Anxiety & depression
Worry that won't switch off, low mood, or feeling flat and far from yourself. Together you look at what keeps these patterns going and build ways to ease them.
Psychotherapy · Online sessions
A steady, warm place to work through what feels heavy
Psychotherapy with Bita Bardi, MSc.Ed., MA (CP), Registered Psychotherapist. Sessions are held by secure video, so you can meet from a place where you feel at ease.
Areas of practice
What we can work on together
Many people come with a mix of these, or simply a feeling that something needs to change. That is a good place to start.
Trauma
Difficult experiences can stay with us long after they end. Therapy, including EMDR, offers a careful, paced space to process them, with your safety and choice at the centre.
Burnout & stress
For when you have given more than you have. Sessions help you understand the pressure you're under, set limits and recover your energy.
Life transitions
A move, a loss, a new role, a relationship ending or beginning. Change can unsettle even good foundations. Therapy gives you room to find your footing.
Meaning & self-discovery
Drawing on logotherapy, the meaning-centred approach of Viktor Frankl, for times when you are asking who you are and what gives your life purpose.
Panic attacks & performance anxiety
A racing heart before a presentation, an exam or a performance, or panic that seems to come out of nowhere. Together you calm the alarm, understand its triggers and rebuild confidence.
Approach
Warm, collaborative and grounded in training
Bita's style is warm, reflective and, where it helps, lightly humorous. Sessions are tailored to you rather than following a fixed script. She draws on:
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
- Working with emotions as a guide, to understand your inner experience and how you connect with others. Levels 1 and 2 training through ICEEFT trainers.
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro in the late 1980s, EMDR helps the brain process traumatic memories that have not been fully integrated. The aim is to reduce their emotional intensity, develop more adaptive beliefs and work towards the future you want.
- Meaning-centred therapy
- Logotherapy and integrative meaning therapy, for questions of purpose, values and direction.
- Mindfulness & compassion
- Gentle practices to steady the nervous system and meet yourself with more kindness.
EMDR with Bita
Helping the mind finish what it could not process
Bita is trained in EMDR therapy and uses it within her integrative, emotion-focused approach. EMDR can help when a past experience still feels too present: memories that intrude, a body that stays on alert, or beliefs such as "I am not safe" or "I am not enough" that will not shift with insight alone.
Details of her EMDR training are available on request.
- Who it can help
- People living with the effects of trauma, anxiety, panic attacks, performance anxiety, and painful memories that keep returning.
- How it works
- After careful preparation and building inner resources, you briefly focus on a memory while following guided bilateral stimulation, such as eye movements or tapping. Over time, the memory tends to lose its emotional charge.
- Online
- EMDR sessions take place by secure video, using on-screen eye movements or self-tapping, from a space where you feel safe.
- At your pace
- Nothing is rushed. Stabilisation and your sense of safety come first, and you stay in control throughout.
Getting started
How it works
Free 15-minute consultation
Fill in a short request form and Bita will contact you to arrange a complimentary 15-minute call. You can ask questions, share a little about what brings you, and see whether working together feels right. There is no cost and no obligation.
Your first session
If you decide to go ahead, Bita schedules your first 50-minute session with you. You talk about what brings you, what you hope will change, and any questions you have. Bita explains confidentiality and how she works.
Ongoing sessions
You decide together how often to meet. You can adjust the pace, the focus, or pause at any time.
Fees & insurance
Clear fees, no surprises
Psychotherapy by a Registered Psychotherapist is covered by many extended health plans. Please check with your insurer. Receipts include Bita's CRPO registration number.
- Consultation
- 15 minutes, free of charge
- Individual session
- $185 (50 minutes)
- Sliding scale
- Available on request
- Format
- Online, by secure video
- Language
- English
- Registration
- Registered Psychotherapist, CRPO no. 11206. You can verify this on the CRPO public register at crpo.ca.
If you are in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8 (Suicide Crisis Helpline, 24/7), call 911, or go to your nearest emergency department. Bita's practice cannot respond to emergencies.