What We Offer

One-on-one psychotherapy for adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, OCD, life transitions, grief, burnout, identity, cultural adjustment, relationship difficulties, and more. Sessions are tailored to your history, your nervous system, and the pace that actually works for you — not a standardized protocol applied regardless of who you are.

Our adult therapy services draw from EMDR, IFS, EFT, DBT, CBT, ACT, somatic and polyvagal-informed approaches, narrative therapy, and sand tray — integrated thoughtfully rather than applied by formula.

Evening and weekend appointments available. Direct billing offered.

EMDR — Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing — is one of the most extensively researched trauma therapies available. It works not by talking through what happened, but by helping the brain finish processing experiences it couldn't process at the time. The results for PTSD, complex trauma, and experiences that feel stuck despite other forms of therapy are well-documented and often profound. 

Théla is one of the few psychotherapy practices in York Region offering both standard EMDR therapy and EMDR Intensive programs — concentrated half-day sessions (3 hours) that condense weeks of standard trauma processing into focused, structured work. Intensives are ideal for clients who want to accelerate their healing, have limited availability for weekly sessions, or are preparing for a significant life event.

All EMDR Intensive clients are required to complete a free 15-minute screening call before booking to confirm readiness and fit.

Bonny's EMDR training includes EMDRIA-approved training and a Certificate in Traumatic Stress Studies through the Trauma Research Foundation, founded by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk.

Trauma doesn't always look dramatic from the outside. For many people it looks like hypervigilance, shutdown, difficulty trusting, or a persistent sense that something is wrong with them — when in fact their nervous system learned, very wisely, how to survive. We work with adults and teens navigating:

• Complex and developmental trauma
• Single-incident trauma and PTSD
• Relational and attachment trauma
• Childhood and adverse early experiences
• Immigration and refugee trauma
• Legal and systemic trauma
• Domestic violence and abuse
• Racial trauma and discrimination

Our trauma-informed approach draws from EMDR, somatic therapy, IFS, EFT, DBT, and polyvagal-informed care — paced carefully and always with your nervous system's capacity in mind.

Couples therapy at Théla draws on the Gottman Method (Levels 1 & 2) and Emotionally Focused Therapy — two of the most research-supported frameworks in the field. We work with couples navigating:

• Recurring conflict and communication breakdown
• Trust rebuilding after infidelity or betrayal
• Emotional disconnection and growing apart
• Cultural and interfaith differences
• Premarital preparation
• Parenting disagreements
• Trauma histories affecting the relationship
• Bicultural and bilingual couple dynamics
• Intimacy and emotional safety

Multilingual couples therapy is available — including sessions where partners prefer different languages. We also offer individual therapy alongside couples work where clinically appropriate.

Specialized, developmentally appropriate therapy for teenagers navigating anxiety, depression, academic stress, social difficulties, identity, family conflict, trauma, self-harm, and neurodivergent challenges including ADHD and autism. Sessions are teen-led and confidential within legal limits.

Parent consultation is included as clinically appropriate — and we offer dedicated Parent Strategy Sessions for caregivers who need concrete clinical guidance on how to support a struggling teen, not just reassurance that things will be okay.

We understand that teens are not small adults, and that therapy which works for adults often doesn't translate. Our teen clinicians meet adolescents where they are — and earn their trust before expecting anything from them.

Théla offers two distinct but complementary pathways for neurodivergent individuals:

ADHD Therapy addresses the emotional and psychological dimensions of living with ADHD — the shame, the self-blame, the relational impact, the anxiety and depression that so often accompany a neurodivergent nervous system. It goes beneath the surface to understand why the same strategies that work for everyone else don't work for you.

Neurodivergent Life & Executive Function Coaching is for individuals who don't need to process the past — they need to function better in the present. Bonny's coaching program is built specifically for adults and teens with ADHD, autism, or other forms of neurodivergent wiring, offering practical personalized strategies for executive function, time management, emotional regulation, organization, and self-advocacy.

Coaching is not therapy. It is forward-focused, skills-based, and action-oriented.

With over 14 years of ADHD coaching experience and the ADHD-CCSP designation, Bonny works with your neurology — not against it.

We offer specialized support for neurodivergent individuals and their families — including:

• Individual therapy for autistic adults and teens
• Family coaching and psychoeducation
• Parent strategy sessions
• Sibling support
• School advocacy guidance
• Caregiver stress and burnout support
• Communication strategies for neurodivergent families

Our neurodivergent-affirming framework means we start from the premise that your brain is not broken. We work with your neurology, celebrate what makes it distinctive, and build strategies that are sustainable for the way you are actually wired.

We offer specialized support for women navigating:

• Infertility and the emotional weight of assisted reproduction
• Pregnancy loss and reproductive grief
• Postpartum depression and anxiety
• Perinatal mental health
• Perimenopause and hormonal transitions
• Divorce and relationship endings
• Career and identity transitions
• The compounding pressures of multiple cultural and family roles

The emotional complexity of these experiences is still significantly underserved in most therapy settings. At Théla, these are not secondary concerns — they are treated with the clinical depth and attunement they deserve.

Emma, our Bernese Mountain Dog, and Evee, our Bernedoodle, are active members of the Théla clinical team. Their involvement in sessions is intentional and clinically informed — not incidental warmth.

Canine-assisted therapy is particularly supportive for clients managing anxiety, trauma responses, emotional dysregulation, and difficulty engaging verbally in traditional talk therapy. For teens navigating ADHD or anxiety, and for adults with complex trauma histories who find the therapeutic space activating, Emma and Evee often create conditions for safety and trust that words alone cannot.

Please let us know at booking if you have any allergies or concerns. Emma and Evee's involvement is always discussed and agreed upon in advance.

Théla does not shy away from complexity. Our team has specialized training supporting individuals with:

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) DBT-informed, trauma-focused care — structured, skilled, and grounded in both emotional safety and honest clinical challenge.

Bipolar Disorder & Mood Disorders Collaborative therapy working alongside your psychiatrist to support stability, insight, and quality of life.

Psychotic Disorders & Serious Mental Illness CBT for Psychosis (CBTp) — one of the only evidence-based psychological interventions for psychotic experiences — offered in an outpatient private practice setting. Compassionate, reality-oriented therapy for schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and psychotic disorders, in collaboration with your medical team.

OCD & Anxiety Disorders ERP — the gold-standard psychological treatment for OCD — alongside CBT for panic disorder, phobias, GAD, and social anxiety.

Substance Use & Addiction Recovery Harm reduction and trauma-informed support addressing underlying causes, co-occurring conditions, and sustainable change.

What you can expect: specialized clinical training, crisis-informed protocols, collaborative care with your existing medical and psychiatric team, and a long-term commitment to work that is rarely linear. 

We offer grief support for loss of all kinds — including the grief that others around you may not fully recognize or know how to hold.

Renata Roma holds a 170-hour Certificate in Pet Loss Grief Support Specialist — one of the few clinicians in Ontario with formal specialist-level training in this area. Pet loss is a form of grief that is routinely minimized by those around the bereaved. At Théla, it is treated with the same clinical seriousness as any other significant loss.

We also support clients navigating bereavement after illness, suicide loss, pregnancy loss, and the complicated grief that accompanies estrangement, divorce, and ambiguous loss.