Therapy for trauma recovery
Find relief and reconnection within yourself
If you’ve lived through trauma or abuse, you’ve probably learned how to survive in ways you don’t even think about anymore.
Sometimes it feels like your body and mind are still bracing for what might happen next. It’s been a way of life. Your nervous system is in survival mode, even when part of you longs to rest, heal, and feel safe.
Therapy offers a space to begin releasing that constant state of survival. Together, we can help your nervous system learn what safety feels like again, so you don’t have to live on edge. Healing doesn’t mean erasing the past. It means loosening its grip, so you can move through life with more ease, trust, and self-compassion.
Trauma is primarily what happens within someone as a result of the difficult or hurtful events that befall them; it is not the events themselves. Trauma is not what happens to you but what happens inside you.
— Gabor Maté
But what if nothing ‘bad’ happened to me?
Many people believe trauma only happens after a “big” event like an accident or an assault, but trauma is really about how your nervous system felt and responded in the moment and afterward. Two people can experience the same situation and recall very different inner experiences.
Trauma happens when life feels too overwhelming to handle. It could be too much at once, too much over time, or a lack of care towards needs that deserved to be fulfilled. These experiences leave a mark in your memories and on your nervous system, too.
Trauma can also shape the way we see ourselves.
You might find yourself believing you’re not enough, that your feelings don’t matter, or that you have to stay strong and handle everything on your own. If you’ve always been the responsible one, the achiever, the helper, or the person who keeps it all together, you may be carrying quiet, unseen burdens. The effects of relational or complex trauma can show up as chronic anxiety, exhaustion, or tension, even when everything seems “fine” on the outside. Healing is about reconnecting with yourself and others in ways that feel safe, nurturing, and restorative.
Trauma Therapy with Me
I am constantly attuning to your nervous system. I help you stay regulated, even when therapy feels heavy or activating. I pay attention to your words, your breath, your voice, and your body, noticing when your nervous system might be overwhelmed or disconnected. Healing is never rushed; you set the pace. We build safety, tools, and capacity before going deeper. Your symptoms are not flaws. They’re your body’s way of keeping you safe, and we treat them with curiosity, compassion, and understanding.
