EMDR therapy in Toronto
When a past experience keeps intruding on the present, EMDR helps your brain reprocess it so it loses its charge. We offer EMDR for adults across Toronto, in person near Leslie and Sheppard or online anywhere in the city.
Free and confidential, usually within a few days. No pressure either way.
What it is
A structured, evidence-based way to help your brain finish processing a distressing memory so it stops feeling raw and present.
EMDR helps the brain do what it could not finish at the time: fully process a distressing memory so it stops feeling raw and present.
When something overwhelms us, the memory can get stored in an unprocessed form, which is why it intrudes later as flashbacks, a racing heart, or a sudden wave of emotion.
Using gentle back-and-forth stimulation while you briefly hold the memory in mind, EMDR helps your system reprocess it and file it away as something that is truly over.
You do not have to relive the event in detail or talk through every part of it for EMDR to work.
How it works
Paced, structured, and led by your sense of safety, never rushed.
We start by understanding your history and building grounding and coping tools, so you have a steady base before any reprocessing begins.
While you briefly bring a target memory to mind, we use gentle bilateral stimulation to help your brain process it, so the charge it carries can settle.
Trauma lives in the body, not just the story. As the memory reprocesses, the physical tension and alarm that came with it tend to ease too.
You stay in control the whole way. We move only as fast as your system can handle and pause whenever you need to.
What it helps with
EMDR is best known for trauma, but it reaches further than that.
PTSD and single-incident trauma, like an assault or a car accident. Complex or childhood trauma that has shaped how you feel about yourself. Memories that still intrude as flashbacks, nightmares or being on edge.
Anxiety and panic with roots in earlier experiences. Grief, medical events, and frightening or overwhelming moments. The lingering after-effects of a motor vehicle accident.
If you are not sure whether EMDR is the right fit, that is exactly what a free consultation is for.
Across the city
In person near Leslie and Sheppard, or by secure video anywhere in Toronto and across Ontario.
Our office is at 1100 Sheppard Avenue East, Unit 407, North York, near Leslie and Sheppard. There is free parking on site and it is a short walk from Leslie subway station, with quick access from the DVP and the 401, so it is an easy trip from downtown, midtown, Scarborough, Etobicoke and the east end.
Virtual EMDR is well established and just as effective for most people, so you can do the work by secure video from anywhere in the city and across Ontario, with no commute. From downtown to Scarborough to Etobicoke, we can find a time that fits your week.
Simple, transparent fees
Quality care should come with clarity. Here is exactly what to expect for EMDR sessions.
Common questions
A few of the things people ask before booking. Anything else, just ask on your free call.
Mindful Connections Therapy
Book a free 15-minute call and we will see if we are a good fit, no pressure, no commitment. Phone or video, in person in North York, or online across Ontario.