Brady Hutchinson

Brady is a Registered Psychotherapist with a Master of Arts (MA) in Counselling Psychology from Yorkville University and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from McMaster University. Her work is trauma-informed and she specializes in helping her clients to heal from symptoms and emotional distress caused by disturbing life experiences. This includes relationship and work stressors, grief and loss, and trauma of all types, including PTSD and shock trauma, complex PTSD, developmental and attachment trauma, sexual abuse, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and dissociative disorders. Brady practices an evidence-based trauma therapy called EMDR and she has advanced training in the treatment of trauma, including dissociative and personality disorders. She integrates ego state therapy and cognitive behavioural approaches as needed, including Schema therapy, DBT, ACT, motivational interviewing, and behavioural activation. She also works with mood disorders (anxiety, depression), addictions, and problematic anger. Brady has extensive experience working with First Nations people and is trained in Indigenous cultural safety. Brady also offers trauma-focused equine-assisted psychotherapy (equine-assisted EMDR) at a Waterford-area farm. Brady works primarily with adults on an individual basis, although she does work with adolescents and couples who have experienced trauma or abuse. Brady is a Gottman-trained couples therapist. The clients best-suited to Brady’s methods are those who are interested in exploring their past, present and future—in resolving the past events or circumstances that have led them to their current state while also looking at current situations that cause distress, and developing the skills and beliefs needed for their desired future.