EMDR therapy in North York and Toronto
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured, evidence-based therapy that helps your brain reprocess distressing memories, so they lose their charge and stop feeling stuck in the present. We offer EMDR in person in North York and Toronto, and online across Ontario.
A method tailored to you, never one-size-fits-all. The memory stays; the grip it has on you can loosen.
In plain language
EMDR is built on a simple observation: sometimes an overwhelming experience does not get fully digested by the brain. It stays stored with all its original images, beliefs, and body sensations, so a present-day reminder can fire it off as if it were happening now.
Using gentle bilateral stimulation (such as guided side-to-side eye movements or taps) while you briefly hold a memory in mind, EMDR helps the brain do what it could not at the time: process the experience so it can settle into the past.
A helpful frame: everyone carries some trauma. There are 'big-T' traumas, an accident, an assault, a sudden loss, and 'small-t' ones, the quieter times we felt unsafe, unseen, or not enough. Both can leave an imprint, and both can be reprocessed. EMDR is well studied for single-incident trauma, like one frightening event, as well as for the layered experiences that build up over time, and this page is our main hub for how we use it.
In our work together
What we work on is yours to name. Here is how EMDR tends to show up in our sessions, woven in with whatever else fits you.
Before any reprocessing, we build grounding tools and a felt sense of safety, so you stay within your window of tolerance.
We identify a specific memory, the belief it left you with, and how it shows up in your body today.
With brief bilateral stimulation while you hold the memory in mind, the brain processes it, and the distress softens.
We strengthen a more accurate, kinder belief about yourself in its place.
Wondering if EMDR is the right fit?
That is exactly what the free 15-minute consultation is for. No pressure, no commitment.
Is it a fit?
If some of this resonates, EMDR may be part of how we work, always at your pace.
A past event that still intrudes or feels present. Strong reactions that seem bigger than the trigger. Feeling on guard, easily startled, or numb. A belief about yourself rooted in something that happened.
Let old memories settle into the past. Reduce flashbacks, triggers, and reactivity. Feel calmer in your body and present life. Carry a kinder, truer story about yourself.
No single method fits everyone; most of our work blends a few, always at your pace.
Your therapist
Member of EMDR Canada, 2026
Melissa completed EMDR Basic Training through EMDR Training Canada, an EMDRIA-approved programme. Before becoming a psychotherapist she spent six years in community rehabilitation, supporting people recovering from accidents, strokes, and brain injuries.
Often paired with EMDR
EMDR rarely works alone. These are the approaches it most often sits alongside.
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Questions, answered
A few of the things people ask before booking. Anything else, just ask on your free call.
From the blog
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Book a free 15-minute call and we will see if we are a good fit, no pressure, no commitment. Free and confidential, phone or video, in person in North York or online across Ontario.