REGISTERED NURSE PSYCHOTHERAPIST · KINCARDINE + VIRTUAL ONTARIO
Courtney Wehrmann
BScN, RN Psychotherapist
You may be used to being the person who keeps going — even when something inside you is asking for more care.
Courtney works with adults and couples navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship strain, burnout, pregnancy and postpartum experiences, and the emotional aftermath of difficult or traumatic births.
Her style is warm, grounded and body-aware. She brings together her nursing background, trauma-informed psychotherapy and attachment-focused relationship work to help clients understand what is happening beneath the overwhelm — while building practical ways to feel more connected to themselves and the people around them.
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Adults · Couples · In-Person Kincardine · Virtual Across Ontario
Rate: $150/hour Individuals, $180/hour Couples *Please check insurance for coverage of Registered Nurses providing psychotherapy
YOU MAY CONNECT WITH MY APPROACH IF…
You’ve been holding a lot together for a long time.
- You’re capable on the outside but privately feeling overwhelmed, disconnected or depleted
- Anxiety or stress feels like it lives in your body as much as your thoughts
- You tend to care for everyone else before noticing what you need
- You’re a nurse, healthcare professional or first responder carrying the emotional weight of your work
- Burnout has started to feel like more than simply being tired
- You and your partner care about each other but keep getting caught in the same patterns of conflict or distance
- Closeness, trust or communication have become harder
- Pregnancy, postpartum or becoming a parent has brought up emotions you didn’t expect
- A difficult or traumatic birth continues to affect the way you feel in your body, your relationships or your experience of parenthood
- You feel disconnected from yourself after a major transition
- Past experiences continue to show up through anxiety, hypervigilance, shutdown or emotional overwhelm
- You want therapy that includes both deeper emotional work and practical ways to feel more grounded
WHAT THERAPY WITH ME IS LIKE
A place where you don’t have to keep holding everything together.
Courtney pays attention not only to the story you are telling, but also to what happens as you tell it — where your body tightens, where emotion becomes harder to access, where you move quickly into problem-solving, or where something feels difficult to put into words.
Sometimes therapy involves understanding the deeper pattern.
Sometimes it means slowing the nervous system down enough to notice what is actually happening.
And sometimes you need practical support for the anxiety, conflict or emotional overwhelm that is affecting your day-to-day life.
Courtney brings all of those pieces together rather than expecting you to fit into one way of working.
The goal isn’t to push past what you feel. It’s to understand it well enough that you have more choice in what happens next.
AREAS WE CAN EXPLORE TOGETHER
Trauma + Emotional Overwhelm
When past or recent experiences continue to affect your sense of safety, your relationships, your body or the way you respond under stress.
Courtney works from a trauma-informed, body-aware perspective and can integrate Brainspotting and other approaches when appropriate.
Pregnancy, Postpartum + Birth Trauma
Pregnancy and becoming a parent can bring joy alongside fear, grief, identity shifts, anxiety, anger or experiences that are difficult to reconcile.
Courtney has specific training in perinatal and birth trauma and works with clients processing difficult births, perinatal anxiety and disconnection after delivery.
Couples + Relationship Patterns
When communication keeps breaking down, conflict repeats or you no longer feel as emotionally connected as you once did.
Courtney uses an attachment-focused lens and has training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples.
Anxiety + Nervous System Stress
When worry, tension, hypervigilance or emotional overwhelm make it difficult to feel settled.
Therapy can help you better understand the relationship between your thoughts, emotions, body and responses.
Burnout + Helping Professionals
For nurses, healthcare professionals, first responders and others who spend a great deal of time caring for or responding to other people.
The work may include compassion fatigue, responsibility, boundaries, emotional exhaustion and reconnecting with your own needs.
Life Transitions + Reconnection
When a major change has altered the way you see yourself, your relationships or the life you expected to have.
Sometimes the work is less about “getting back to normal” and more about understanding who you are now.
HOW I WORK
Sometimes talking helps. Sometimes the body is holding part of the story too.
Courtney takes an integrative approach, drawing from different therapies according to what you are experiencing and what feels useful.
Her nursing background means she naturally considers the relationship between emotional and physical experience rather than treating them as completely separate.
Depending on the work, therapy may include:
Brainspotting
A body- and brain-based approach that may be used to explore experiences that feel difficult to access through conversation alone.
Trauma-Informed CBT
Practical support for understanding relationships between thoughts, emotions, behaviours and trauma responses.
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Attachment-focused work that helps couples better understand the emotional cycle happening between them.
Somatic + Nervous System Strategies
Slowing down and becoming more aware of physical cues, emotional activation and what helps your system feel more regulated.
ABOUT COURTNEY
Her nursing background changed the way she understands emotional care.
Courtney came to psychotherapy through nursing, where she developed an appreciation for how closely physical health, emotional experience, relationships and major life transitions can intersect.
That perspective still shapes the way she works today.
She is especially drawn to moments when people are carrying more than others can see — the healthcare professional who continues functioning while becoming emotionally exhausted, the new parent who feels nothing like they expected to feel, the couple who loves one another but keeps becoming disconnected, or the person whose body still seems to respond as though something difficult is happening long after the experience itself has ended.
Courtney brings warmth and emotional presence to those moments without losing sight of the practical realities of people’s lives.
Her clinical interests have led her toward further training in trauma therapy, Brainspotting, Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, CBT and perinatal/birth trauma work.
What connects those areas is an interest in helping people feel more able to stay present with themselves — especially during moments when their instinct has been to push through, shut down, disconnect or take care of everyone else first.
Trainings
Brainspotting
Brainspotting is a brain-body therapy that uses the visual field to access and process stored trauma. It’s especially effective for emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and performance blocks.
Training:
- Brainspotting Phase 1 – Brainspotting Canada Association (2025)
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples
EFT is an evidence-based approach that helps couples strengthen emotional bonds, improve communication, and resolve conflict by focusing on attachment needs and emotional safety.
Training:
- Externship for Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy – ICEEFT (2025)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for Trauma
CBT supports clients in identifying and shifting unhelpful thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, trauma responses, and mood difficulties. It empowers individuals to develop healthier coping strategies.
Trainings Include:
- CBT Fundamentals/CBT for Trauma – Laurier University (2024)
Training in Birth Trauma & Perinatal Healing
Connecting the Rainbow: Using Brainspotting to Heal Perinatal Trauma
Completed in 2024 through Supportive Solutions, this training deepened Courtney’s skills in applying Brainspotting specifically to support healing from birth-related trauma. It focuses on gentle, body-centered methods to help clients process and integrate difficult perinatal experiences.
Becoming Trauma-Informed
Completed in 2023 with Birth Trauma Ontario, this program equipped Courtney with a trauma-informed framework tailored to perinatal care. It emphasizes understanding the unique impacts of birth trauma and creating compassionate, safe spaces for healing parents and families.
Psychotherapy
Contact
(226) 396-2200
hello@attunedtherapy.ca
1802 Highway 21, Kincardine ON N2Z2X4
