Trauma Therapy: Find Your Freedom

Inclusive Online Therapy Across Ontario

“Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence.”

– Peter A. Levine, Clinical Psychologist

Is Trauma Keeping You Trapped?

Sure, it’s over and done with…but it doesn’t feel that way.

Life has become a series of triggers to avoid and flashbacks to forget. All you want is to feel better, but it feels like your trauma is in the driver’s seat of your life instead of you.  

You know that you can avoid the pain by numbing out, distracting yourself, or indulging in some less-than-good-for-you habits…but only for so long. You’re waiting in fear for the next twinge of a trigger, the next landmine to go off.

Even surrounded by family and friends, you feel alone. You feel trapped in negative spirals, and aren’t sure how to ever get out of them.

What if you were in control of your trauma, not the other way around?

Imagine the loneliness – replaced by connection.

Triggers – no longer so intense.

Numbing out – replaced by actually trusting yourself and the world around you. 

Your trauma will always be a part of your story, but it doesn’t have to have the same hold on you. It informs and strengthens the person you are, but doesn’t control you anymore.

Instead of being haunted by the past, you get to dream about the future – and not just worst-case-scenarios. The landmines aren’t feeling so active, you’re feeling lighter and brighter, and your relationships don’t seem doomed to fail.

You deserve this ease in your mind, body, and spirit.

No trauma is too big or too small to start healing.  

We get trauma, and we know it doesn’t have a band-aid fix. We’ll work to actually figure out the root of what’s going on and why you’re feeling stuck.

We won’t judge. No matter what trauma you’re bringing to the table, we understand how scary it can be to finally face your biggest fears. We’ll walk alongside you, at your pace.

We care about empowering you. Together, we will explore strategies to help you feel safe in your own skin, re-route the brain maps that jumpstart your triggers, and take our time as we gently uncover the roots of guilt, shame, and pain to start healing from the ground up.  

We know that trauma is not your fault. And we know that you deserve better than a life controlled by something that happened to you.

Who this type of therapy is for:

→ You’re just going through the motions—wake up, eat, work, doomscroll, stay up late, rinse and repeat.

→ You’ve experienced something that you just can’t let go of. Whether it’s a racial micro-aggression, car accident, abuse, or other painful incident, it’s stuck on replay in your mind.

→ You live in fear of being triggered, so you’re skipping out on things you love or people you care about.  

→ Your relationship with your body feels fractured, and you wish there was an alternative to waking up tired, in pain, and exhausted every day.

→ You’re not able to engage in your life—whether you’re checking out at work or having conversations on autopilot, you feel like you’re not fully there.

Why Choose Counterspiral?

Our team is a unique group with some important things in common.

  • We all deeply care about social justice, equity, and making the world a better place. We are actively anti-racist, queer and trans affirming, and we celebrate neurodiversity.

  • We are compassionate, supportive, and educated therapists who use evidence-based best practices to customize each session, just for you. And we’re also real people who will laugh with you, hold space for you, and authentically connect with you. We fully show up in session so that you have a brave and safe space to let it all out.

  • We know that therapy is really about you, so we’ll always do our best to match you to a team member who is a great fit.

  • You can get to know us better by visiting our Meet the Team page. We can’t wait to meet you!

Healing requires safety. Here are a few ways we offer it.

Let’s get started.