Online
Session Types: Online
Schedule: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Specialities: Complex Trauma and Adversity, Dissociation, Self-Harm, Severe and Complex Eating Disorders, Selective Mutism, Chronic Health Concerns, and Professional Artists/Dancers and Elite Athletes, Parenting/Caregiving Distress
Availability: Yehudis is accepting new virtual clients.
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Certifications:
Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT)
Phase 1 – completed online in December 2017
Phase 2 – completed online in December 2019
Maintenance training current for 2024-2025
The Neurosequential Model is a developmentally sensitive, neurobiology-informed approach to clinical problem-solving developed by Dr. Bruce Perry. It is an approach that integrates core principles of neurodevelopment and traumatology to inform work with children, families and the communities in which they live.
Trauma-Focused CBT Web 2.0 Online Certificate
Completed online April 2023
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Foundational Training (BTech)
Completed Online Spring 2019
Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy, Level 1
(Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Dr. Cathy Malchiodi)
Completed in Anchorage, Alaska, August 2015
Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy, Level 2
(Trauma-Informed Practices and Expressive Arts Therapy Institute, Dr. Cathy Malchiodi)
Completed in Anchorage, Alaska, August 2017
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Certified,
Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region
Completed in Ottawa, ON, Spring/Fall 2014
Trainings:
The Blanket Exercise
UHN Indigenous Health Program
Completed in Toronto, July 16, 2024
Based on using Indigenous methodologies, the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and nonIndigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance.
Difficult Conversations in Cancer
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Completed Online August 15, 2024
Creating PRESENCE: Introductory Track,
Completed in Ottawa September 2023; Completed Online July 2023
A trauma-responsive organizational model developed by Dr. Sandra Bloom.
Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC) Foundations
Completed Online, May 2023
Practical guidance on how to provide care in a trauma- and violence-informed way.
DBT-Informed Practices for Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders Ontario, Dr. Federici
Completed Online, January 2023
CHEO Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
Completed in Ottawa, ON, 2015- 2016
Education
PhD in Nursing, University of Ottawa – 2016-2024
Art Therapy Graduate Diploma (current, thesis pending),
Toronto Art Therapy Institute – 2018-2024
Master’s of Science in Nursing, University of Ottawa – 2014-2016
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa ON – 2010-2014
When you’ve experienced trauma or adversity, the path forward can feel uncertain, like your nervous system is stuck in survival mode, even when your mind wants to move on. Yehudis offers a safe, steady space to gently explore your story, reconnect with your body and voice, and begin to feel whole again.
Yehudis Stokes is a Registered Nurse Psychotherapist and a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) offering virtual individual counselling for adults and families across Ontario. With over a decade of experience in the mental health field, she specializes in working with clients navigating complex trauma, dissociation, grief, and chronic health conditions. Her style is warm, deeply attuned, and rooted in compassionate curiosity.
Yehudis brings a rare blend of clinical precision and creative healing to her work. She integrates advanced nursing knowledge with a rich toolkit of therapeutic approaches, including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Internal Family Systems, trauma-informed art therapy, and the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. Her clinical background includes roles at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, and training at SickKids and Sheena’s Place. Across all settings, she has earned a reputation for being a thoughtful, calm presence who holds space for even the most complex emotions.
Clients who work with Yehudis often come with histories that are hard to put into words—survival patterns or pain that has been dismissed or misunderstood. She works from a trauma-informed lens that honours the adaptive parts of each person’s story, while helping them safely explore a path towards healing. Yehudis also supports caregivers, individuals with chronic or terminal illness, professional artists and athletes, and those who have experienced systems-based harm. Her approach is highly individualized and respectful of the wisdom each client brings into the room.
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