Overcome Adversity. Reclaim Strength.
Trauma-informed support for recovery, growth, and healing
At Bright Horizon Therapies, I support individuals through trauma-informed counselling and coaching rooted in evidence-based practices like IFS informed parts-work and EMDR and anti-oppressive principles. I’m Natalie Jovanic—a Master Therapeutic Counsellor, Counselling Therapist and complex trauma coach with over 14 years of experience.
All services are available online throughout Alberta and Western Canada (counselling) and worldwide (coaching). I offer nonjudgmental, expert support that’s accessible wherever you are.
Whether you’re navigating childhood trauma, complex trauma, relationship wounds, grief and loss, anxiety, or other life challenges, I’m here to support you. Together, we’ll work toward healing and create a path forward that feels right for you.
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Is this you?
Feeling stuck despite efforts
You’ve tried talk therapy or self-help, but something still doesn’t click. Your mind may understand your patterns, but your body and emotions don’t seem to follow.
Persistent anxiety or overwhelm
You might struggle with anxiety that won’t lift, or feel constantly drained managing everyone else’s needs while ignoring your own.
Repeating relationship patterns
Your relationships may repeat familiar painful dynamics, leaving you frustrated, hurt, or disconnected.
Grief complicated by past experiences
You may be navigating loss that feels heavier or more confusing due to past trauma.
Lingering effects of childhood trauma
Even if you don’t identify as having “trauma,” past experiences may still influence how you feel, relate, and show up in life.
Seeking a path forward
You’re looking for support that addresses your whole experience—mind, body, and emotions—so you can overcome patterns and move forward with clarity and strength.
Trauma-informed coaching and counselling
I provide trauma-informed support using the Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™ based on evidence-based methods such as EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, somatic practices, and polyvagal-informed strategies. Learn more about the Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™ below.
Coaching
Available online in Canada and internationally. Comprehensive trauma recovery for adults with childhood trauma, complex trauma or relational trauma.
Counselling
Available online throughout Alberta and Western Canada. Ideal for people with anxiety, depression, or relational challenges. Limited in-person availability in Calgary.
Specialized counselling for trauma recovery and loss
Trauma counselling
Heal from abuse, neglect, childhood trauma or complex trauma
EMDR therapy
Process painful or traumatic memories so that they don’t hold you back.
Grief counselling
Find your path through loss with support that honours your unique journey.
Specialized coaching for relational trauma recovery
Childhood trauma coaching for adults
Heal the impact of your childhood experiences and reclaim your authentic self, moving from survival patterns to genuine emotional freedom, healthy relationships, and inner wholeness.
Healthy boundaries coaching
Learn to say no without guilt, protect your energy, and build relationships based on mutual respect rather than self-abandonment; healing your relationship with boundaries at the nervous system level.
The Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™
The Integrative Trauma Recovery Model™ is a framework I developed specifically for adults healing from childhood trauma, relational trauma, and complex trauma. Traditional therapy often focuses primarily on the mind — but trauma also lives in the body, the nervous system, and our relationships. Rather than relying on a single modality, it brings together EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, and somatic approaches — adapted to your nervous system, your history, and where you are right now.
The therapeutic relationship is not just a container for this work; for many people healing from complex or childhood trauma, it is the work. Your symptoms are not signs that something is fundamentally wrong with you; they are adaptive responses that developed for a reason, and we work with them, not against them.
Recovery unfolds in stages: finding safety, managing overwhelming emotions, and reconnecting with your body, then processing and transcending trauma, pain and grief. The final step is reintegration and readjusting, which often happens without ongoing coaching or counselling.
Anti-oppressive practice is woven throughout, because for many people, systemic harm, discrimination, and intergenerational trauma shape their lives. Systemic trauma is real. Trauma recovery needs to account for this. The goal is not symptom management. It is integration, of your body, your mind, your nervous system, your parts, and your sense of self.
Meet Natalie
I’m Natalie Jovanic, a trauma counsellor and coach in Calgary with over 14 years of experience supporting adults healing from childhood trauma, complex trauma, grief, anxiety, and relationship challenges.
My approach integrates evidence-based methods—including EMDR, IFS-informed parts work, and polyvagal theory—always adapted to your unique needs.
I believe healing should be safe, inclusive, and rooted in social justice, so I integrate anti-oppressive practices into all my work. I offer flexible pricing to make counselling and coaching more accessible, and I’m here to support you at your own pace.
Does this speak to you?
If this approach to healing and trauma recovery resonates with you, I’d be honoured to get to know you. I offer a free consultation, so you can explore your options in a safe, supportive space and see what feels like the right fit.
You can book directly through my secure online booking system or reach out by email at nat@brighthorizontherapies.com—whatever feels easiest for you.
Not sure where you fit? Start here.
New here — start with the basics:
Trauma recovery explained
General information about trauma, how it shows up, and what recovery actually involves. A good place to start if you’re not yet sure what you’re carrying.
If your wounds started in childhood:
Healing for adults with childhood trauma
For adults with childhood trauma, or who lived through sexual, physical, or emotional abuse, neglect, or growing up in a dysfunctional home.
If your trauma is layered or ongoing:
Healing complex trauma
For adults whose traumatic experience is complex — layered, inescapable, or compounded by systemic oppression.
If the harm came from adult relationships:
Healing relational trauma
For adults healing from domestic violence, toxic relationships, sexual assault, or workplace abuse.
If you’re ready to build something new:
Healthier relationships after trauma
For adults who want to create relationships that actually feel safe.