Trauma & EMDR Therapy for Women in Etobicoke and Ontario
Online therapy across Ontario • In-person therapy in Etobicoke
EMDR therapy for women healing from childhood trauma, relational trauma, anxiety, burnout, people-pleasing and chronic self-criticism.
EMDR • IFS/Parts Work • Somatic & Nervous-System-Informed Therapy
Come home to yourself
Hi, I'm Marlo. I specialize in Trauma and EMDR therapy for women.
I'm a Registered Social Worker. Trauma Trained, EMDR trained and have sat in the client chair before I decided to help women.
I'm also a mom, newly diagnosed ADHD'er, recovering perfectionist, professional overthinker, and someone who doesn't believe therapy needs to feel cold, clinical, or overly formal.
You don't have to impress me.
You don't have to have the perfect words.
You can cry. You can swear.
You can say, “I honestly have no idea.”
We'll figure it out from there.
My approach combines EMDR, parts-informed therapy, somatic and Polyvagal-informed approaches, ACT, and DBT-informed strategies depending on what you need. You don't need to figure out the modality. That's my job.
MSW, RSW • Trauma & EMDR Specialist
Who this is for
You don't have to look like you're struggling to be struggling.
Maybe you're the dependable one. The overthinker. The people pleaser. The one who keeps everyone else okay. The one who can't relax without feeling guilty. The one who says "it's fine" when it really isn't.
You might be dealing with:
- Anxiety or constant overthinking
- People pleasing and difficulty setting boundaries
- A relentless inner critic
- Burnout and emotional exhaustion
- Childhood or relational trauma
- Feeling overwhelmed, shut down, or disconnected
- Repeating relationship patterns
- Parenting bringing up things you thought you'd already dealt with
- Chronic pain or health-related stress
- Knowing something needs to change—but not knowing where to start
You don't have to have everything figured out before you come to therapy.
Our Services
Healing is not one-size-fits-all. We offer different ways to engage with trauma therapy, depending on your needs, your schedule, and where you are in your journey.
Therapy Groups
Connection and healing alongside other women navigating similar challenges. Groups focus on skills, support, and recognizing you aren't alone in your struggle.
You don't have to keep reliving it to work through it.
EMDR can help process distressing experiences that continue to affect how you feel, think, and respond today. And no, you don't have to sit there and tell me every detail of the worst thing that ever happened to you.
We'll start with understanding what's happening now, building the skills and resources you need, and deciding together what you're ready to work on.
You set the pace.
Nervous-system & body-informed therapy
Sometimes your brain knows you're safe. Your reactions haven't caught up yet.
You might feel constantly on edge. Or completely shut down. You might notice that certain situations affect you before you even understand why.
Body-informed approaches can help us pay attention to these patterns without assuming every physical or emotional response is caused by trauma. The goal isn't to be calm all the time. It's to have more awareness, more options, and more choice in what happens next.
I may use approaches like EMDR, parts work, somatic and Polyvagal-informed therapy, and skills-based approaches like ACT and DBT-informed strategies. Not because you need to learn a bunch of therapy modalities. Because you are not a one-modality person. We'll figure out what fits you.
Therapy Approaches
What if the part of you that keeps getting in your way is actually trying to help?
The part that overthinks. The part that keeps everyone happy. The part that never lets you rest. The part that shuts down. The part that says, “Don't make anyone angry.”
Instead of fighting those parts, we get curious about them. What are they trying to protect you from? What do they need? And do they still need to work this hard?
Parts work
Skills-based therapy (ACT & DBT-informed)
Sometimes you need more than insight—you need tools.
Skills-based approaches like ACT and DBT-informed strategies can help you notice your thoughts, make room for your feelings, and choose responses that fit the kind of life you want.
We can build practical, doable skills together so you’re not relying on willpower alone.
Understanding Patterns
Recognize automatic reactions and nervous system responses without judgment.
"I don't want to keep doing things this way."
Having more choice in what happens next
The goal of therapy isn't just to be 'fixed'—it's to understand the patterns that have kept you safe, while recognizing they might not serve you anymore.
Safe in Your Body
You don't have to wait until you're falling apart. Identifying the need for change is enough.
Ready to start therapy?