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Trauma isn’t just the memory of something bad that happened to you.
Trauma is the experience of your body being hijacked right now by emotions, thoughts and gut-wrenching physical sensations that leave you overwhelmed and unable to cope today.
Do you find yourself:
Easily and frequently feeling on edge, irritable or angry?
Experiencing an unmanageable level of anxiety that often borders on panic?
Secretly going through your partner’s phone, social media stalking, tracking their every move and counting the minutes between texts?
Feeling shutdown, sad, and like a horrible person?
Having trouble with eating, sleeping, concentrating or socializing?
Avoiding sex or engaging in sexual behaviors that don’t align with your values?
Using alcohol or drugs to escape the pain?
If the answer is yes, then you may be experiencing trauma symptoms.
Trauma symptoms are the lasting responses to a traumatic event.
Traumatizing events can happen once or repeatedly. Your event might be a highly stressful or life-threatening experience that took place in the past, perhaps during your childhood, or something more recent.
Maybe you’re clear on the painful time(s) of your life. Did you just discover your partner has been cheating on you and lying to your face about it? Have you been sexually violated? Is the person you’ve trusted to love and protect you the very same person who’s hurting you? Or maybe you don’t remember anything that bad ever happening to you. But if your close relationships are marked by cycles of disconnection and volatility that you can’t seem to control, there may be unresolved trauma in your life that needs to be healed.
One of the most important keys to healing trauma is learning to create safe connections with people. The healing is in the relationship. A therapeutic relationship is great place to start. Together, we’ll create a safe space for you to explore how you feel on the inside, learn how to calm your body and mind even during stressful times, and practice skillful ways to respond to triggers.
Healing trauma is about reclaiming your felt-sense of wholeness.
Areas of trauma therapy I specialize in:
Betrayal Trauma
Sexual Trauma
Relational Trauma
Attachment Injuries
Intimacy & Abandonment Issues
Depression & Anxiety
Healing trauma helps you create and sustain the meaningful relationships you’re searching for.
