THERAPY FOR TRAUMA, EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY & RELATIONSHIP DIFFICULTIES IN WATERLOO REGION & AREA
Explore
your strength.
Find your balance.
Trauma-focused, relational, and integrative therapy for adults (18+). Support for trauma, emotional overwhelm, and relationship stress.
Offered in-person therapy in Waterloo
and online therapy across Ontario.
We offer in-person & virtual therapy appointments
Trauma-Focused, Evidence-Informed Therapy
Support for trauma, complex PTSD, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, and long-standing emotional or relational patterns.
A Steady, Integrative Approach
Therapy is paced, grounded, and attuned to your nervous system.
I draw from trauma-focused psychotherapy, parts-informed work, relational and psychodynamic approaches, nervous-system understanding, and DBT-based skills within an evidence-informed framework.
COVERED BY MOST EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PROGRAMS
Submit your receipt to your employee benefits for their provisional reimbursement or claim the services on your income tax.
We accept VISA, Mastercard, and Debit.
Covered by Most Benefit Plans
Receipts provided for insurance and income-tax claims.
Services offered by a Registered Social Worker (MSW, RSW).
A Steady Space for Emotional Healing and Lasting Change
Finding steadiness when you’re carrying years of stress, emotional intensity, or trauma can feel overwhelming. You deserve a space where your experience makes sense and healing moves at a pace that respects your history and your nervous system.
Trauma, especially early, chronic, or relational trauma, can shape how you feel, how you relate, and how you cope. But even without naming “trauma,” many people come here because their emotions feel too big, too fast, too unpredictable, or too heavy to hold alone.
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If you’re navigating mood shifts, intense emotions, emotional burnout, or the long-term effects of being overwhelmed for years, you’re not alone. You don't need a specific diagnosis to deserve care.
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At Pathfinders, I work with adults (18+) seeking stability, deeper self-understanding, and a steadier relationship with themselves and others.
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Together, we move gently and intentionally, at a pace that honours your nervous system. You’ll learn practical skills to reduce overwhelm, improve emotional regulation, rebuild self-trust, and reconnect with yourself in grounded, meaningful ways.
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​When Life Has Asked Too Much Of You
If any of this resonates, you’re not alone. Many people I work with feel this way long before they know what to call it.
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Carrying a lot on the inside while appearing “strong” on the outside
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Feeling emotions in big waves or feeling nothing at all
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Getting overwhelmed or shutting down when things are “too much”
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Wanting closeness but fearing hurt, misunderstanding, or abandonment
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Feeling “too sensitive,” “too emotional,” or “not enough”
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Struggling to trust yourself or know who you are beneath survival mode
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Feeling responsible for others while your own needs go unnoticed
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Reacting quickly when you feel threatened or alone
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Feeling tired from coping, holding it together, or doing it all yourself
If this feels familiar, you’re not broken. You adapted.These responses are signs of a nervous system working hard to keep you safe, even when you are safe.
It’s Okay to Want More Than Just “Getting Through the Day”
It’s not selfish to want steadiness, clarity, and deeper connection. It’s human.
For many people who’ve carried chronic stress, trauma, or emotional intensity, survival mode becomes the default. You learn to push through, cope, stay busy, or shut down, sometimes without realizing how much you’re holding.
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Healing isn’t about erasing your past.
It’s about reclaiming your capacity to feel grounded, confident, and connected: in yourself, in your body, and in your relationships.
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Our work together might:
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explore your nervous system patterns
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work gently with parts of you that learned to cope, protect and survive
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process emotions you've held for years
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make meaning through narrative work
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understand long-standing relational patterns
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integrate practical skills like DBT when helpful
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Every person’s healing unfolds differently.
Most discover a blend of emotional work, insight, new learning, and relational repair, all at their own pace.
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Healing isn’t linear, and it doesn’t have to be rushed.
There is space for your story here.
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Healing isn’t about forcing change; it's first about preparing for it and then about building a life that feels more steady, meaningful, and yours.
Healing Honours Your Story and Helps You Grow Into the Life You Deserve
You don’t have to forget what happened or “move on.”
You don’t have to stay in survival mode forever.
Healing here means making space for who you’ve been and who you’re becoming, without rushing, collapsing, or getting lost in the past.
Together, we work gently and steadily to:
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Understand your emotional and nervous-system responses
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Build stability and inner strength as a foundation
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Process past experiences when you’re ready, with support
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Reclaim self-trust and emotional clarity
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Strengthen your sense of identity and belonging
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Create relationships that feel safer and more connected
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Reduce shame, self-criticism, and “too much / not enough” cycles
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Learn DBT-based skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and secure connection
You don’t have to rush your healing.
And you don’t have to do it alone.
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A steadier, more compassionate way forward is possible, starting from exactly where you are.
The Pathfinders Layers of Healing
People seek therapy for many reasons: overwhelm, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, emotional intensity, or patterns they can’t fully explain. Whether or not you identify with the word trauma, most people have been navigating their inner world long before seeking support.
Therapy doesn’t assume you’re starting from scratch.
We begin wherever you are. You may be looking for steadiness, making sense of long-standing patterns, or exploring deeper emotional experiences. Healing often touches all three layers at once.
Layer One: Safety & Stabilization
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We strengthen what already helps you feel steady.
This may include grounding, nervous-system awareness, and DBT-informed skills to create more room when emotions feel overwhelming.
You may already be doing some of this; we build on it.
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Layer Two: Processing & Integration
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As steadiness grows, we explore what your system carries stress, anxiety, old emotions, protective patterns, younger parts, or experiences shaping how you relate to yourself and others.
This may involve emotional processing, parts-informed work, relational or psychodynamic exploration, and narrative understanding. We move gently, at your pace.
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Layer Three: Integration & Forward Growth
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With more clarity and integration, we focus on strengthening identity, deepening relationships, expanding emotional capacity, and reconnecting with meaning, values, and self-trust.
Growth often appears gradually; and can show up as more space, ease, and grounding.​
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Healing Is Not Linear
You may move between layers or revisit earlier work. There is no timeline. I meet you wherever you are, whether you’re seeking support for trauma, emotional overwhelm, anxiety, depression, or long-standing patterns.
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There is room for your whole story here.
Serving adults and teens (16+) navigating trauma, emotional sensitivity, and relationship difficulties.
Online across Ontario, and in person in Waterloo.
Questions?
Do you have questions, want to schedule an appointment, or need more information?
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Location
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156 King St. S. (Kuntz Lane)
Waterloo ON N2J 1P6
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T: 519-635-1913