Specialization

Complex Trauma & Childhood Trauma

Past experiences can continue to affect how you think, feel and relate to yourself and others. Therapy can help you understand what’s happening, make sense of your experiences and move forward with more safety, choice and self-compassion.

Virtual across Ontario

Registered therapists

$215/session

No consultation required. You can just book.

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Recognition

Patterns you may recognize

Feeling on guard in relationships

Persistent worry or feeling unsafe

Strong self-criticism or feelings of shame

Difficulty trusting yourself or others

Emotional numbness or feeling disconnected

Repeating the same patterns even when you try to change

Understanding it

Why it can feel so hard to change.

When hard experiences happen repeatedly or early in life, your nervous system adapts to survive. These responses can be helpful at the time — but they can keep showing up even when the danger is no longer present.

Complex and childhood trauma can affect how you see yourself, how safe you feel, and how you relate to others. Therapy can help you understand these patterns and create new, healthier ways of responding.

Flow’s approach

Pacing and trust come first.

We don’t rush into the hardest material. Your therapist works with you at a pace that feels safe, using evidence-based approaches to help you process what happened, build regulation, and develop new ways of feeling, thinking and relating.

EMDR Therapy

Helps process distressing experiences and reduce the ongoing impact of trauma.

Parts-informed Therapy

Understand and work with different parts of yourself — including the protective parts that developed to keep you safe.

Practical Strategies

Tools to build regulation, self-trust and flexibility in your daily life.

What sessions involve

A safe, structured and supportive process.

  1. Getting to know you

    We’ll explore your history, current challenges and goals at a pace that feels right.

  2. Building safety and regulation

    You’ll learn tools to help manage intense emotions and feel more grounded.

  3. Processing and healing

    Using EMDR and other therapies, we work through what’s still feeling stuck.

  4. Moving forward

    You’ll build new skills and ways of relating that support the life you want.

Relevant therapists

You get your therapist. Your therapist gets a team.

Our therapists who offer complex and childhood trauma therapy are supported through ongoing consultation, training and a collaborative team.

  • Highly trained
    therapists

    EMDR, parts-informed and more.

  • Ongoing
    consultation

    Regular support from trauma experts.

  • Better care
    for you

    A collaborative team behind your progress.

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Ask Flow

Questions people ask.

Ready to start

You don’t have to do this alone.

Book a free consultation to learn more about complex and childhood trauma therapy and see if it’s the right fit for you. No pressure — just a chance to ask questions and connect with our team.

Virtual across Ontario

Registered therapists

$215/session

No consultation required

Meet our team

Meet therapists available to book within 48 hours.

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Text or Call (437) 291-5658