Sheena McRae

Sheena McRae – Registered Psychotherapist & Trauma Therapist

EMDR Trained | Virtual Trauma Therapy for Women across Ontario & Canada

Supporting Parents, First Responders, Educators & Divorce Recovery

Sheena is a trauma therapist who supports women, mothers, first responders, and educators navigating the lasting impact of trauma, burnout, and emotional overwhelm. Trained in EMDR, she helps clients process experiences that may still be shaping how they feel, react, and relate today.

Her work is informed by both clinical expertise and her own healing from complex trauma, giving her a deep understanding of what it’s like to live in a constant state of “holding it all together.” Grounded, compassionate, and gently practical, she offers a space to move beyond survival mode and toward a life that feels more steady, lighter, and your own. If you feel stuck in patterns you don’t fully understand, therapy can help you make sense of them.

Who Sheena Supports

Sheena works with women carrying invisible loads—emotional labour, trauma history, or the cumulative stress of always being “the strong one.” Her clients often include:

• Mothers and Caregivers: Navigating maternal mental health, the "mental load," and the transition into parenthood.
• Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Trained in Dr. Lindsay Gibson’s framework, Sheena helps clients recognize and work through the behavioural and relational patterns that develop in response to emotionally immature caregiving.
• First Responders & Frontline Professionals: Specializing in compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and PTSD for those in high-stress roles.
• Educators: Addressing chronic burnout and the emotional exhaustion unique to the teaching profession.
• Women in Life Transitions: Support for divorce recovery, relationship trauma, and navigating high-conflict family dynamics.
• Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: Healing from emotional neglect and complex trauma (C-PTSD) to reconnect with the self.

Behind the Bio: The Human Behind the Therapist

(Because yes, therapists are humans too—coffee-loving, podcast-bingeing, deep-feeling humans!)

Comfort Food Favourite: Pizza—especially when it’s loaded with cheese!

A Highly Recommended Read: What Happened to You by Bruce Perry is a must for mental health insights. For fiction, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah is a favourite, and there’s always room for a bit of romantasy—Sarah J. Maas never disappoints!

A Go-To Way to Unwind: Nothing beats a good book, a warm cup of tea, and the company of sweet pups after a long day.

Articles By Sheena McRae

Sheena writes on how attachment and the nervous system shape our relationships with others and ourselves.

→ What is a Toxic Relationship?

→ When Your Parent Only Sees Their Version of Reality

→ Why It's So Hard To Leave When You Know You Should

→ EMDR Therapy for Anxiety and Emotional Numbness

→ Trauma Bonding In Narcissistic Abuse: Why It Feels Impossible To Let Go