Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery and Family Mediation

You deserve relationships that feel safe — not familiar.

Founded by Raquel Soteldo, RP — Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic

If you’re unsure whether what you experienced was narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, or trauma bonding, you’re not alone. Many people arrive here simply trying to make sense of patterns that felt confusing, painful, or destabilizing over time.

6+ years specializing in narcissistic family trauma • Thousands of clients supported • Trauma-informed, evidence-based

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery and Family Mediation

You deserve relationships that feel safe — not familiar.

Founded by Raquel Soteldo, RP — Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic

If you’re unsure whether what you experienced was narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, or trauma bonding, you’re not alone. Many people arrive here simply trying to make sense of patterns that felt confusing, painful, or destabilizing over time.

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5+ years specializing in narcissistic family trauma • Thousands of clients supported • Trauma-informed, evidence-based

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery and Family Mediation

You deserve relationships that feel safe — not familiar.

Founded by Raquel Soteldo, RP — Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic

If you’re unsure whether what you experienced was narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, or trauma bonding, you’re not alone. Many people arrive here simply trying to make sense of patterns that felt confusing, painful, or destabilizing over time.

6+ years specializing in narcissistic family trauma • Thousands of clients supported • Trauma-informed, evidence-based

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™

Narcissistic Abuse Recovery and Family Mediation

You deserve relationships that feel safe — not familiar.

Founded by Raquel Soteldo, RP — Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic

If you’re unsure whether what you experienced was narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect, or trauma bonding, you’re not alone. Many people arrive here simply trying to make sense of patterns that felt confusing, painful, or destabilizing over time.

hero-raquel-photo

5+ years specializing in narcissistic family trauma • Thousands of clients supported • Trauma-informed, evidence-based

Psychotherapist

M. Raquel S. Soteldo, RP

Trauma-informed Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified Counsellor, Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Certified Clinician, clinical director.

Raquel Soteldo is a Registered Psychotherapist, Certified Narcissistic Abuse Treatment Clinician, group therapy facilitator, clinical supervisor, organizational trainer, and Founder & Clinical Director of Soteldo Psychotherapy. She is also the founder of Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada™, where her work focuses on the treatment, education, and professional training related to narcissistic abuse, coercive control, complex relational trauma, and high-conflict relationship dynamics.

Raquel specializes in supporting individuals recovering from emotionally abusive relationships, gaslighting, trauma bonds, coercive control, codependency, attachment wounds, family-system trauma, and long-term relational harm. Her clinical approach is trauma-informed, evidence-informed, relational, and integrative, drawing from counselling psychology, attachment theory, psychodynamic formulation, CBT, mindfulness, somatic-informed stabilization, behavioural analysis, and family mediation.

In her work with clients, Raquel helps survivors rebuild self-trust, emotional safety, healthy boundaries, identity, nervous-system regulation, and relational clarity after narcissistic and emotional abuse. She offers individual psychotherapy as well as structured group therapy and psychoeducational programs designed to help survivors understand the patterns of abuse, process relational trauma, and move toward recovery with greater confidence and support.

Raquel also provides clinical supervision and mentorship for therapists and helping professionals who want to strengthen their trauma-informed practice, deepen their understanding of narcissistic abuse recovery, and develop greater confidence in working with complex relational dynamics. Her supervision integrates case formulation, ethical reflection, therapist development, trauma-informed assessment, and practical clinical skill-building.

As an organizational trainer, Raquel offers professional development and train-the-trainer programming for agencies and frontline teams, including police services, nurses, paramedics, social workers, clinicians, victim services, and community organizations. Her trainings are designed to help professionals recognize coercive control, respond to trauma with sensitivity, reduce retraumatization, improve documentation and referral practices, and strengthen confidence when working with survivors of abuse and high-conflict family systems.

Raquel’s work bridges clinical care, education, supervision, and systems-level training. Her mission is to support survivors in healing from relational trauma while equipping professionals and organizations with the knowledge, language, and tools needed to respond to abuse, trauma, and high-conflict dynamics with clarity, compassion, and clinical integrity.

Specializations

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Narcissistic Abuse Recovery.

Specialized support to help you heal, rebuild self-worth, and break free from toxic patterns.

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Complex Trauma Healing.​

Trauma-informed care to process deep emotional wounds and restore a sense of safety and wholeness.

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Undiagnosed ADHD Support.

Support for adults seeking clarity, understanding, and practical tools to improve focus and daily functioning.

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Anxiety and Depression Management

Evidence-based strategies to reduce overwhelm, regulate emotions, and build a more balanced life.

Choose the Pathway That Supports Your Next Step

Choose the Pathway That Supports Your Next Step

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 Individuals

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy

Individual therapy for adults healing from narcissistic abuse, intimate partner violence, coercive control, and complex relational trauma. Sessions provide a safe, supportive space to understand what happened, regulate the nervous system, rebuild self-trust, strengthen boundaries, and begin feeling like yourself again. 

For Survivors

Survivor’s Group Therapy

A supportive monthly group therapy experience for survivors of narcissistic abuse and relational trauma. Through guided discussion, psychoeducation, reflection, and skill-building exercises, participants are supported in making sense of their experiences, reducing isolation, rebuilding confidence, and turning insight into meaningful personal growth.

For Professionals & Organizations

Organization Training

Trauma-informed training for organizations, frontline professionals, clinics, teams, and community providers. These programs support participants in deepening their understanding of narcissistic abuse, coercive control, trauma responses, emotional safety, boundaries, and practical trauma-informed communication.

For Accountability & Change

Behavioural Reformation Program

A structured program for individuals who have engaged in harmful relational patterns, coercive control, emotional abuse, or intimate partner violence, as well as professionals supporting this population. The program focuses on accountability, emotional regulation, respectful communication, healthier relationships, and long-term behavioural change.

Psychotherapist

Raquel Soteldo

Trauma-informed Registered Psychotherapist, Canadian Certified Counsellor, Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Certified Clinician, clinical director.

Treatment Plans & Therapeutic Interventions

Personalized, trauma-informed treatment plans are created collaboratively to support healing, emotional regulation, and long-term change.

Group Therapy Session

The Reality of Intimate Partner Violence

Behind every statistic is a person, family, and community impacted by abuse. These numbers highlight the urgent need for prevention, accountability, and accessible support services across Ontario and Canada.

This framing feels more trauma-informed and clinically aligned with the mission of Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinic Canada and Soteldo Psychotherapy Clinic.

Intimate Partner Violence

278 per 100,000 Ontarians

In 2024, Ontario recorded 278 victims of police-reported intimate partner violence per 100,000 population, the lowest provincial rate in Canada. However, thousands of individuals continue to experience violence, coercive control, and abuse within intimate relationships each year.

Source:
Statistics Canada. (2025). Victims of police-reported intimate partner violence, by year and province or territory, 2018–2024.

Family Violence

237 per 100,000 Ontarians

In 2024, Ontario reported 237 victims of police-reported family violence per 100,000 population. Family violence can include abuse perpetrated by parents, children, siblings, or other family members and remains a significant public health and safety concern.

Source:
Statistics Canada. (2025). Victims of police-reported family violence, by year and province or territory, 2018–2024.

Femicide

More than 1,000 women killed in Ontario since 1990

Since 1990, over 1,000 women and girls have been victims of femicide in Ontario, highlighting the ongoing risks associated with intimate partner violence and gender-based violence. Femicide refers to the killing of women and girls because of their gender and often occurs within the context of coercive control and abusive relationships.

Source:
Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH); Ontario Legislature IPV Study.

Underreporting of Domestic Abuse

Most incidents are never reported

Domestic violence remains significantly underreported. Research consistently shows many survivors do not contact police due to fear, financial dependence, shame, concern for children, or fear of retaliation. As a result, police-reported statistics likely represent only a portion of actual incidents.

Source:
Government of Canada, Women and Gender Equality Canada; Statistics Canada.

Emergency Shelter Usage

Thousands seek shelter each year

On any given night, thousands of women and children across Canada rely on emergency shelters to escape domestic violence. Shelter usage statistics highlight the ongoing need for safe housing, crisis intervention, and community support services.

Source:
Women and Gender Equality Canada; Statistics Canada.

Indigenous Women

3.5 Times Higher Risk

Indigenous women experience intimate partner violence at rates approximately 3.5 times higher than non-Indigenous women and face disproportionately high rates of violence, homicide, and systemic barriers to safety and support.

Source:
Government of Canada. Fact Sheet: Family Violence.

Services

Specialized Therapy & Clinical Programs

Adults
  • Narcissistic Abuse
  • Recovery Clinical
  • Program
  • Anxiety (GAD)
  • Obsessive Compulsive
  • Behaviour
  • Panic Attacks
  • PTSD
  • Depression
  • Cognitive Dissonance
  • Self-Esteem
  • Domestic Violence/IPV
  • Divorce and Co-parenting
  • Counselling
  • Binge Eating Disorder
  • Peri-/Pre/Menopause
  • Symptoms
  • Post-Partum Depression
  • Fertility Stress
  • Undiagnosed ADHD –Trauma-based
  • Veterans
  • Paramedics
  • Police
  • Nurses
  • Doctors
  • Firemen
  • Couple distress
  • Depression of a partner
  • PTSD of a partner
  • Narcissistic Traits in one partner
  • Domestic Violence/IPV
  • Reproductive Coercion
  • Separation/Divorce/Coparenting Counselling
Note: unable to see clients with antagonistic partners together
  • Anxiety (OCD, PTSD, GAD)
  • ADHD
  • Social Anxiety
  • Bullying
  • Relationships
  • Communication
  • ADHD
  • Anxiety (OCD, PTSD, GAD)
  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Social Anxiety
  • Behavioral issues
  • Codependency Healing
  • Narcissistic Abuse Victim Healing
  • Adult Children of Narcissistic Parents
  • Co-Parenting Coach
  • Divorcing a Narcissist
  • IPV/DV Counselling
  • Pregnancy Counselling
  • Reproductive Coercion Counselling
  • Sexual health Counselling
  • Abortion Counselling
  • Menopause Counselling
  • Geriatric Pregnancy Counselling
  • Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinical Program – For Survivors
  • Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Clinical Program – For Clinicians
  • Business Consultancy – RP, SW, CCC
  • Trauma-informed Hypnosis and NLP Training
  • Clinical Supervision & Consultancy
  • Personal Development Programs

Our Core Services

Psychotherapy Services

Individual Psychotherapy

We offer trauma-informed, person-centered therapy that integrates modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and EMDR to address:

  • Anxiety & panic disorders
  • Depression & mood instability
  • Complex PTSD & trauma recovery
  • Grief & loss
  • Self-esteem & identity challenges

Strengthen communication, rebuild trust, and navigate conflict in a safe and structured environment. We support:

  • Intimacy and emotional connection
  • Conflict resolution
  • Infidelity recovery
  • Narcissistic abuse recovery

    Using clinical hypnosis and guided imagery, we support behavior change and subconscious healing in areas such as:

  • Quit smoking
  • Weight loss and mindful eating
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Confidence building
  • Performance enhancement (sports, academics, public speaking)

    A signature service at Soteldo Psychotherapy, we offer deep healing for survivors of high-conflict and emotionally abusive relationships. Services include:

  • Safety planning and emotional stabilization
  • Trauma-informed care for CPTSD
  • Psychoeducation on manipulation and gaslighting
  • Group therapy and workshops

    Clinical supervision for Registered Psychotherapists (Qualifying) and mental health professionals seeking CRPO-aligned support.

  • Case conceptualization
  • Ethics & self-of-the-therapist work
  • Business mentorship & private practice development

    Monthly free and paid online and in-person workshops for clients and clinicians. Topics include:

  • Boundaries and assertiveness
  • Emotional regulation
  • Narcissistic abuse awareness
  • Hypnosis for healing

Book Free Consult

Connect with a therapist to discuss your situation and recovery goals.

Free Survivor eBooks

Download practical guides and educational resources.

Survivor Courses

Self-paced programs designed for healing and recovery

Book Free Consult

Connect with a therapist to discuss your situation and recovery goals.

Free Survivor eBooks

Download practical guides and educational resources.

Survivor Courses

Self-paced programs designed for healing and recovery

Credentials

Educational Background

Criminology Associated Degree
PGCC | Maryland

GAS
Humber College | Ontario

Psychology Honours Bachelors Degree with a Minor in Culture, Language and Media
York University | Ontario

Project Management Professional Degree
Fanshawe College | Ontario

Applied Behavioural Analysis Post-Graduate Degree

Algonquin College | Ontario

Master’s in Arts in Counselling Psychology
Yorkville University | Ontario

Doctorate of Counselling and Psychotherapy (DCP)
Candidate of 2026

Not Sure Where to Start? Tell Raquel What You're Going Through.

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.

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