EMDR Basic Training Membership
Jessica A Hughes Psychotherapy
I’m a trauma therapist in Ottawa who works with adults carrying invisible wounds from childhood: early environments that were neglectful, intrusive, or emotionally misattuned. These histories often echo in the present as anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, low self-worth, or relationships that leave one feeling unseen or depleted. Many of the people I work with sense something is “wrong” with them but can’t explain why. Together, we explore how those internal narratives were shaped, and how they can be softened, re-understood, and ultimately transformed.-I am also a couples therapist and work with couples to improve their communication, repair relational injuries, and work towards rebuilding a sense of trust and intimacy. My couples work is informed my Relational Life Therapy and Emotionally Focused Therapy. These are modalities that deeply understand how our early environments and our biologically driven need to attachment impact our intimate relationships. -I draw from contemporary psychodynamic theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed parts work, EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR), and trauma-informed somatic modalities. This is not just “talk therapy”, we engage both mind and body, attending to the emotional and physiological traces of your history as they show up in the present.-At the core of my work is a commitment to helping you understand your emotions not as problems, but as meaningful signals, traces of unmet need, memory, and adaptive wisdom. We will explore your internal world with compassion and curiosity, helping you reconnect with disowned parts of self and move toward greater clarity, integration, and freedom.
511 Lacolle Way , Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K4A5B6
Phone: 647 4662411
Email: jessica@jessicapsychotherapy.com
Population Served:
Adult
Languages:
English
How EMDR is Offered:
Online
Areas of Expertise:
Anxiety
Attachment Focussed
C-PTSD
Depression
Dissociation
EMDR Intensives
Grief & Bereavement
Medical Trauma
Military
PTSD
Physical Abuse
Sexual Abuse