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Wholetherapy is a trauma-informed integrative counselling practice based in Nova Scotia. We’re a team of clinicians who believe a strong therapeutic relationship is central to healing.
Wholetherapy was founded with a clear purpose. To create a clinical environment where trauma-focused therapy is done carefully and to a consistent clinical standard, and where every person who walks through the door, or logs in from wherever they are in Atlantic Canada, feels genuinely welcomed and supported.
From the start, we've been intentional about who joins our team and how we work together. Our clinicians don't work in isolation. We operate within a consultation-rich environment where complex cases get reviewed regularly, clinical standards are maintained, and every therapist has access to supervision and support.
That structure matters for our clients. It means you're not just getting one person's perspective. You're getting the benefit of a whole clinical team working on your behalf.
These aren't statements on a wall. They're the principles that shape how we hire, how we work, and how we show up for every person who trusts us with their care.
Wholetherapy focuses on the assessment and treatment of PTSD, complex and developmental trauma, attachment injury, and the anxiety, depression and dissociation that often accompany them.
Treatment is phased. We begin with assessment, safety and stabilization, then move into trauma processing using the standard eight-phase EMDR protocol, integrated with IFS, DBT, ACT and somatic approaches as clinically indicated. Pacing follows each client’s readiness rather than a fixed timeline.
Clinical oversight is provided by Owner and CEO Emily Bushell, an EMDR International Association Approved Consultant, and Clinical Director Carolyn Hauser, an Approved Consultant-in-Training. Our clinicians are EMDR basic trained or certified, and complex cases are reviewed in regular consultation and supervision.
We live, work, and practice in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi'kmaq People. We are grateful to do this work on this land and acknowledge the ongoing relationship between the Mi'kmaq People and this place.