Trauma and PTSD therapists in Toronto, ON
Find experienced trauma and PTSD therapists in Toronto, Ontario, 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
Natalie V. Bochenska
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, RCAT, Certified Somatic Practitioner
Trauma can affect how you experience your body, emotions, relationships, and sense of safety long after difficult events have passed. I specialize in trauma-informed somatic psychotherapy, helping clients understand survival responses and gently process experiences that may feel unresolved. Through body awareness, parts work, and relational approaches, we work toward greater regulation, self-trust, and connection with yourself.
6 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Caroline Boutefeu
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying)
Navigating through the complex journey of healing from trauma can be a challenging yet empowering experience. Trauma affects every individual differently and I am committed to providing compassionate and empathetic support tailored to your unique experiences and needs. My approach to trauma therapy is grounded in a deep understanding of the evidence based trauma-informed practices, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment for you to begin your healing process. Whether you're dealing with the aftermath of a single event or the cumulative effects of prolonged exposure to stressful situations, I'm here to offer a supportive space where you can explore your feelings, understand the impact of your experiences, and learn coping strategies to regain a sense of control and empowerment. By fostering resilience and self-compassion, together, we can embark on a path toward recovery and rediscovery of your strength and vitality. I invite you to reach out for a compassionate conversation about how we can work together towards your healing and growth. Please feel free to reach out for a free 15-minute consultation to discuss your concerns! Help is there whenever you need it.
12 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M5V 1X9
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Jessie Erb
Registered Psychotherapist, DPsychotherapy
I work with all trauma, including interpersonal (familial, loss, and relationship) as well as all forms of abuse (physical, emotional, and sexual). I have worked with those who have faced extreme stress and horrific situations, finding a safe place within my office and a space to start to unpack some of these issues.
12 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Kate Paul
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP
Trauma and PTSD are my areas of specialization. Trauma may encompass a wide range of human experience and its negative impact on our lives is at times very clear to us and at other times goes unnoticed yet prevents us from living the lives we desire. I employ evidence based approaches recognized by the World Health Organization as being the gold standards due to their proven success. This includes both talk therapy approaches as well as the non-talk therapy of EMDR. My approach is integrative and holistic.
13 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Kim Edwards
Psychologist, C.Psych.
Have you directly experienced, witnessed, or learned about someone close to you who experienced a traumatic event? Do you experience flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and/or intrusive thoughts about the event that last for months or even years following the traumatic event? If so, MindFit can help.
At MindFit, our coaches provide several evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approaches to trauma treatment including
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• This program is a 12-session weekly structured treatment that involves education about PTSD, monitoring of events, thoughts and emotions, recognizing and challenging problematic thoughts (that can develop after traumatic events and keep you stuck – e.g., “I can’t trust myself”, “People can’t be trusted”, “Something bad is going to occur again”), writing about the trauma (to examine how you think about it and find ways to live with it), and planning for the future.
Prolonged Exposure (PE)
• This program involves 10-weekly structured sessions and involves a trauma interview and exposures: facing situations and memories that you find scary or may be avoiding to help you learn to cope more effectively. This program also includes breathing retraining, examining reactions to the trauma and planning for the future. The goal is to ease your symptoms and help reduce avoidance (which makes fears worse).
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
• TF-CBT is a scientifically-based treatment for children and adolescents and their caregivers/parents affected by trauma
• TF-CBT is a structured short term approach (generally 8-16 sessions)
• A diagnosis of PTSD is not required for TF-CBT
• This program also addresses other aspects of trauma including low mood, anxiety, behavioural challenges, and parent/caregiver distress
• Components of treatment include education about trauma, relaxation skills, processing thoughts and beliefs of the trauma, talking about/unpacking the trauma narrative, exposures (facing feared situations), learning to regulate emotions, and planning for the future
11 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Nora Taylor, MA, RP
Registered Psychotherapist, Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology 1994
I am not Certified in the treatment of trauma but I have been studying the impact of trauma for since 1998. Some resources include Babette Rothschild 8 keys to Safe Trauma Recovery and Bessel van der Kolk; the Body Keeps the Score.
32 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M6G 1L5
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Lisa Shouldice Pychotherapy Clinic
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, RP, CCP
Our team is trauma specialized treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, supporting your whole family. Lisa has specific training in working with frontline workers.
22 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Azin Heydari
Registered Psychotherapist, RP; MA
My trauma-informed and PTSD and C-PTSD work integrates mind-body awareness, nervous system regulation, and relational healing. We explore how past experiences shape current patterns as we work to build safety, resilience, and emotional stability. The aim is to help you regain a grounded, empowered connection to yourself through a deep understanding of lived experiences and their links to the present.
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M5S 1G6
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Ekta Abhay Lather
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist
Trauma refers to the emotional and psychological impact of experiencing distressing or life-threatening events. It can arise from various situations, including accidents, abuse, natural disasters, or the loss of a loved one. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a specific mental health condition that may develop after experiencing or witnessing trauma. Individuals with PTSD often face symptoms such as flashbacks, nightmares, severe anxiety, and emotional numbness, which can disrupt daily life and relationships. It's important to understand that trauma affects everyone differently, and recovery is possible. Seeking support from mental health professionals, engaging in therapy, and connecting with support groups can be vital in the healing process. By acknowledging and addressing trauma, individuals can work toward reclaiming their lives and finding a path to resilience and healing.
4 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Cimberly R Nesker
Registered Psychotherapist, B.A., MSc., PG Dip, CCC, CRPO
As a trained Critical Incident Debrief Counsellor, I am trained to work with trauma both in its immediacy and after significant time has gone by. In a safe space, the client and clinician will deconstruct the trauma and work to heal.
18 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M4S 1Y2
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Jennifer Morley
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MA, BSc, BA, CCPA
We offer trauma-informed therapy for individuals impacted by traumatic experiences. Our approach prioritizes safety, pacing, and trust while supporting emotional regulation, healing, and a renewed sense of stability and empowerment.
3 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Lolita Abramyan
Registered Psychotherapist, Registered Psychotherapist, RP
Trauma can impact every part of ourselves; the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Trauma, no matter how big or small, makes us feel that we do not have control over our lives and are vulnerable to threat. Trauma often stays in the body and the subconscious mind, until we are ready to address it. With a focus on the nervous system and its role in storing trauma, I provide my clients with a safe, nurturing environment in which they can express and explore their trauma from the past or present. Using practical tools based in CBT, Mindfulness, and Somatic-informed approaches, I help my clients process the trauma in a gradual way. Trauma does not have to control your life. My goal is to collaborate with my clients to help them overcome it and move forward.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M4W 0B1
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Toronto Psychotherapy Space (TPS Therapy)
Counsellor/Therapist, Registered Psychotherapists (RP) and Registered Social Workers (RSW, MSW)
Trauma can continue to affect the mind and body long after an experience has ended. Clients may experience anxiety, intrusive memories, avoidance, emotional numbness, hypervigilance, relationship difficulties, or feeling constantly on edge. Our therapists provide trauma-informed care that prioritizes safety, trust, and each client's individual pace. Across our team, trauma treatment may incorporate approaches such as EMDR, attachment-based therapy, CBT, somatic approaches, and other evidence-based or evidence-informed therapies depending on the client's needs.
20 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M4K 1P1
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
ThriveWell Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW / RP
For many of us, overwhelming experiences from the past, are a part of our legacy and history. Even if many years have gone by, the past may seem ever-present. Often we may recognize without fully understanding how the past continues to impact us today. You might experience anxiety, fear, depression, triggers, and other symptoms, that are hard to fully understand and even harder to lessen. You may even recognize these as signs and symptoms of trauma or PTSD. But yet, these symptoms may persist and even worsen over time.
At ThriveWell Counselling, we create a safe space to explore the impacts trauma has had emotional, psychological, and physically within your life. Through developing an empathic and compassionate understanding of your experiences and the ways you learned to cope with these, we can support you in developing a deeper connection to yourself within. ThriveWell uses a holistic approach to treating trauma and PTSD symptoms by integrating a number of trauma-focused therapeutic approaches. Through working with EMDR, Ego-State Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing and other therapeutic modalities, we will work with you to process, integrate and move forward from hurtful experiences, in a way that strengthens resilience and facilitates lasting healing, so that you can move from surviving to thriving.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M5S 3A7
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Reegan Bushby
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Traumatic experiences can continue to affect how you feel, think, relate to others, and respond to situations long after the event has passed. I provide trauma-informed support to help clients understand these responses, develop emotional regulation and coping skills, process difficult experiences at a safe pace, and rebuild a sense of safety and control.
8 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Kylie Feller
Licensed Professional Counsellor, MA, CCC
I use internal famoky systems therapy to help people heal trauma. This is an empirically validated approach to help not just with trauma but also a number of other mental health struggles such as addiction, anxiety, depression, and self-worth. It helps people heal by connected to and experiencing ones true self. This is a very experiential approach that is provides people with the space to do deep healing work.
10 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Marjan Emami
Counsellor/Therapist, MD, RTC #3608, MPCC-Provisional #4797, ACTA #3122
Trauma often shows up in many areas of life. While PTSD is a clinical diagnosis, trauma is the underlying cause. Healing involves approaching your pain with compassionate curiosity, reconnecting with the body, and challenging the false beliefs formed during the traumatic experience. Because we are hurt in relationships, much of the healing happens through safe, therapeutic connection, and together we will develop new ways of relating, coping, and moving forward.
2 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
New Moon Psychotherapy
Registered Psychotherapist, MA, MACP, MSW, RSW, RP, RP(Q)
What if I said that what happened was not your fault, that people can be trusted, and that there's nothing wrong with you?
What if I told you that you can feel your emotions without becoming overwhelmed, that you can let go of feeling on edge and hypervigilant?
What if you knew that the only reason you are suspicious, that decisions are hard to make, and that you find it hard to connect with and trust others is because your trauma shook your sense of self, the people around you, and the word more generally?
What if I said that you don't have to live the rest of your life haunted by memories and flashbacks of the worst days of your life? That you don't have to keep distracting yourself? That you're not "too broken or beyond fixing" and that there IS hope?
Trauma and PTSD change the way we think, feel, and behave in many ways but the good news is that these are treatable conditions. There are evidence-based approaches (well research strategies) that can help you rise from your experience(s), release the past into the past, and claim the life you've always wanted.
At New Moon Psychotherapy Trauma is our specialty. We are a team of registered psychotherapists and social workers who specialize in treating post-traumatic stress and related difficulties such as CPTSD, PTSD, addiction/substance Use, self-injury and suicide ideation, emotion dysregulation, perfectionism, anxiety and depression. We work extensively with survivors of sexual violence and criminal victimization (robbery, assault, car jacking, shootings, etc.) as well as those who have experienced emotional and physical abuse, natural disasters, bullying, war and near death experiences.
We are committed to using evidence-based approaches - the ones that have been test and tried for the very difficulties that you're experiencing including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for PTSD (DBT-PTSD), Sensimotor Psychotherapy, Somatic Psychotherapy. We offer trauma focused individual, couples, family, and group therapy. We love what we do and stay current through ongoing training and consultation.
Interested in finding relief from trauma symptoms but don't think you can commit to long-term therapy? Our 4-week group focused on Finding Calm in the Body can teach you to calm the nervous system which would bring down intense emotions, hypervigilance, and help you improve sleep and manage flashbacks and body memories. It's an affordable alternative to individual therapy.
Reach out today for a complimentary 15-minute consultation. We will connect you with a clinician from our team of trained and passionate registered psychotherapists and social workers so that you can discuss your needs and how we might be able to help.
* * * If you decide not to go with our clinic, please ensure that your therapist is trained in EVIDENCE-BASED Psychotherapies for trauma - this will be the difference between months and years of therapy * * *
16 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON M5V 1X9
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Kim David
Registered Psychotherapist, RP (Qualifying)
Difficult or traumatic experiences can continue to affect how we feel, relate to others and respond to situations long after the experience itself has passed. I offer a trauma-informed approach that helps you understand these responses, process what you have experienced at a pace that feels manageable, and develop a greater sense of safety and stability.
10 Years Experience
In-Person in Toronto, ON
Online in Toronto, ON
PTSD/Trauma
Michael Sa'd - Toronto Talk Therapy
Registered Social Worker, RSW, MSW, CFST, MBA
Experiencing trauma can leave lasting emotional and psychological effects, often leading to challenges such as flashbacks, hypervigilance, and feelings of disconnection. My approach to trauma and PTSD focuses on creating a safe, supportive environment where healing can begin. Using evidence-based methods such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and mindfulness practices, I help clients process their experiences, reduce symptoms, and regain a sense of safety and control. Together, we work to rebuild resilience, foster self-compassion, and empower you to move forward with strength and hope.
14 Years Experience
Online in Toronto, ON (Online Only)
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Toronto, ON Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Toronto, ON average 12 years of experience and charge around $175 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (76%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (58%), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) (57%).
Average years in practice
12 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$175
Accept insurance
83%
Offer sliding scale
66%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 63% |
In Person and Online |
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| 37% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 76% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 58% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 57% | Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
| 53% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
| 50% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 47% | Narrative Therapy |
| 44% | Internal Family Systems (IFS) |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 74% | Young Adult |
| 60% | Teen |
| 56% | Senior |
| 25% | Children |
Client Focus
| 60% | Women |
| 50% | Men |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 32% | Persons with Disabilities |
| 29% | Christian |