Relationship Therapy Centre
EMDR Therapy Mississauga
An evidence based approach to support you with experiences of trauma, anxiety, depression and emotional distress.
Break free from the anchors holding you down.
Unlock the stuckness & begin moving forward
Move forward in your life without feeling emotionally, mentally, physically or spiritually anchored in the past.
have a better handle on your reactions
Gain greater awareness of your triggers, lessening your reactivity and learn self soothing strategies to respond in a way you are proud.
Feel safe in your body and surroundings
Free yourself from avoidance and fear cycles. Open the door to authenticity, connection and new opportunities.
“I want to move forward. I just don't know how"
Sometimes, despite your best efforts, you feel stuck. You feel trapped in a cycle that all the logic, willpower and wellbeing practices can’t seem to break. Experiences of trauma, anxiety, depression and/or other emotional distress can leave us facing challenges including but not limited to intrusive thoughts and memories, restlessness, trouble concentrating and emotional dysregulation.
At Relationship Therapy Centre, we provide EMDR therapy to help you find a path forward by addressing the places where you feel stuck so you can move beyond the pain. It’s not just about talking—it’s about healing on a deeper level.
EMDR THerapy may be helpful if this sounds like you...
- I want help, but I don't want to keep reliving and discussing the problem.
- I feel like something bad happened to me, but I can't put my finger on it.
- I’m constantly feeling overwhelmed and like my life is out of my control.
- I constantly experience restless nights and reoccurring nightmares.
- I get that I have to challenge negative thoughts, but it isn't that easy.
- I feel persistent anger and frustration, but I don’t even know why.
- I don't know how to get to a place where I will feel good enough.
- I am scared all the time. I just want to feel safe.
- I feel stuck and can’t seem to move forward towards forgiveness.
- I feel stuck in the same cycles despite having done talk therapy for so long.
Life can present us with challenges, and it isn't always easy or entirely relieving to simply talk about it. With EMDR therapy we can tend to the unprocessed memories in your brain and help you regain control over your life. We offer EMDR Therapy in Mississauga and virtually across Ontario, BC, and Alberta.
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Understanding EMDR Therapy
EMDR Therapy Can Be A Valuable Approach For:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
EMDR therapy for PTSD and trauma is known to be highly effective. Whether you have experienced recent trauma or complex, long-term trauma EMDR can help you to gain distance between yourself and the traumatic events. In this approach you will be guided to reprocess the traumatic experiences to help reduce the intrusive thoughts, nightmares, and emotional outbursts.
Depression
Depression can feel like you are stuck at the bottom of a well. It often presents as persistent sadness, reduced motivation and energy, and often a sense of hopelessness. EMDR therapy for depression can support by tending to unresolved emotional wounds and negative core beliefs. With EMDR therapy for depression you can experience an improved sense of hope, motivation and elevate your overall mood.
Emotional Regulation
When emotions feel heavy, unpredictable and strong they can seem impossible to manage. It can invite you to show up in reactive ways that leave you feeling out of control. EMDR therapy for emotion regulation can help by addressing underlying triggers and past experiences that impact and influence your emotions.
Grief and Loss
Grief and loss can be an unpredictable and overhwleming experience. It often brings about emotions like deep sadness, anger, shame, and numbness. Moving through these emotions can be more manageable with EMDR therapy for grief and loss. Processing the painful memories and emotions can support you in getting to a place of acceptance and return to ease.
Self Esteem and Self Worth
How you experience yourself can greatly impact how you engage with and experience your world. Low self esteem and self worth can present in the form of persistent self doubt, negative self talk and avoidance behaviours. EMDR therapy for self esteem can help you better understand your negative core beliefs and can help support you in feeling confident and empowered.
Childhood Trauma
Experiencing adverse, traumatic events in childhood can have long lasting effects – some may feel obviously connected to these earlier experiences, whereas others might be less obvious. This may include presentation of anxiety, depression, challenges establishing and maintaining relationships, difficulties trusting self and others etc. EMDR therapy for childhood trauma can help you reprocess these early experiences, allowing you to work towards healing and safety.
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
Anxiety can invite you to anticipate the worst. It can be overwhelming, bringing on negative thoughts, intense emotions influencing physical tension too. EMDR therapy for anxiety can help you to address the root cause to the anxiety. Reprocessing past safety threats and triggers can help you reduce the overwhelm and fear, and return to clam, safety and control.
Relationship Challenges
Experiencing relationship challenges such as trust issues, communication challenges, emotional outburts and more, are often related to present or past traumas. EMDR therapy for relationship challenges can help you by reprocessing painful memories. EMDR therapy can help you in establishing healthier, desired connections with loved ones that break free from the impacts of trauma.
Reshape and Release your Past experiences and Grow.
We offer EMDR Therapy in Mississauga and online sessions across Ontario, BC, and Alberta.
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Relationship Therapy Centre
Why Work With Us
As humans, we have two fundamental needs; to be connected with ourselves, and to experience belonging with others.
When we shift our perspective from criticism, internally or externally, and turn to curiosity, we begin to create space for compassion, accountability, change, and growth.
At Relationship Therapy Centre:
- We have a diverse team of recognized therapists who reflect the wide range of our community in the areas we service. We offer therapy in several languages and lived BIPOC experiences.
- We are committed to providing personalized support with tools and resources tailored to your goals.
- We approach your care through a relational lens, recognizing the interconnected nature of our lives and the influence we have on one another.
- We can help you understand the origin of the challenges you face, and develop skills to address the problematic cycles that try to keep you in distress.
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How EMDR Therapy Works
EMDR therapy follows an 8-stage process designed to promote healing and reduce distress, discomfort, and unpredictability. The duration of each stage is not fixed, as it is tailored to the unique needs and circumstances of each individual. We customize the approach to best support your personal healing journey.
1. You and Your Story
We learn about who you are, parts of your history, the challenges you are facing, and the goals you have for therapy. We create a tailored plan unique to you and your circumstances.
2. Preparation
We begin to establish a trusting relationship where the EMDR process is explained, so you know what to expect. You will learn relaxation techniques to help you manage difficult emotions that mary arise in and between sessions.
3. Assessment
We support you in identifying details of traumatic memories or upsetting events that continue to impact your emotional well being. We measure the distress of these experiences that are keeping you stuck and set goals for this work.
4. Desensitization
With the use of bilateral stimulation (e.g. guided eye movements, tapping etc.) we will help you process the traumatic memories. In this stage, your mind reprocesses the memories in a manner that reduces the emotional distress associated with it.
5. Install Positive Beliefs
Once we reduce the distress associated with the traumatic memories, we aim to replace the negative beliefs associated with the memories with positive and supportive ones. This is done using a similar process to that of the desensitization stage.
6. Body Scan for Residual Stress
We support you in navigating a body scan so we can identify whether there are residual tensions remaining. If the trauma does not appear to have been completely reprocessed, stage four and five repeat.
7. Closure
The aim of this stage is to support you in regaining emotional stability and calm. We revisit and implement coping strategies discussed in the preparation stage to support a state of grounding after the reprocessing work that was done.
8. Review Progress
Together, we assess the progress made in reprocessing memories, making time to reflect on lingering tensions and gained insights. Whenever there are residual stressors reprocessing can occur.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is EMDR therapy safe?
Yes, EMDR is a safe and evidence-based therapy approach when working with a qualified EMDR practitioner. While EMDR requires you to think about traumatic memories and distressing experiences, your therapist is trained to guide you through this process at a comfortable pace, guided by you.
Your therapist will also work with you through coping strategies and skills that are aimed at supporting you through the resurfacing of the distressing thoughts.
As with all therapy approaches, you may experience some emotional stress where you begin to feel worse before you feel better. Revisiting distressing memories can be challenging! The process won’t always be linear, but it should be a positive trajectory.
What happens in EMDR therapy?
EMDR aims to support you by processing traumatic memories and work towards healing. This is done by having you focus on a distressing memory while your therapist uses bilateral stimulation (e.g. tracking your eye movements, tapping etc.). Your therapist will work with you in creating positive beliefs in place of the prior, distressing ones. This process helps to reduce emotional distress and improve your sense of safety moving forward.
Can EMDR therapy be done effectively online?
Yes! EMDR can be effectively implemented in online therapy. For online EMDR therapy, the bilateral stimulation can be replaced by visual cues or sounds.
Research has shown that EMDR therapy online can be just as effective as in-person therapy for many!
How long does EMDR take for it to be helpful?
The length of time it will take for EMDR therapy to be effective varies greatly depending on your unique circumstances. The length of time can be influenced by several factors including, but not limited to the severity of the trauma you have faced, the regularity of your sessions, and how quickly you are able to reprocess the distressing experiences.
While you may experience small, but not insignificant shifts after a single session, on average, EMDR therapy is known to helpful somewhere between 8-20 sessions. Your therapist can likely give you an estimated timeline based on your unique circumstances after 1-2 sessions.
What You Can Expect From EMDR Therapy
EMDR has been known to be effective and more efficient than talk therapy on its own. However, it is important to remember that your unique circumstances can influence the process. We tailor therapy treatment plans to you – taking into account your experiences and your goals. Through your tailored process, you may notice that you are:
- No longer experience intensive negative self talk.
- Present and less consumed by intrusive thoughts that take you back.
- Upholding your boundaries, honouring yourself.
- Feeling a deeper sense of safety and closeness with loved ones.
- Experiencing greater confidence and trust with yourself.
- Free from avoidance and fear cycles.
- Aware of the triggers and how to respond to them in a way you are proud.
- Regulating and expressing your emotions meaningfully.
- Feeling relief from physical symptoms of trauma and stress
- Experiencing excitement, hope and joy in life again.
How To Get Started
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