Trauma Therapy
Most of us do not make it through life untouched.
Trauma can come from a single terrifying event, like an accident, assault, sudden loss, medical crisis, violence, war, or natural disaster. It can also come from what happened over and over again: abuse, neglect, emotional disconnection, instability, chronic stress, or having to grow up too fast.
Sometimes trauma is loud and obvious. Sometimes it is quiet and woven into the ways we learned to survive.
You may have moved on with your life, built a career, cared for others, held everything together, and still feel something inside that has not fully caught up with the present.
That is not weakness. That is your nervous system doing what it learned to do.
My approach to trauma therapy is not about forcing you to relive everything or “get over it.” It is about helping you safely reconnect with the parts of you that had to brace, hide, please, fight, freeze, disappear, or carry too much.
Together, we work with the body, the brain, the nervous system, and the younger versions of self who may still be waiting to feel safe, seen, protected, and no longer alone.
Using EMDR, somatic therapy, attachment-based parts work, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy, and nervous system regulation, we create space for healing that is steady, compassionate, and paced. We listen for what your symptoms are trying to protect. We help your body learn that the danger is no longer happening now.
Trauma may show up as:
Avoiding certain places, people, memories, conversations, or sensations. Feeling anxious, numb, depressed, guilty, ashamed, or disconnected. Intrusive thoughts, nightmares, flashbacks, or emotional flooding. Anger, irritability, hypervigilance, or feeling constantly on edge. Difficulty sleeping or relaxing. Feeling stuck in survival mode even when life looks “fine”. Loss of interest, motivation, joy, or connection to others or yourself. Trouble remembering parts of what happened in events or even larger chunks of time. Repeating patterns you understand intellectually but cannot seem to shift.
Trauma therapy can help you begin to untangle the ways you had to be in order to survive, so you can return to more choice, presence, connection, and ease.
You do not have to abandon the younger parts of you to become healed.You get to turn toward them with steadiness, protection, and care to offer what was not offered or received.
If of this feels familiar or you have questions, I invite you to reach out for a free consultation. Healing does not have to happen all at once, and you do not have to do it alone.