Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™
Specialized psychotherapy, survivor support, and professional training for individuals navigating intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, post-separation abuse, and high-conflict relational trauma.
Across Ontario and Canada
Specialized knowledge, real outcomes
Focused experience you can trust
Including post-separation abuse & relational trauma
Safety, validation & empowerment
Education that creates safer communities
A trauma-informed group for survivors healing from narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, coercive control, emotional abuse, and post-separation abuse.
A professional training for therapists and helping professionals working with intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, trauma bonding, and high-conflict relationship dynamics.
Narcissistic abuse is often part of a broader pattern of intimate partner violence (IPV) and coercive control. While many people associate abuse with physical violence, it frequently occurs through psychological, emotional, financial, and relational tactics that are far less visible but equally harmful. Survivors may experience gaslighting, emotional manipulation, isolation, intimidation, financial control, trauma bonding, post-separation abuse, and ongoing patterns of fear and dependency. Over time, these experiences can erode a person’s confidence, sense of identity, decision-making, and autonomy, leaving them feeling trapped, confused, and disconnected from their own reality. Healing from this kind of trauma requires more than simply understanding what happened—it involves restoring a sense of safety, rebuilding trust in oneself, strengthening healthy boundaries, and addressing the long-term emotional and neurological impact of living under coercive control.
For those who are trying to make sense of their experience, the Survivor’s Journey can help identify the stage of abuse or recovery a person may currently be in, offering language, clarity, and direction for what they may be experiencing. Our trauma-informed approach supports survivors in understanding these patterns, strengthening boundaries, reconnecting with their inner voice, and moving toward greater clarity, confidence, and emotional freedom. This work is part of our broader psychotherapy services for adults.
This work is part of our broader psychotherapy for adults services.
Connect with a therapist to discuss your situation and recovery goals.
Download practical guides and educational resources.
Self-paced programs designed for healing and recovery
Connect with a therapist to discuss your situation and recovery goals.
Download practical guides and educational resources.
Self-paced programs designed for healing and recovery
For many survivors of coercive control and intimate partner violence, being told they are “too sensitive,” “dramatic,” or “imagining things” becomes part of the abuse cycle that makes them doubt their own reality.
Many survivors arrive here feeling confused, overwhelmed, and unsure whether what they experienced even “counts” as abuse. That uncertainty is not a sign of weakness. It is one of the most painful and common effects of narcissistic abuse. When someone has spent months or years minimizing your feelings, twisting the truth, blaming you, or making you question your own reality, it makes sense that trusting yourself again may feel difficult.
But you are not broken. You are not alone. And healing is possible.
This space was created to support you wherever you are in your journey. Here, you’ll find the resources, education, tools, and guidance you need to begin making sense of what happened, understand the stage of abuse or recovery you may be in, rebuild trust in yourself, and take the next step toward clarity, safety, confidence, and emotional freedom.
You do not need to have all the answers before you reach out. You do not need to be completely certain. You do not need to have left the relationship yet. You only need to start where you are.
Being here is already a powerful first step — and you do not have to take the next one alone.
Narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, and coercive control often happen quietly and gradually. Survivors may experience gaslighting, trauma bonding, isolation, emotional manipulation, financial control, intimidation, identity erosion, and post-separation abuse.
It didn’t look like control. It looked like concern, rules, criticism, and never quite having enough freedom — or money, or privacy — to feel truly independent.
You remember exactly what happened. They tell you it didn’t. After enough time, you start to believe them.
The good moments feel so real that you stay through the painful ones. That’s not weakness — that’s a trauma response.
It happened slowly. One relationship at a time, until you looked around and realised you were alone.
You stopped sharing how you felt because it was always used against you. So you learned to go quiet instead.
Somewhere along the way, your opinions, preferences, and sense of self stopped feeling like yours. You can’t remember who you were before.
You thought leaving would bring peace. Instead, the control continued through intimidation, legal battles, constant contact, or attempts to keep you afraid.
Take 2 minutes to find out if what you experienced fits the pattern.
Healing does not look the same for everyone. Some people are just beginning to understand what happened. Others are ready for therapy, group support, education, training, or deeper personal change. Wherever you are, these pathways are here to help you move forward with clarity, compassion, and support.
For survivors of intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, post-separation abuse, and high-conflict relational trauma.
A supportive group space for survivors healing from coercive control, narcissistic abuse, trauma bonding, and emotional abuse.
Training for therapists, frontline workers, legal professionals, community organizations, and agencies responding to IPV, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, and high-conflict family dynamics.
A structured accountability and education program addressing coercive control, intimate partner violence, emotional abuse, high-conflict behaviour, and relational harm.
Healing from narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, and coercive control is not linear. Survivors often move through stages of assessment, stabilization, rebuilding, and post-traumatic growth as they recover from emotional abuse, trauma bonding, fear, identity erosion, and post-separation stress.
We begin by understanding your experience within the context of narcissistic abuse and relational trauma. This includes identifying patterns such as trauma bonding, emotional dysregulation, and the impact of prolonged psychological stress — without pressure or judgment.
Before processing deeper trauma, we focus on nervous system regulation, emotional safety, and grounding. This phase is essential for individuals recovering from narcissistic abuse, where chronic stress and anxiety often impact daily functioning. This is not a pause — this is foundational work.
This phase focuses on rebuilding identity, boundaries, and self-trust after narcissistic abuse. We explore who you are outside of the relationship, strengthen decision-making, and develop healthier relational patterns moving forward.
Post-traumatic growth is real. After the deepest wounds have been worked through and healed, many survivors discover strength, wisdom, purpose, and self-trust they never knew were possible. This growth can feel miraculous — your superpower after surviving so much. Take hold of this opportunity to heal, and do not let go of the life waiting for you on the other side.
10 Signs You Are in a Narcissistic Relationship — a free guide by Raquel Soteldo, RP. Enter your email and get instant access.
Your recovery requires more than insight — it requires a trauma-informed therapeutic approach that addresses nervous system regulation, attachment wounds, and the long-term psychological impact of relational abuse.
Maryam Raquel Soteldo, RP is a Registered Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor, Family Mediator, and trauma-informed educator specializing in intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse recovery, post-separation abuse, and high-conflict relational trauma. She is recognized for her specialized clinical work with survivors and her training of therapists, frontline workers, and organizations across Ontario.
Her work is grounded in trauma-informed, survivor-centered, anti-oppressive, and psychoeducational approaches to healing, safety, accountability, and recovery.
Self-paced survivor education for individuals recovering from narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, coercive control, trauma bonding, emotional abuse, and post-separation abuse.
Learn how to identify, set, and maintain healthy boundaries after narcissistic abuse.
A practical guide to setting boundaries with difficult people in your life.
This session explores how childhood attachment wounds create emotional caretaking roles, increasing vulnerability to narcissistic abuse.
Clinical insights into identifying and addressing less visible forms of violence, including psychological and coercive control.
Professional training for therapists, social workers, frontline workers, and helping professionals supporting survivors of intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, trauma bonding, and post-separation abuse.
Narcissistic abuse is one of the most misunderstood presentations in clinical practice. This course gives therapists a structured, trauma-informed framework to accurately conceptualise cases, plan treatment effectively and support meaningful client progress — with a specific focus on identity erosion as a core clinical marker.
The business side of private practice — client acquisition, ethical marketing, systems and CRPO-aligned standards — can feel overwhelming and unclear. This course provides practical, real-world guidance to help you build a sustainable and compliant practice from the start with confidence.
Structured therapeutic programs designed for individuals healing from narcissistic abuse and high-conflict relationships.
Structured therapeutic programs designed for individuals healing from narcissistic abuse and high-conflict relationships.
One-on-one trauma-informed therapy for survivors healing from narcissistic abuse.
Heal alongside others who understand in a safe, therapist-led group setting.
Structured support for survivors navigating high-conflict and coercive relationships.
Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic is developing the National Center of Excellence for IPV and Coercive Control, a training, consultation, and education initiative designed to support survivors, clinicians, frontline professionals, legal systems, and community organizations across Ontario and Canada.
This initiative focuses on improving understanding, detection, documentation, treatment planning, referral pathways, and trauma-informed responses to intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, and post-separation abuse.
Advanced clinical support and training for therapists working with narcissistic abuse, trauma, and complex relational cases.
Advanced clinical support and training for therapists working with narcissistic abuse, trauma, and complex relational cases.
Clinical supervision for therapists working with narcissistic abuse and complex trauma.
Practical treatment planning sessions for therapists in a relaxed learning format.
Clinical supervision and professional training for therapists working with IPV, coercive control, narcissistic abuse recovery, trauma bonding, post-separation abuse, and high-conflict relationships.
Clinical supervision for therapists.
Structured programs addressing coercive control, intimate partner violence, emotional abuse, accountability, relational harm, and high-conflict behaviour.
Workshops and training for agencies, workplaces, frontline teams, legal professionals, and community organizations responding to IPV, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, and family violence.
Our Structured Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Group Program is a 12-session, accountability-based intervention designed for individuals involved in domestic violence or IPV-related matters who are seeking meaningful behavioural change and structured support.
The program focuses on emotional regulation, power and control dynamics, cognitive distortions, conflict de-escalation, and the development of healthier relationship patterns within a clinically guided group setting.
Including those awaiting or participating in Partner Assault Response (PAR), or those requiring structured counselling as part of legal, probation, or personal growth goals.
Targeted programs designed for individuals navigating specific challenges related to emotional regulation and relational conflict.
Targeted programs designed for individuals navigating specific challenges related to emotional regulation and relational conflict.
Evidence-based tools for understanding and regulating anger rooted in relational trauma.
Trauma-informed parenting support for survivors raising children after narcissistic abuse.
Our Structured Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Group Program is a 12-session, accountability-based intervention designed for individuals involved in domestic violence or IPV-related matters who are seeking meaningful behavioural change and structured support.
Training and workshops for professionals working in high-conflict and trauma-informed environments.
Training and workshops for professionals working in high-conflict and trauma-informed environments.
Workplace training on emotional intelligence, trauma, and high-conflict communication.
Specialised training for frontline professionals working in trauma and conflict settings.
A therapist-led group designed for individuals leaving or recovering from abusive relationships, with a focus on understanding the differences between narcissistic, sociopathic, and psychopathic abuse.
Different survivors need different forms of support, depending on where they are in their healing.
For parents healing while protecting their children
For navigating separation and ongoing conflict
Ready to take the next step? Book your free 15-min consultation with Raquel today.
Yes. The clinic provides trauma-informed psychotherapy, group therapy, survivor education, and consultation for individuals impacted by intimate partner violence, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, and post-separation abuse.
No. Coercive control can include intimidation, isolation, monitoring, financial control, threats, gaslighting, emotional manipulation, and behaviours that limit a person’s freedom, autonomy, safety, and sense of self.
Yes. The clinic provides training, consultation, and supervision for therapists, frontline workers, organizations, and professionals responding to IPV, coercive control, narcissistic abuse, and high-conflict relational dynamics.
Yes. Attachment-based therapy helps survivors understand and heal the relational wounds that often keep trauma bonds and self-doubt in place.
Yes. Parent coaching is designed to support survivors while they are healing—helping protect children emotionally and reduce overwhelm without requiring perfection.
Recovery from narcissistic abuse is rarely linear. Many survivors find reassurance in understanding the healing process over time.
You don’t need to be ready — you just need to be curious. Your first session is simply a conversation. There is no pressure to commit to anything.
We talk. Raquel will ask about your experience, what feels most urgent, and what you’re hoping to work toward. There is no evaluation — just a safe conversation at your pace.
Yes. Everything discussed in sessions is completely confidential in accordance with CRPO and CCPA professional standards.
Yes. Sessions are available both virtually and in-person across Ontario. Virtual sessions are available province-wide.
Absolutely. Many clients arrive here with exactly that uncertainty. You don’t need a label or a diagnosis to deserve support.
Your first session is simply a conversation. No pressure, no commitment, completely confidential. We work at your pace, toward a life that feels like yours again.
Just write a few words about what you’re going through — and Raquel will personally write back with exactly what she recommends for you.
No judgment. No pressure. Just someone who has heard it all before.
Select the course you’re interested in and we’ll notify you as soon as it becomes available.
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