Come Home to Yourself.

MEET Tera-Sundri (she/her)
Registered Psychotherapist,
Master of Counselling


trauma and somatic informed therapist
IN Brantford and Simcoe ontario Canada

Headshot of Tera-Sundri Biddle, RP, a somatic and trauma-informed therapist supporting adults and couples in reconnecting with themselves in Brantford, Simcoe, and online.

My approach.

My work blends somatic and trauma-informed psychotherapy with the kind of intuition one can’t be taught in grad school. Through the hard-won and ongoing process of coming home to myself, I’ve been led to this work. It is with delight and deep reverence that I get to sit with clients motivated, in some way or another, to come back to the birthright of knowing exactly who they are.

Together, we track what your body whispers long before the mind forms language: the micro-freezes, the shift in your breath, the instinctive hand to heart. Your nervous system speaks in its own language, in service to your survival, and part of our work is learning to translate its messages without forcing or rushing the process.


We endeavour to follow the pace of your body—not the pace of your fear or your urgency. Nothing blooms when it is trampled or flooded. Safety, collaboration, and nervous system capacity guide every step.

I also work with parts—your protectors, your shadow-keepers, the versions of you that learned to hide in the dark corners of the closet, and the versions that flare to the surface like a volcano awaking from slumber. Even the parts of you that feel otherworldly or alien have their own wisdom. You might have learned that some parts are worthy of attention, while others are too feral to be seen in daylight. Perhaps you grapple and agonize over how to tame the ones that regularly threaten to burn the house down.

No part of you is a mistake. And none of them are up for eviction. They are the constellation of the wholeness of your humanity and how you got here. Together, we can bring them back into orbit around your deepest knowing and wisdom.

I also work with couples who want to understand the dance between their nervous systems — the places where protectors collide, tenderness hides, and old stories get replayed. I support partners in slowing down enough to hold themselves and actually hear one another. I help them to understand how the strategies they automatically engage in to to stay safe ultimately walls them off from connecting. We work on practicing with staying present through discomfort to move toward a more grounded, honest connection that is inclusive of deeper truth and expression. Wounds occur in relationship, but so too does healing.

My presence is both soft and firmly rooted. I can sit with you in silence like it’s a sacred ritual, and I can help you name the truth you’ve been circling when it’s ready to be spoken. My own lived experience—trauma, addiction recovery, late-diagnosed neurodivergence—has carved out a kind of inner knowing that most clients feel the moment they sit down with me.

This work is intended to support you in noticing, understanding, and responding to your internal experiences.

Your body carries knowledge older than your thinking mind.
This is an invitation for you to make peace with yourself and access the truth of you that has been within all along.


What This Work Helps you Do.

People tend to find me when they’re done with surface-level fixes and want to get to the root—the place where patterns are forged and held.

This work might support you in:

  • regulating your emotions and nervous system

  • integrating the parts of you that feel fractured, lost, or exiled

  • processing trauma without re-traumatizing your system

  • reconnecting to your authentic self after years of masking or surviving

  • expanding your capacity for relational connection, honest communication, and presence

  • moving through grief, overwhelm, and transitions with support

  • reclaiming the vitality that’s been buried under obligation and survival

  • exploring the impact of systemic oppression, marginalization, and societal/cultural pressures on your well-being, and discovering ways to relate to yourself with more agency, resilience, and clarity


You lead; I accompany. You choose the pace, boundaries, and ultimate direction; I hold the container.


My role is to help you find the threads your body has been holding all along—even the ones that feel a little strange, a little wild, a little “not from here.”


Choosing to be curious is choosing to be vulnerable because it requires us to surrender to uncertainty.

Brené Brown

in therapy with me…

i’ll challenge you.

Working with me is about creating a space where authenticity and integrity are non-negotiable. I’ll challenge you when I sense incongruence—when what you say doesn’t match what I sense you’re feeing or expressing. This may feel confronting, especially if you're used to a culture that values politeness, white lies, or people-pleasing over truth.

In this work, we won’t shy away from discomfort. I’ll support you through the vulnerability of showing up as you truly are, helping you reconnect with a version of yourself that doesn’t need to hide or perform, but can stand in its full integrity.


I’ll offer perspective.

I’m guided by curiosity to help you consider the needs and motivations behind your most confounding experiences. I’ll offer a mirror for you to see yourself in ways you hadn’t considered. I’m here to facilitate clarity when things feel overwhelming. I’ll be a presence you can rely on, helping you stay connected to yourself as you move through the passages of darkness.


You’re in charge.

I’m here as a guide, moving alongside you as you navigate your path. You’re in the driver’s seat—the one who knows your story, your needs, and your goals best. My role is to offer insight, support, and tools, but the decisions and pace are always in your hands. I will challenge and invite you to deepen through the process, but you always make the ultimate call. I’ll honour and support your autonomy every step of the way.

A woman smiling on a couch, engaged in an online therapy session, embodying authenticity and self-discovery through virtual counselling."
A woman smiling during an in-person therapy session, experiencing connection and support as she engages with her therapist

I might be the right therapist for you if…

  • You feel deeply, think deeply, and are tired of over-explaining yourself. Perhaps you’ve always felt different 👽. I get it, and I hold space for the depth of your experience.

  • You want to heal in a way that honors your body and nervous system, not just intellectualize your trauma

  • You’re more interested in self-trust than self-improvement—learning to move through the world as yourself rather than a version of you that feels more "acceptable.”

  • You don’t need a therapist who has all the answers—just one who knows how to sit with the questions and hold space for what unfolds.

I might not be for you (right now) if…

  • You’re looking for quick fixes. Therapy with me is about deep, meaningful change—not just symptom management. If you want a step-by-step “do this and you’ll feel better immediately” approach, we’re probably not the best fit.

  • You want to “control” your feelings. If your goal is to suppress emotions rather than work with them, we may not be aligned. Processing can be slow, but it’s not about bypassing discomfort.

  • You prefer a strictly traditional, structured approach. If you need a therapist who sticks only to CBT worksheets and a set agenda, my more holistic, exploratory style might not be what you're looking for.

  • You’re getting into therapy for someone else. If you’re here because someone else thinks you “should” be, but you don’t feel ready or willing to explore yourself, that’s okay—but it may not be the right time for us to work together.

I’m passionate about supporting your self-reclamation.

    • Registered Psychotherapist

      College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario registrant #15305

    • Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association Professional Member #11255451

    • Master of Counselling,
      City University of Seattle in Canada, 2024

    • Hon. BA,
      University of Toronto, 2008

    • Somatic Experiencing® Professional Training Beginning III Module, August 2025

    • Relational Life Therapy Level One

    • The Couples Institute Developmental Model Introduction

    • Certified Clinical Trauma Professional Level II: Complex Trauma

    • Somatic Therapy for Complex Trauma Certification Training: Body-Based, Polyvagal & Neurobiological Techniques for Mind-Body Healing

    • Compassionate Inquiry Mentorship Program, 2022

    • Compassionate Inquiry Facilitator Intern, 2022

    • Compassionate Inquiry Professional Training, 2021

    • Yin Yoga Teacher Training & Certification with Bernie Clark and Diana Batts, 2018

    • Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training & Certification with Sat Dharam Kaur, 2017

  • I work with a variety of therapy methods because you deserve to have an approach that meets you where you’re at. These include:

    • Somatic-informed therapy

    • Parts work/Internal Family Systems informed

    • Compassionate Inquiry

    • Person-Centered

    • Depth work

    • Experiential

Not self-improvement
but Self-return.

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to see if we’re a good fit for your journey.


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