Olivia Armstrong, MA, CCC – Trauma & EMDR Therapist for Anxiety, PTSD, and Complex Trauma
Olivia provides trauma-informed EMDR and somatic therapy for adults experiencing anxiety, PTSD, attachment wounds, and nervous system dysregulation. Virtual counselling available across British Columbia and throughout Canada
Making the decision to seek counselling support is one of the most courageous steps you will ever take. I applaud you for making it this far.
About Olivia
Making the decision to seek counselling support is one of the most courageous steps a person can take. Olivia honours the strength it takes to begin this journey and meets clients with warmth, attunement, and respect for their lived experiences.
Olivia believes that every individual holds innate resources for healing and transformation. Her work is grounded in the understanding that trauma is not a personal failure, but an adaptive response to overwhelming experiences. She strives to create an emotionally safe and collaborative environment where clients can reconnect with their bodies, emotions, and inner sense of agency.
Clinical Approach
Olivia’s clinical work is client-centred, trauma-informed, and deeply relational. She supports clients in understanding how past experiences continue to shape emotional responses, relationships, and patterns of coping, while gently guiding them toward greater flexibility, self-compassion, and resilience.
Trauma’s Impact on Healing
Trauma can disrupt the nervous system, leading to chronic stress, emotional overwhelm, dissociation, or difficulty feeling safe in relationships. Olivia helps clients understand how trauma lives in both the mind and body, and how symptoms such as anxiety, panic, low mood, or emotional flashbacks are often signals of a nervous system seeking protection.
By exploring trauma through a neurobiological and attachment-informed lens, clients gain insight into their patterns while learning how to restore a sense of safety, connection, and regulation.
EMDR, Somatic, and Client-Centered Methods
Olivia integrates EMDR therapy, somatic approaches, and emotionally focused interventions to support deep and lasting change. Through embodied practices, clients are guided to harness the brain’s natural capacity for neuroplasticity — allowing old patterns to be gently rewired into more adaptive and supportive ones.
Her approach centres client agency and collaboration, empowering individuals to become more attuned to their internal experiences while moving at a pace that feels safe and sustainable.
Olivia provides individual counselling for adults seeking support with emotional, relational, and trauma-related concerns.
Adults & Seniors
Olivia works with adults and seniors navigating life transitions, relational challenges, identity exploration, and the long-term effects of trauma. She offers a queer-affirming, culturally responsive space that honours each client’s unique lived experience.
Conditions Supported
Clients often seek Olivia’s support for:
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Anxiety and panic attacks
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Trauma and PTSD (including complex trauma)
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Attachment wounds and relational difficulties
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Depression and low mood
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Dissociation and emotional flashbacks
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Nervous system dysregulation
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Shame, guilt, and low self-esteem
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Grief and life transitions
Education & Experience
Olivia Armstrong holds a Master’s degree in Counselling and is a Canadian Certified Counsellor (CCC). She is trained in EMDR therapy and has a strong interest in supporting clients through trauma recovery and personal growth that extends beyond symptom reduction.
Her work is informed by ongoing training in attachment theory, somatic interventions, and emotionally focused approaches, with a commitment to cultural humility and affirming care.
Why Choose Olivia for Trauma Therapy
Clients often choose to work with Olivia because of her calm, attuned presence and her ability to integrate evidence-based trauma therapies with deep relational care. She is passionate about walking alongside clients as they reconnect with their authentic selves and release emotional patterns that no longer serve them.
Olivia approaches therapy with curiosity, compassion, and respect for each client’s pace, believing that healing happens through connection and felt safety.
Book a Session
Olivia is currently accepting new clients and offers virtual counselling sessions across British Columbia and throughout Canada.
If you are seeking trauma-informed EMDR therapy in a supportive and affirming environment, you are invited to begin your healing journey with Olivia.