Trauma and PTSD therapists in Victoria, BC
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Michelle Iulianella Counselling & Psychotherapy
Counsellor/Therapist, BEd, MBA, MA, RCC
Generational trauma is the transmission of traumatic experiences and their associated psychological and emotional effects from one generation to the next. This type of trauma can also be passed along through unexamined familial beliefs, sociocultural norms and narratives that describe traumatic events. People with family histories that include systemic oppression or abuse, war, genocide, or marginalization can experience this type of trauma. Generational trauma can manifest as anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, shame, and a sense of disconnectedness or isolation. It can also impact family dynamics and relationships, including the ways in which individuals relate to their families of origin, their partners and their own children. Michelle believes that recognizing and processing generational trauma in therapy is an integral step towards putting an end to the legacy of traumatic experience and promoting healing within individuals and their families.
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8P 2L5
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Linda Szeto
Therapist, RCC, CCC
Trauma can affect nearly every part of your life, from how safe you feel in the world to how you experience emotions, relate to others, and see yourself. Flashbacks, body memories, nightmares, and hypervigilance can leave you feeling unsafe, overwhelmed, or constantly on edge. You might struggle to relax, feel hijacked by emotions or physical sensations, find that the past keeps intruding on the present, or feel emotionally numb, disconnected, or unable to feel much of anything. My approach draws on EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Brainspotting, and somatic approaches to help you process traumatic experiences and work through the emotions and body responses that remain. Therapy is collaborative and paced to your needs, with the goal of helping you feel safer in yourself, experience greater emotional freedom, and have more room for connection, enjoyment, and the life you want to live.
1 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Tanya Master | Online Somatic & Psychosomatic Consulting
Life Coach, Psychosomatic Consultant · Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner in Training
Trauma often continues to influence the body long after the original event has passed. My practice integrates somatic, trauma-informed, and relational approaches to support greater regulation, self-understanding, and lasting change.
5 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Strength in Heart Counselling
Treatment Center, RSW, RCC, CCC
Trauma can affect every aspect of your life, sometimes long after the event. Our trauma-informed therapy helps you process painful experiences and regain a sense of safety. We support you in building resilience and moving forward at your own pace.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8V 1L3
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Suzanne Nievaart
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
I support folks with trauma, including trauma due to intimate partner violence.
1 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Lincoln Stoller
Counsellor/Therapist, PhD, CHt, CCPCP
If you have read these descriptions, then you will appreciate I focus on solutions and not symptoms. I feel all symptoms relate to a problem that has a solution. It is only in the rare situation where your problem is out of your control, that I will grudgingly admit you may be struggling with an internal dysfunction. But even in that case, I look toward the mind and body's natural healing abilities to regain balance and control.
Trauma and PTSD should be considered as two parts to the same thing. Trauma may be acute and PTSD may be chronic, but any acute trauma will leave post traumatic scars if it is not resolved in the present. We all have post traumatic scars from traumas we've ignored. We have grown around these in the way that a tree's trunk grows around barbed wire. And like the wire and the tree, these may seem minor at the time we encounter them. Small traumas embed themselves when we fail to resolve their pernicious effect. Many disturbing childhood experiences are of this sort.
Acute trauma needs to be reframed quickly. It's like a breached birth; an event that's stuck in the birth canal. It needs to be rotated and its truth released. All trauma has a truth which may or may not be part of you. Acute trauma can be re-experienced, but it does not have to be re-experienced literally or accurately. Such trauma is most effectively re-experienced in a dream-like manner because in dreams, unlike in waking life, you can build new realities. For this, dreamwork, hypnosis, entheogens (psychedelics), and brain training build resilience and insight. Each of these are a tool, not a pill, palliative, or solution. They are part of a healing program.
To deal with PTSD, building resilience and revising memories is important, but your thoughts also play a role. Talking helps when it's cathartic. Aim to recreate the situation without being the center of it. Watch it from a safe distance. You do this in spirit.
You are a survivor and a victim, but also a perpetrator. This is important: in some sense you put yourself in this situation and you have gained a unique experience where others have not lived to tell the tale. Somewhere in your history you made decisions that brought you to these ends. If you are not to blame, then you can examine your decisions and reframe your thoughts for the future. If you are to blame, then the lesson is easy: don't do this again! This may result in your feeling fearful, regretful, paranoid, angry, or guilty. You can use all of those feeling to your advantage because they are yours to create, direct, evaluate, accept, or reject, but first you must feel them. It is for this that you most need a protector who understands the process.
I play the role of the protector, but I will not be comfortable in guiding you into territories in which I sense you are in danger. Dealing with trauma with the help of a counselor requires both trust and a shared foundation. The effective counselor will be a role model and an ally. We venture to confront your dragons, and these dragons are real. I accompany you in the reconstructed experience. Much like a shaman, I present you with a mirror in which to see your true self as a warrior, fool, survivor, and hero.
21 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8Z 5C8
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Arne Pedersen - Hypnotherapy Victoria
Hypnotherapist, RCCH
Have past traumatic experiences left you feeling stuck in fear and distress? I provide compassionate and professional support to help individuals heal from the effects of PTSD. Through a blend of therapeutic dialogue, mindfulness-based processes, and hypnotherapy, we'll work together to process painful memories, rebuild a sense of safety, and commence on a journey of healing and recovery.
15 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8Z 5T8
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Dena Marie Counselling & EMDR Therapy
Counsellor/Therapist, MEd, RCC
Flashbacks that pull you out of the present, feeling on guard even when nothing's wrong, memories that still feel too close no matter how much time has passed — trauma can leave you stuck in survival mode long after the danger is gone. Using EMDR, I gently help you process distressing memories that feel overwhelming or "stuck," so your brain can reframe these experiences instead of letting them keep dominating your thoughts, emotions, or reactions. Clients often notice fewer triggers, greater emotional regulation, and a stronger sense of safety, control, and resilience in everyday life.
4 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Mark Watts
Counsellor/Therapist, BA (Psych), Master Therapeutic Counsellor, Registered Counselling Hypnotherapist
I offer a rapid trauma release that can significantly reduce the emotional overload from a traumatic jncidence.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8W 1C4
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Our Landing Place
Therapist, RCC, CCC, RSW, RP, RCT
Our clinicians work with trauma and PTSD using body-aware, relational, and evidence-informed approaches that honour survival responses and support long-term healing.
16 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Rhian Gilbert
Counsellor/Therapist, M.A., RCC
Emotional neglect? Parentification? No room for mistakes? Car accident? Surgery/medical procedure gone wrong? All forms of trauma have the capacity to destabilize our nervous system creating a myriad of symptoms including anxiety, high reactivity, an inability to relax, rumination, emotional numbness, chronic pain & illness, autoimmune conditions, and chronic fatigue. We attempt to cope with this dysregulation by enacting patterns of perfectionism, workaholism, people pleasing, or turning to alcohol/drugs, sex, or food. Often we are unaware of these ways of being and our mind & body can feel stuck, out of control, like there's no way out. Using a combination of somatic & cognitive therapies, we will work together to identify your unhelpful patterns of behaviour, process traumatic experiences, explore negative thoughts, & help you develop new ways of responding to life’s challenges. Through nervous system education, you will learn to foster the mind-body connection & to take back agency & control. In my practice, I aim to provide a safe space for growth, curiosity, & self discovery with a hint of humour. I am passionate about helping people discover their innate capacity for inner resilience and self-regulation through nervous system health. I invite you to visit my website to book a complimentary phone consultation to learn more.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8T 4L1
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Adria Lipsett
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC)
I am highly skilled in trauma and PTSD counselling, providing a safe, supportive space for healing. My trauma-informed approaches help you process and integrate difficult experiences. My goal is to foster resilience and recovery.
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8V 1L3
Online in Victoria, BC
PTSD/Trauma
Candice Seligman
Counsellor/Therapist, MACP, DVATI, CCC
Trauma can show up as persistent anxiety, emotional overwhelm, feeling shutdown, difficulty trusting yourself or others, numbness, hypervigilance, or feeling stuck in patterns that seem rooted in the past. I focus on working with CPTSD, complex and developmental trauma, including childhood and relational trauma, rather than acute single-incident trauma such as recent accidents or medical emergencies. I work somatically, trauma-informed, and with the nervous system, inner child, and energy field in mind to help release the deeper roots of trauma responses. My focus is compassionate, root-cause healing that supports safety in your body, integration of painful experiences, and movement toward greater freedom and wholeness.
6 Years Experience
Online in Victoria, BC (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Victoria Counselling Centre
Counsellor/Therapist, MA, RCC
Trauma affects more than just your memories. It can live in the body, shape your emotions, and influence the way you move through the world. Whether your trauma is the result of a single event or a series of experiences over time, healing is possible. We offer trauma therapy that honours your story, your pace, and your path to recovery. We understand that trauma looks and feels different for everyone. It might show up as anxiety, fear, numbness, emotional overwhelm, or even physical pain. You may feel stuck in patterns you can’t explain. Whatever you’re carrying, our experienced therapists are here to help you feel safe, supported, and empowered to begin healing on your own terms.
16 Years Experience
In-Person in Victoria, BC V8V 4A1
Online in Victoria, BC
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Victoria, BC Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Victoria, BC average 11 years of experience and charge around $162 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (63%), Internal Family Systems (IFS) (56%), and Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (52%).
Average years in practice
11 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$162
Accept insurance
70%
Offer sliding scale
57%
Gender ID
| 70% |
Female |
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| 24% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 61% |
In Person and Online |
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| 39% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 63% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 56% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
| 52% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 51% | Somatic Therapy |
| 48% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 45% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 42% | Narrative Therapy |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 73% | Young Adult |
| 58% | Senior |
| 51% | Teen |
| 15% | Children |
Client Focus
| 65% | Women |
| 54% | Men |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 36% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 30% | Christian |