Catherine Sullivan Counselling Services

Catherine Sullivan Counselling Services Trauma and EMDR therapy in West end Ottawa. I'm a therapist who is emphatic, compassionate and uses humour. Let's unpack and process your trauma.

I will validate your experience and make you feel heard. Let me guide you on your healing journey. Accepting new clients! In person appointments on Friday mornings. EMDR can help you re-process traumatic memories so they aren’t disturbing anymore. Talk therapy can help you learn new ways to understand your feelings. I work with those who have experienced trauma to help them heal and gain a better understanding of how to move forward. I now offer I-CBT to help treat OCD. This is an upstream treatment that targets the obsessional doubt(s) underlying the compulsive behaviour(s). I can help you regain your confidence, re-establish connections with yourself and others, and rebuild your sense of safety. I offer a safe space for you to unpack the relationship patterns that haven’t been working, and explore how trauma may be impacting your life. Together we’ll rebuild the foundation of your relationships with yourself and others. Using an eclectic mix of therapeutic techniques, including EMDR and I-CBT, I can help you begin to feel like yourself again. From this stronger foundation you can move forward and not have your past trauma(s) continue to affect you in the present. You can learn how to re-shape obsessional narratives into reality based ones. By reconnecting with yourself, you can learn to regulate your emotions and set healthy boundaries in your relationships with yourself and others.

03/23/2026

Butterfly pose. Simple and easy hip stretch.
Great for all people who sit a lot.
We store a lot of trauma in our hips

03/18/2026

Easy neck stretch
Great if you've been working all day or anytime.
Awesome to release tension in the neck and traps.

This is me as a therapist.Take it or leave it.
03/17/2026

This is me as a therapist.
Take it or leave it.

03/16/2026

Not a good book.
Good as a beach or vacay read.

03/13/2026

This is self directed BLS.
I demonstrate the butterfly tap and tapping on your knees.
These are often used at the beginning of EMDR to install resources. They can also be used if you need a break from sounds and eye movements.

03/11/2026

This is tactile BLS. You can only do this if you come to see me in person at my office in the West End of Ottawa.
Thanks to Joelle from for demonstrating.

03/11/2026

You need your sound on for this one!!!
This is auditory BLS. I used two different sounds.
Picture the sound going back and forth in your headphones.
Remember you get to choose the sound you like and the speed. These are going at speed 5 - midrange

03/10/2026

This is what visual BLS looks like.
Sorry you need to turn your phone sideways. This is why you can't do visual BLS on a phone. You need a big enough screen.
Remember you get to pick the colour and speed of the dot. This one is going at speed 5 - midway.

Happy international women's day.A day to celebrate the strength of women.To say F*ck the patriarchy and the misogyny.
03/08/2026

Happy international women's day.
A day to celebrate the strength of women.
To say F*ck the patriarchy and the misogyny.

03/06/2026

My review of the Killing Stones by Ann Cleeves.
Highly recommended

Address

1439 Woodroffe Avenue
Ottawa, ON
K2G1W1

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 11:30am
Friday 8:45am - 12pm

Telephone

+13433405031

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