About

I’m Armin Ovaisy-Moakhar, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying). I work with adults who are capable, thoughtful, and outwardly functioning, yet feel unsettled, disconnected, or stuck on the inside — often without a clear reason why.

Many of the people I work with grew up having to adapt early. They learned how to manage, perform, and push through difficult situations, but didn’t always receive the emotional safety, attunement, or consistency needed to feel grounded in themselves or secure in relationships. Over time, this can show up as anxiety, self-doubt, perfectionism, emotional numbness, or difficulty trusting others.

HOW I Work

My approach is relational, trauma-informed, and paced with care. I believe meaningful change happens not through forcing insight or quick fixes, but through creating enough safety to gently explore what shaped you and how your nervous system learned to cope. Together, we work to make sense of your experiences, listen to what your body has been carrying, and develop new ways of relating to yourself and others that feel more steady and grounded.

I draw from evidence-based trauma therapies, including EMDR, Brainspotting, and parts-based approaches, to support deeper emotional processing — especially when talking alone hasn’t been enough. I also work with individuals and couples, using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy to help restore safety, trust, and emotional connection in relationships.

I aim to offer a space that is calm, respectful, and non-judgmental — where you don’t need to have everything figured out to begin. Change starts with showing up as you are, and moving forward at a pace that feels right for you.

Professional Training

Focused training in trauma, attachment, and relational work

Trauma & Attachment

  • EMDR Basic Training

  • Trauma Certificate, Wilfrid Laurier University

  • Brainspotting Phase 1

  • EMDR Made Simple: Case Conceptualization Certificate

  • EMDR: A Primer for Clinicians

  • Determining Trauma History in EMDR Certificate

  • How to Work with a Client's Emotional Triggers, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • How to work with Shame, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • How to Work with Clients Who Are Stuck, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

Personality Disorders

  • Personality Disorders Led by Otto Kernberg, Borderline Institute

  • Mindfulness

  • Applied Specialization in Mindfulness Meditation, University of Toronto

Hypnosis

  • The Architecture of Hypnosis, Mike Mandel Hypnosis

  • Hypno-Psychedelic, Center for Integrative Hypnosis

Addiction:

  • An Integrative Developmental Approach to the Treatment of Addiction within an EMDR Framework Certificate

  • Integrative Addiction Solutions: Center for Integrative Hypnosis

Jungian Training

  • Introduction to: Shadow / Anima / Animus / and relationships, Jung Platform

  • Swamplands of the Soul: A Jungian Perspective on Guilt, Grief, Loss, Betrayal, Doubt, Loneliness, Depression, Despair, Obsessions, Addictions, Anger, Fear, Angst, and Anxiety, Jung Platform

  • Shadow Work and Unstorying: Jungian Shadowwork with Nicole K. Miller, Jung Platform

  • Stepping into Largeness, Step into the large journey intended by your soul, Jung Platform

  • How to Help Your Client Integrate and Heal Their Shadow Parts, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

Other Training

  • How to Work with the Patterns That Sustain Depression, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • Practical Skills for Working with a Client's Anger, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • How to Work with a Client's Resistance, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • Psychedelics & Somatics, The Embody Lab

  • Working with the Fear of Rejection, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • How to Work with Clients Who Struggle with an Inner Critic, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine

  • Compassionate Inquiry Self-Study Course, Compassionateinquiry.com

  • Somatic Experiencing Perspective on Chronic Pain, with Peter Levine, Sounds True