Sheena McRae

Meet Sheena – Trauma-Informed EMDR Therapist Supporting Women, Parents, First Responders & Divorce Recovery

Sheena is a trauma-informed therapist offering online therapy for women, mothers, first responders, and educators across Ontario.

Her work is shaped by her own experience living with complex trauma, and her path toward healing through therapy, nervous system work, and self-compassion. She knows what it’s like to feel constantly on edge, emotionally shut down, or overwhelmed by the pressure to hold it all together.

With 17 years of experience working with teens as an educator, Sheena brings deep insight into emotional resilience, relational dynamics, and the invisible weight many women carry through parenting, caregiving, and life transitions.

She supports clients navigating PTSD, burnout, anxiety, parenting stress, divorce recovery, and the emotional toll of frontline and crisis response work. Her therapeutic space is grounded, affirming, and centered on helping you shift from survival mode into a life that feels more balanced and truly your own.

Sheena’s Expertise Includes:

• EMDR therapy for relational trauma, PTSD and depression
• Support for first responders and frontline workers managing burnout and cumulative stress
• Parenting stress, maternal mental health, and the mental load of caregiving
• Divorce recovery and therapy for women navigating separation and relationship trauma
• Anxiety treatment rooted in somatic and attachment-based approaches
• Support for survivors of complex trauma and childhood emotional neglect
• Emotionally Focused & Internal Family Systems therapy for deep healing and connection

The Frameworks That Shape Her Therapy Style

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Attachment theory
• Somatic Processing
• Internal Family Systems
• Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy 
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy 

Behind the Bio: The Human Behind the Therapist

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

Comfort Food Favorite: 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.