Trauma Therapy in Ontario
Trauma Therapy in Ontario
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When What Happened Is Still Affecting You
A traumatic experience may be over, but its effects can continue showing up in your thoughts, emotions, relationships, and everyday life.
You may understand logically that you're safe now, yet still feel anxious, guarded, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unable to move past what happened.
Trauma therapy can help you work through those effects rather than simply learning to live around them.
JICTherapy provides virtual trauma-focused psychotherapy for adults across Ontario.
You May Be Experiencing
You May Be Experiencing
Trauma affects people differently. You don't need to experience every symptom — or have a diagnosis of PTSD — for therapy to be appropriate.
You may notice:
Intrusive memories or unwanted thoughts about what happened
Anxiety, fear, or feeling constantly on alert
Avoiding people, places, conversations, or situations that remind you of the experience
Shame, guilt, anger, or self-blame
Difficulty trusting other people
Feeling emotionally numb or disconnected
Changes in how you see yourself
Difficulty concentrating or sleeping
Relationship difficulties
Feeling unsafe even when there is no immediate danger
Feeling stuck despite wanting to move forward
Sometimes people have become so accustomed to these reactions that they don't immediately connect them with what they experienced.
Therapy provides a place to begin making those connections.
What Trauma Therapy Can Help You Work Through
What Trauma Therapy Can Help You Work Through
The goal isn't to erase your memories or pretend the experience didn't happen.
It's to help what happened have less control over your life today.
Depending on your needs, therapy may involve working on:
Understanding Your Responses
Understanding Your Responses
Learn how trauma may be influencing your thoughts, emotions, physical reactions, behaviours, relationships, and sense of safety.
Understanding these responses can make them feel less confusing and give us a clearer idea of what needs attention.
Managing Difficult Reactions
Managing Difficult Reactions
Develop practical ways of responding to anxiety, fear, triggers, intrusive thoughts, avoidance, and overwhelming emotions.
The aim isn't simply to suppress these reactions. It's to develop greater ability to respond to them without allowing them to control what you do.
Working Through Trauma-Related Beliefs
Working Through Trauma-Related Beliefs
Trauma can change what someone believes about themselves, other people, and the world.
Thoughts such as:
“It was my fault.”
“I should have done something differently.”
“I can't trust anyone.”
“I'm not safe anymore.”
“Something is wrong with me.”
can continue long after the event itself.
Therapy can help you examine these beliefs and develop perspectives that are more balanced, workable, and grounded in what you know now.
Moving Forward
Moving Forward
As therapy progresses, the focus isn't only on reducing symptoms.
It's also about helping you reconnect with your confidence, relationships, boundaries, values, everyday functioning, and the life you want to live.
Why JICTherapy Uses CBT and CPT for Trauma
JICTherapy primarily draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).
These approaches address two important parts of trauma recovery.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the relationship between your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
It can help you recognize patterns that may be contributing to anxiety, fear, avoidance, or emotional distress and develop more helpful ways of responding.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
CPT was developed specifically for trauma-related difficulties.
It focuses on beliefs that can become disrupted or "stuck" following traumatic experiences — particularly beliefs involving:
Safety
Trust
Control
Responsibility
Self-worth
Relationships with others
CPT provides a structured way to examine those beliefs rather than simply accepting them as facts.
Why Use Both?
Why Use Both?
Because trauma can affect both how you respond to life today and what you came to believe because of what happened.
CBT can help address present patterns of thinking and behavior.
CPT allows us to work more specifically with the meaning attached to the traumatic experience.
Your treatment isn't determined by a template. These approaches are used according to your individual experiences, needs, and therapeutic goals.
Do I Have to Tell the Whole Story?
Do I Have to Tell the Whole Story?
No.
One concern people sometimes have about trauma therapy is:
“Am I going to have to tell the therapist every detail of what happened?”
You don't have to disclose everything immediately.
Trauma therapy is collaborative. We can begin with what is affecting you now and determine together how to approach the experience in a way that supports the work we're doing.
You have a voice in your treatment.
Trauma Therapy May Be Appropriate If...
You don't need to wait until your symptoms become severe.
Trauma therapy may be worth considering if something you experienced continues to affect:
How safe you feel
How you think about yourself
Your ability to trust
Your relationships
Your emotional wellbeing
Your work or education
Your ability to do things you previously enjoyed
The choices you make because of fear or avoidance
You also don't need to know whether what happened "counts" as trauma before reaching out.
The consultation gives us an opportunity to talk about what you're experiencing and determine whether JICTherapy may be an appropriate fit.
Christian Faith Integration Is Available
For clients who want their Christian faith incorporated into their counselling, faith integration is available by request.
This may include Scripture, prayer, and spiritual reflection according to your preferences and therapeutic goals.
Faith integration is optional.
You do not need to be Christian to receive trauma therapy from JICTherapy. Clients who don't request faith integration receive evidence-based psychotherapy without religious integration.
Virtual Trauma Therapy Across Ontario
JICTherapy provides trauma-focused psychotherapy to adults located throughout Ontario through secure video appointments.
Individual Psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy
$195 CAD per 60-minute session
Receipts are provided following payment. Insurance coverage varies, so please check with your insurance provider to determine whether psychotherapy services provided by your therapist are covered under your plan.
Free 15-Minute Consultation
Free 15-Minute Consultation
Not sure whether trauma therapy is right for you?
Start with a free 15-minute consultation.
You can briefly tell me what's bringing you to therapy, ask questions about the process, and determine whether working together feels like the right fit.
There is no obligation to continue.
You Can Begin With What's Happening Now
You Can Begin With What's Happening Now
You don't need to have everything figured out before starting therapy.
If something from your past continues to affect how you feel, think, relate to others, or live today, that's enough of a place to begin.
Virtual Trauma Therapy for Adults Across Ontario
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