My Therapy Approach for Narcissistic Abuse Recovery
Are you struggling with the lingering effects of narcissistic abuse, feeling lost, confused, or disconnected from your true self? Do you carry the weight of emotional pain or chronic stress that’s dimmed your inner light? As a specialist in narcissistic abuse recovery, I offer a compassionate, holistic approach to help you heal your limbic and autonomic nervous system, release core wounds, and reconnect with your soul. My practice blends Jungian theory, shadow work, Gestalt methodology, relational dynamics, and somatic mindfulness to address complex trauma, C-PTSD, intergenerational trauma, and survival trauma. Whether you seek a faith-based Christian approach or a secular, evidence-based path, I tailor therapy to your unique needs, guiding you toward clarity, empowerment, and wholeness, whether you’re in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area, or anywhere else.
Healing the Limbic and Autonomic Nervous System
I specialize in counselling that heals the limbic system—the oldest part of our mammalian brain, governing survival instincts, emotions, and instinctual nature. This emotional core holds memories and responses that directly influence the autonomic nervous system, controlling vital functions like bowel health, immunity, heart rate, and respiration. Narcissistic abuse, with its relentless gaslighting and emotional manipulation, often leaves deep imprints here, contributing to C-PTSD, chronic illness, or physical ailments like digestive issues or autoimmune disorders. According to the American Psychological Association, trauma stored in the body can manifest as physical and emotional distress. My complex trauma-informed care targets these systems, helping you achieve balance and true health.
True health comes from a balanced autonomic nervous system and aligned energy within your physical body. My True Health Counselling heals the memories and psyche deep within your body’s systems, addressing intergenerational trauma passed down through family patterns and survival trauma from abusive dynamics. Through embodiment practices, we release emotional blocks, restoring vitality and fostering a sense of freedom. This approach is particularly powerful for those healing from narcissistic abuse, as it helps you reclaim the autonomy stolen by manipulation.
Unique Body-Based Counselling Principles
My approach focuses on these core principles, enriched by Jungian psychology and relational dynamics to address the unique wounds of narcissistic abuse:
- Psychosomatic Counselling: We work from within the psyche of your body, targeting emotional memories stored in your limbic system. This “psyche in the soma” approach, as noted by Psychology Today, helps process core wounds from gaslighting and invalidation.
- Body-Based Counselling: Using your body as the base, we explore how trauma manifests physically, fostering healing through somatic mindfulness and embodiment.
- Body-Based Mindfulness: This scientific method, supported by the Trauma Research Foundation, involves non-judgmental attention to your body to resolve deep-seated stress and trauma.
- Limbic and Nervous System Counselling: We heal the systems affecting your bodily health, addressing C-PTSD and survival trauma to restore balance and vitality.
Artistic Based Therapy
Through art-based therapy, inspired by The Artist’s Way and Jungian theory, we explore a natural, spiritual, and self-expressive process. Healing isn’t just about “getting better”—it’s a journey into self-discovery and your unique expressions in this life. For those healing from narcissistic abuse, this awakens the creative life force, nourishing the soul and freeing the inner artist from the rigid mind shaped by manipulation. Older souls, empaths, and sensitive individuals benefit deeply, as art helps you tune into your truth and release suppressed emotions.
Individuals with chronic illness or C-PTSD often have repressed emotions that block life force energy, creating mental and physical ailments. Through shadow work, we bring these disowned parts into the light, healing the soul and fostering love and vitality. With my guidance, you’ll cultivate deeper self-awareness of your unique talents, skills, and purpose, using art—whether painting, writing, or movement—to unravel beauty and truth. You’re invited to live in colour, revealing your light and breaking free from the control of narcissistic abuse.
Psychosomatic Therapy
Most therapists use approaches like CBT, which focus on the conscious mind and offer short-term relief. For deeper issues like narcissistic abuse, these may fall short. In psychosomatic therapy, we dive into the emotional memories stored in your body, addressing the subconscious patterns that drive 95% of your behaviors, as noted in neuroscience research. Narcissistic abuse often leaves unconscious programs from intergenerational trauma or manipulative relational dynamics, keeping you stuck in cycles of self-doubt or unhappiness. By awakening to these patterns and your shadow self, we resolve what no longer serves you, transforming your soul from its deepest place.
Body Mindfulness Practice
The practice of body mindfulness, grounded in applied neuroscience, invites you to pay attention non-judgmentally to your emotional body and areas of discomfort or ease. We explore how you feel about specific experiences, where those emotions originate, and unravel intuitive messages from your body. For those with C-PTSD, this helps process trauma from narcissistic abuse, using breathwork, music, sound, and natural movements to surface repressed emotions. These embodiment practices unblock your energy channels, restoring health and balance, as supported by neuroscience studies.
Holistic Practices
My holistic framework integrates mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health to target the root of your pain. For example, if you have a chronic illness like an autoimmune disorder, we might combine a healing food plan, somatic mindfulness, spiritual perspectives, and emotional stress healing. Unlike single-dimensional treatments, this approach addresses all layers of your being, accelerating recovery. As a master’s-prepared nurse, licensed mental health counsellor, and holistic health practitioner, I use my expertise and intuition to create a tailored plan, healing the emotional memories, nervous system, and cellular structure affected by complex trauma.
Creative Individualized Treatment
Every individual is unique, and so is your healing journey. I use my intuition to craft a creative, individualized treatment plan that honours your authentic expression, whether through speaking, writing, painting, or dance. Trapped creative energy and emotional repression, common in narcissistic abuse survivors, create blocks in the body. Through Gestalt methodology and relational dynamics, we release these, restoring your vitality and purpose.
Faith-Based or Secular Options
For those seeking a Christian faith-based approach, I weave spiritual perspectives, emphasizing healing through God’s love and grace, aligning with your soul’s journey. For others, my secular, evidence-based methods draw on neuroscience and psychology, ensuring inclusivity. Both paths honour your unique needs, whether you’re reconnecting with your soul or focusing on practical recovery.
Applied Neuroscience
My approach is supported by applied neuroscience, which shows mindfulness meditation reduces stress and symptoms without pharmacology. Muscle testing and trauma release techniques demonstrate decreased tension after processing emotions, supporting holistic healing for narcissistic abuse or chronic conditions.
Start Your Healing Journey Today
You don’t have to carry the weight of narcissistic abuse or unresolved trauma alone. My trauma-informed therapy, available in Toronto, the GTA, or virtually worldwide, helps you release trapped emotions, reconnect with your soul, and rediscover your strength. Contact me for a consultation. Take the first step toward freedom, wholeness, and living in truth and love—whether in Toronto or beyond, I’m here to guide you.
