Something happened, and a part of you never quite felt the same.
You kept pushing forward and you’ve probably gotten pretty good at it. From the outside, things might look fine. But at the same time, your silently struggling.
You can be in a perfectly safe moment and your body still doesn't believe it.
You might notice your body reacting before you have time to think.
A sound, a smell, a tone of voice can send you into uncomfortable memories.
You've tried to understand it, talk through it, push past it. It keeps coming back.
You're not looking to just cope with it. You want it to actually be different.
If any of that feels familiar, you're in the right place. This is exactly what our therapist Amy works with and there is a way through it. EMDR therapy is designed specifically to reach what talk therapy and understanding alone can't.
No referrals needed. Covered by most Alberta extended health plans.
You don’t need a diagnosis to be here.
You just need to recognize when it's time to do something different.
Amy provides treatment for individuals across Alberta carrying experiences that haven’t eased, whether that’s something that happened recently, something that’s been building for years, or something you’ve never quite had the words for.
Fresh or recent trauma
Something happened and it hasn’t let you go yet. You might be functioning, but you know something changed. Early intervention with EMDR can prevent short-term distress from becoming long-term patterns.
Childhood &
developmental trauma
It didn’t have to be dramatic to leave a mark. Chronic unpredictability, emotional neglect, or growing up in a home that didn’t feel safe shapes how you regulate, relate, and see yourself often without realising where it started.
Complex &
relational trauma
Years of it. Harm that came from people who were supposed to be safe. Domestic violence, coercive control, repeated betrayal. The nervous system adapts. Those adaptations don’t always turn off when the situation ends.
First responders
Paramedics, firefighters, police, dispatchers. You’ve seen things most people haven’t. You were trained to push through and you have. But cumulative exposure has a cost, and asking for help doesn’t change who you are on the job.
Veterans & military
What you carried over there doesn’t always stay there. EMDR is one of the most researched approaches for military trauma. Amy works at your pace, without pressure to recount more than you’re ready to share.
Cultural &
intergenerational trauma
Some of what you’re carrying wasn’t even yours to begin with. Amy offers sessions in English, Punjabi, and Hindi and understands the specific weight of cultural and intergenerational experience.
Why EMDR is Different
Most people can explain their trauma clearly. They know where it came from. They’ve mentally reviewed the event, they’ve traced the patterns and they’ve done the work to process it.
But, the reactions are still there. The body still tightens, mood still stops, the world still feels narrow in ways that feel completely disconnected from how much they understand.
But trauma isn't just a memory. It’s also emotions.
The trauma can get stored in the body as an unfinished experience with the original emotions, physical sensations, and images still raw and attached. That's why you can understand what happened and still feel it like it's current. Although you may have processed it mentally, your nervous system never got the signal that it's over.
Talk therapy works at the level of understanding. It can help you make sense of what happened, but it can't always reach into the nervous system and complete what was left unfinished…the emotional charge still attached to the memory itself.
EMDR helps your brain and body process what was left.
Using bilateral stimulation eye movements, tapping, or sound to engage both sides of the brain simultaneously, that frozen experience can finally move through your nervous system.
What people often notice over time
Feeling less reactive to
things that used to trigger
strong responses
Improved sleep and
fewer intrusive thoughts
A greater sense of control
in day-to-day situations
Less emotional carryover
from past experiences
The therapist for those who carry more than they talk about.
Certified EMDR Trauma therapist · Registered Canadian Certified Counsellor
For well over a decade, Amy has worked with people who came to therapy as a last resort. People who had already read the books, tried the coping strategies, attempted therapy, understood their patterns better than most and still couldn't shift how they felt in their own body.
She chose to specialise in EMDR specifically because she wanted to offer something that could reach what nothing else had.
If you've been carrying this for a long time and aren't sure therapy can still help; you are exactly who Amy wants to hear from. Seeing people finally move through something they've carried for years exactly what drives her work every single day.
Meet Amy
What to Expect in Trauma Therapy
The first sessions are not about diving into the hardest things. It's about Amy understanding your history, what's been showing up for you, and what you're hoping will feel different. Nothing is rushed or forced.
From there the work builds in stages. You start by developing grounding tools; practical ways to stay regulated when difficult things surface. This isn't filler. It's the foundation that makes processing safe.
When ready, EMDR processing begins. You hold a specific memory lightly in mind while following bilateral stimulation guided eye movements, sounds or tapping. You don't need to describe every detail. The process works underneath the story.
The pace is always yours. Amy will check in with you and if something feels like too much, just say so and Amy adjusts. You are never required to push through something that feels unsafe.
