Trauma Therapy
You are not what’s happened to you.
Are you tired of feeling “broken,” or like something’s wrong with you?
We often hear people who have experienced trauma say:
“I know it wasn’t my fault”
“I shouldn’t feel bad… but I still wish I would have done something differently.”
“I know I’m not a bad person… but I can’t shake that thought.”
“I know what I’m doing isn’t working… but I don’t know what else to do.”
Our approach to therapy is focused on how we can get that logical piece of “knowing” to seep down into deeper parts of the brain so that you don’t have to keep feeling conflicted between your “logical self” and “emotional self.” Instead, you’ll feel more aligned with genuinely believing those things you “know.”
You’re experiencing the pain of living a life where your trauma is behind you, yet your trauma symptoms are with you every single day.
You don’t understand or recognize yourself.
You’re suspicious of other people and have a hard time feeling close to anyone.
You’re struggling with being fully present, often dissociating or overall feeling numb.
Your feelings can change out of nowhere. One minute you feel normal or numbed out and the next you’re hit with a wave of emotion that feels like a flash flood.
You’re tired of walking on eggshells around others, and going above and beyond to please others who don’t even treat you well.
You find yourself constantly on edge in your relationships.
Celebrating holidays is difficult when you have to balance the boundaries you’ve tried to put in place for the sake of your own mental health, and the constant pressure to spend time with loved ones or celebrate with family.
You’re overextending yourself to be “nice” and accommodating towards others, but your feeling exhausted from carrying the brunt of the responsibility in your relationships on your shoulders, always being the one to reach out, always doing the planning for the hang outs or gatherings. You want to tell someone how you’re feeling, but you also don’t want to cause conflict or hear “why didn’t you say something?”
You often think about setting boundaries in your relationships, but you’re afraid of hurting others’ feelings, or worse yet, you worry others will push you away if you do make your needs known. Worse still, you can’t let go of the thought that they’ll just forget what you said, and you’ll have to have the same conversation over and over, and you’d just rather not have to deal with that invalidation.
You’ve struggled with this for as long as you can remember. You’ve gotten so used to making yourself and your needs small in your relationships. You’re simultaneously not surprised and completely let down when others don’t get you or don’t show up for you. You might feel stuck between a desire to create some kind of change and thoughts of “it doesn’t even matter.”
Your needs do matter.
It may feel impossible now, but you can feel whole again (or for the first time). You can have a great relationship with yourself and chosen others. You can put trauma behind you. And I can help you get there.
Therapy for trauma can help you…
Have a safe space to unpack uncomfortable experiences
Develop healthy and effective coping strategies
Reconnect you with your authentic inner self and your body
Create safe, secure, vulnerable relationships
Move through your life as an emotionally resilient, more confident, and more self-compassionate person
Feel more empowered to honor your self-worth and set the boundaries you need with others
Frequently asked questions about Trauma therapy
FAQs
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Trauma means different things to different people. Ultimately, I see trauma as something that has happened to us that has interfered with our ability to cope.
Here are some specific symptoms that may sound familiar:
flashbacks or nightmares
dissociation or lapses in memory
difficulty regulating emotions
feeling on edge
struggling in interpersonal relationships
low self-esteem or negative self-perception
avoiding people, places, or scenarios that upset you
difficulties with self-esteem
problems with setting or maintaining boundaries
difficulty maintaining healthy relationships
social anxiety or generalized anxiety
difficulties being alone or fear of abandonment
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Therapy for trauma can look a number of different ways, and how we spend each individual session might look different.
We have been trained in multiple trauma-focused modalities and utilize pieces from traditional talk therapy and modern somatic approaches to meet your specific needs and goals.
For example, we may utilize Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to learn skills to manage intense emotions; mindfulness skills to learn to attune to your mind-body connection; or CBT to take a deeper look into your current distress and assess how life experiences have kept you feeling stuck to finally feel free from what’s been holding you back.
We will always begin by forming a solid therapeutic relationship as we want you to feel comfortable in our connection. And we always encourage feedback about ways to make your experience better!
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We are excited about the opportunity to support you on your journey towards trauma recovery! We’ll start with a free 15 minute consultation so that we can speak and see how we connect. Or you can request an intake appointment to get your process moving faster.
we truly believe the connection between therapist and client makes all the difference in therapy, so if either of us decides we are not the best fit, we will be happy to provide you with referrals.
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It really depends on what your needs and goals are. We’ve worked with a number of trauma survivors for a short period of time (6-8 sessions) or longer (20+ sessions).
We are trained in forms of therapy (CBT & SFT) that tend to help people experience relief more quickly.
While some people come to therapy to focus on one specific event (and therefore might finish their course of therapy in a shorter period of time), others choose to meet with a trauma specialist for an extended period of time to process multiple traumatic events or simply to have a safe space to come back to as needed for when triggering events happen.
