Complex Trauma Therapy in Ontario

Armin Ovaisy-Moakhar, RP (Qualifying)

CRPO #18315 · MA, Counselling Psychology, Yorkville University · BSc, York University · English and Farsi (فارسی)

Armin is a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) with an MA in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University. He works with adults who manage a lot on the outside but feel anxious, self-critical, disconnected, or stuck in recurring relationship patterns. His approach is relational and trauma-informed, and he works at a pace guided by your goals and feedback. He draws on EMDR, Brainspotting, and parts-informed approaches. Sessions are online across Ontario in English or Farsi.

Armin has completed additional training in trauma, EMDR, Brainspotting, parts-informed approaches (IFS), somatic approaches, and Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples.

Clinical supervisor: Maryna Svitasheva, PhD, RP (CRPO #002978).

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Complex trauma is a way of describing what can follow hard experiences that were repeated, or that went on for a long time, often in childhood and often with the people who were meant to keep you safe. It is usually less about one event and more about what you had to get used to.

You may have learned to manage, perform, or push through difficult situations. If emotional safety, attunement, or consistency was missing, it can affect how grounded you feel in yourself or how secure you feel in relationships. This can show up as anxiety, self-doubt, perfectionism, emotional numbness, or difficulty trusting others.

You may also come across the terms developmental trauma or complex PTSD. You don’t need a formal PTSD diagnosis to benefit from trauma therapy.

Nobody can promise what therapy will change for you, or how long it will take. The work moves slowly, step by step, at a pace you can manage.

• ✻You may manage a lot on the outside while feeling anxious, self-critical, or disconnected.
• ✻Certain feelings arrive suddenly and strongly, and you can’t trace where they come from.
• ✻You feel emotionally numb, disconnected from your own feelings, going through the motions without really being present.
• ✻Closeness feels risky, even with people you love and trust.
• ✻There is no single event to point to, and part of you wonders whether it was really that bad.

None of this means you are broken. These patterns usually started as ways of getting through something hard.

Armin works with several trauma-focused approaches, and the choice depends on what fits you. Each has its own page:

• ✻EMDR therapy: a structured way of working with distressing memories using side-to-side eye movements, taps or tones.
• ✻Brainspotting: working with where you look and what you notice in your body, often with fewer words.
• ✻IFS therapy: getting to know the different parts of you, including the ones that work hard to protect you.
• ✻Somatic therapy: bringing the body into the work, gently and in small steps.
• ✻Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples: when trauma plays out in the pattern between two partners.

You don’t need to know which approach you want, and you don’t have to say everything at once. That is what the free consultation is for.

It may fit if

• ✻What you carry comes from years, not from one event: a difficult home, a relationship, or experiences that kept repeating.
• ✻You want a therapist who works with trauma-focused approaches like EMDR, Brainspotting, IFS and somatic work.
• ✻You would like to understand your reactions, not just manage them.
• ✻You are an adult, or a couple, living anywhere in Ontario, and can find a private space for online sessions.

Something else may fit better if

• ✻You are in crisis right now, or you are not safe where you are. Please start with 988 or 911, listed below.
• ✻You are living with ongoing violence or danger. Safety in the present usually comes first. You can say this privately in the free consultation.
• ✻You need medical, psychiatric or in-person care, or more support than a weekly online session can give. A doctor or local services may need to come first, or alongside therapy.
• ✻You are under 18. Armin works with adults and couples.
• ✻You mainly want practical skills to manage anxiety day to day. Skills-based work with Roya Dadollahi Sarab, RP, who brings more than 10 years of experience with ACT, DBT and CBT, may fit better.
• ✻You want to meet in person. All sessions at NoorMinds are online.

The free consultation

A calm 15-minute conversation, by video or phone, in Farsi or English. You share a little about what brings you, ask how Armin works, and decide whether it feels like a fit. No pressure, no obligation.

Early sessions

You talk about what is happening now, what you want to be different, and how you steady yourself when things get hard. You decide how much of your story to share, and when.

Closing each session

Each session leaves time to come back to the room and settle before you go back to your day.

Format and pace

Weekly 60-minute individual sessions, $180, or couples sessions at $225 for 60 minutes and $350 for 90 minutes. By secure video, in Farsi, English or a mix of both. There is no set number of sessions and no minimum commitment.

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