start with one step today.
And if you need a guide, we’re here. 🤍

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11/17/2025

This or That⁉️

There are many therapeutic modalities that are beneficial to trauma recovery. ❤️‍🩹

There isn’t one single best way to heal trauma. 🤔

It is dependent on the individual, meaning what you need help processing. 🌱

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Types of Trauma Therapy 💭EMDR 🧠➡️A therpist will guide you through guided bilateral stimulation as you recall traumatic ...
11/15/2025

Types of Trauma Therapy 💭

EMDR 🧠
➡️A therpist will guide you through guided bilateral stimulation as you recall traumatic events.
➡️Goals include reducing the intensity of symptoms, improving emotional regulation, and increasing self-esteem.

DBR 🌱
➡️DBR works to find the orienting tension within the brain and works with the associated defensive response to unlock the responses held back by trauma.

Internal Family Systems 🫂
➡️Therapists will help clients identify and understand each part of their mind that makes them whole.
➡️Goals include personal growth, self-understanding, and self-development.

Ego State Psychotherapy ❤️‍🩹
➡️Allows us to get curious and work with the internal conflict or tension to embrace all aspects of ourselves.

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) 🌱
➡️Focused on helping identify and manage the underlying causes of mental and emotional struggles.
➡️Can help gain insight into how thoughts create feeling and behaviours, inspiring lasting change.

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11/12/2025

Therapist rates‼️

There are many therapeutic modalities, although some are better than others. 🧠

The most important thing is knowing which one is effective for you. 🌱

Have you tried any of these modalities 🤔

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PTSD can happen to anyone 🧠PTSD is a complex condition rooted in the brain’s response to trauma, deeply affecting emotio...
11/11/2025

PTSD can happen to anyone 🧠

PTSD is a complex condition rooted in the brain’s response to trauma, deeply affecting emotions, thoughts, and behaviours. 🤔

Symptoms often present in 4 categories:
💡intrusive memories
💡avoidance behaviours
💡negative changes in thoughts and mood
💡heightened reactivity

We’re here to help ❤️‍🩹

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Wondering about PTSD 🤔💭It’s not about being too sensitive or not being able to move on. It’s your nervous system stuck i...
11/08/2025

Wondering about PTSD 🤔💭

It’s not about being too sensitive or not being able to move on.

It’s your nervous system stuck in survival mode after something overwhelming has happened. 😬

Healing is possible when the nervous system is guided back into safety. 🌱

There is a way back to yourself. 🫂

We’re here to help ❤️‍🩹

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10/28/2025

🌿 Smell Is a Powerful Gateway to Memory 🌿
 
Scent is one of the most powerful triggers of emotional memory. A single breath can transport us across time  unlocking moments long forgotten, buried deep in the body.
 
Smell doesn’t just live in the nose, it lives in our nervous system, our cells, our stories. It reminds us that memory isn’t only in the mind. It’s in the body too.
 
🌸 Healing happens when we listen to our senses.
💬 What scent brings you back to a meaningful moment?
👇 Share your story in the comments.
📌 Save this post if you’ve ever felt the past come alive through a smell.

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10/27/2025

💔 Collective Grief Isn’t Simple

When a leader, colleague, or public figure dies, grief doesn’t look the same for everyone.

Some feel deep sadness.
Others feel anger, confusion, or even relief.
And for many, it’s all of the above at once.

In organizations, this mix can create tension, silence, or shutdown.
People hesitate to talk about it because it feels messy.

But unspoken grief doesn’t disappear, it lives in the body, in the room, in the team’s energy.

Grief isn’t about agreeing on someone’s legacy.

It’s about holding space for impact, difference, and emotion so the nervous system and the group can find regulation again.

At EMDR and Trauma Therapy Centre, we help organizations process loss through trauma-informed debriefing and nervous-system-based approaches that restore connection and collective balance.

🕯️ If your team is navigating a loss, we can help you find the path through.

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10/25/2025

Trauma & the Brainstem: The Hidden Gatekeeper of Safety

When you’ve been through trauma, your brainstem, the oldest part of your brain becomes your body’s gatekeeper.
Inside it are two powerful regions:

⚡ The superior colliculus (that lightning-fast “orient!” system)
⚡ The periaqueductal gray (PAG) (the body’s alarm for threat and defense)

Together, they decide in milliseconds whether what you sense is safe or threatening.

When there’s unresolved trauma, these systems can stay on high alert. That’s why you might flinch, freeze, or feel flooded before you even think.

Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) helps the brainstem unlearn danger and build new pathways of safety. 🧩

➡️ Healing isn’t about talking your way out, it’s about helping your nervous system feel safe again.

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