
You don’t have to hold it all together anymore.
Trauma therapy offers a safe place to begin again. We’re here to help you feel like you again.
You deserve the space to feel safe and supported, for real this time.
Trauma can look like panic attacks and flashbacks, but it can also look like people-pleasing, over-functioning, shutting down emotionally, or feeling disconnected from joy.
Whether your trauma was a single moment or a lifetime of subtle harm, the effects are real—and you deserve support that honors your story without rushing your healing.
Trauma Therapy
You are not too sensitive. You are responding to a life that asked too much of you for too long. Healing is not about going back to who you were before the trauma. It’s about becoming who you were meant to be all along.
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You might benefit from trauma therapy if:
You feel anxious, hyper-alert, or shut down in relationships
You struggle to trust people or feel safe in your body
You’ve experienced childhood abuse, neglect, violence, or abandonment
You find it hard to rest, relax, or feel joy
You feel like you're "overreacting" or "too sensitive"
You know something’s not right, but can’t quite name it
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We create a space where your nervous system can finally exhale.
Our approach to trauma therapy is gentle, collaborative, and body-aware. We move at your pace. We don’t force catharsis or push you into your pain before you’re ready.We use evidence-based, trauma-informed practices including:
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Somatic therapy
Narrative and parts work
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Psychoeducation and grounding tools
We support individuals and families across London, Ontario who are ready to stop surviving and start reconnecting with themselves.We create a space where your nervous system can finally exhale.
Our approach to trauma therapy is gentle, collaborative, and body-aware. We move at your pace. We don’t force catharsis or push you into your pain before you’re ready.We use evidence-based, trauma-informed practices including:
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
EMDR
Somatic therapy
Narrative and parts work
Compassion-Focused Therapy
Psychoeducation and grounding tools
We support individuals and families across London, Ontario who are ready to stop surviving and start reconnecting with themselves.
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Therapy with us is flexible, affirming, and collaborative. We work with your communication style, sensory needs, and pace. There are no rigid rules, no assumptions, and no judgment. We blend a variety of approaches like somatic therapy, IFS, EMDR, and play-based or narrative work with trauma-informed awareness and deep respect for your experiences.
We help people like you!
Too many trauma survivors grow up believing they’re “too emotional,” “too reactive,” or that they should have just moved on by now. We’re here to help you unlearn those lies and come home to yourself—gently, and at your own pace.
At Black Onyx, we don’t see you as a problem to fix. We see your resilience. We honor your story. And we support your healing in a way that feels safe, steady, and aligned with who you are.
You don’t have to carry it alone anymore. If you’re ready for therapy that meets you exactly where you are, we’re here.
Meet the Team
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Mary Hugesson
FOUNDER
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Dr. Jennifer Conolly
Consulting Psychologist
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Tori Lewis
Social Worker, BSW, MSW, RSW
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Mousumi Saha
Registered Psycotherapist
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Nausheen Ahmed
Registered Psycotherapist
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Lisa Jaques
Registered Psycotherapist (Qualifying)
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Jessica Smith
Registered Psychotherapist
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Roger Chapman
Student Therapist
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Christian Kleiser
Student Therapist