About Elevare
Where the brain meets the heart.
At Elevare, we believe trauma therapy should do more than help you cope a little better. It should help you understand what is happening beneath the surface, support your nervous system in finding steadiness, and make it possible to feel more like yourself again.
We offer integrative, neuroscience-based trauma therapy for children, teens, adults, couples, and high-performing professionals. Using approaches such as EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting, Neurofeedback, somatic therapies, and attachment-informed care, we help clients move beyond survival mode toward steadier regulation, deeper connection, and fuller living.
Many people come to us after trying therapy that gave them language for their pain, but not meaningful relief from it. Our work is different. We look for the root of what is driving symptoms, then build a treatment plan that is thoughtful, customized, and paced for the person in front of us.
“The slower you go, the quicker you get to being healed from trauma. ”
Elevare was founded by Eliza Fernandes, a trauma therapist with over 24 years of clinical experience. She built this practice out of a deep belief that trauma care should be both clinically rigorous and profoundly humane. As a mother, caregiver, and clinician shaped by personal experiences of grief, complexity, and resilience, she understands how deeply unresolved pain can affect identity, relationships, and the ability to feel at home in your own life.
Elevare was created to be the kind of centre people often spend years searching for: a place with real depth, real skill, and real care. A place that does not pathologize adaptation, rush vulnerability, or reduce healing to generic strategies. A place where people can do meaningful work with therapists who know how to help.
Eliza Fernandes, MSW, RSW
Founder, Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, Approved EMDRIA Consultant, DBR Consultant in training
3,000+
Clients Served
Elevare (formerly EMDR & Trauma Therapy Centre)
What Makes Us Different?
We often hear some version of the same thing. I have never found therapy that felt this precise, this attuned, and this effective. That response is not accidental. It comes from how we think, how we assess, and how we care.
We base our practice on the following guiding principles:
Root-Level Precision
We do not stop at symptom management. We look closely at your history, patterns, nervous system responses, attachment dynamics, and current stressors to understand what is actually driving the pain. Then we build from there.
Integrative, Customized Care
At Elevare, we provide neuroscience-based trauma therapy for adults, teens, children, couples, and high-performing professionals. Using EMDR, Deep Brain Reorienting, Neurofeedback, and integrative trauma care, we help you move from survival mode toward steadier regulation, clearer connection, and fuller living.
Attuned, Human Therapy
Trauma work requires skill, but it also requires pacing, presence, and respect. We move carefully enough for the nervous system to feel safe, while staying clear enough to keep the work meaningful. You are never treated like a protocol. You are treated like a person.
Our goal is simple: to help you understand yourself more clearly, feel more peace in your day-to-day life, and move forward with more steadiness, self-trust, and freedom.
Our Mission
At Elevare, we help children, teens and adults heal from trauma, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm using powerful, research-backed approaches like EMDR therapy, Somatic Therapy, Deep Brain Reorienting, Attachment-Focused Interventions, and Neurofeedback.
We offer more than talk therapy; we support nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and reconnection to self-worth and aliveness. Whether you’re navigating complex PTSD, grief, childhood trauma, or relationship challenges, our experienced trauma therapists are here to help you feel safe, seen, and supported.
We don’t just treat trauma. We create a space for transformation.
Our mission is to help people move beyond trauma through clinically sound, brain-based, and relationally attuned therapy. We walk with clients as they reclaim their aliveness, safety, and self-worth. We commit to integrity, clinical excellence, and presence that fosters deep healing.
Clinical Excellence
Grounded, evidence-informed
trauma care.
Attuned Presence
Healing through safe and responsive therapeutic relationships.
Nervous System Innovation
Integrating neuroscience
with modern trauma therapy.
How To Get Started
Starting therapy can feel like a lot. We make the first step simpler.
Step 1 — Book a Free Consultation
Get your questions answered, tell us what you are looking for, and let us help place you with the right therapist or service.
Step 2 — Get Matched Thoughtfully
Based on your needs, goals, age, symptoms, and preferences, we help guide you toward the best-fit next step.
Step 3 — Begin Care at the Right Pace
We start by understanding your history and present concerns, then create a plan that supports meaningful change without overwhelming your system.