Trauma-Focused Therapy
Trauma doesn't always look the way people think it does. It's not always a single dramatic event—sometimes it's a series of smaller wounds, or experiences that left you feeling unsafe, powerless, or fundamentally changed. Whatever happened, if it still feels present in your body and mind, trauma-focused therapy can help.
What Trauma-Focused Therapy Is
Trauma-focused therapy is designed to help you process painful experiences in a way that feels safe and manageable. The goal isn't to relive what happened or force you to confront it before you're ready. It's to help your nervous system understand that the danger has passed—so you can stop reacting as if it's still happening.
Trauma gets stored differently than regular memories. It can show up as flashbacks, nightmares, panic, or a constant sense of being on edge. Trauma-focused approaches help reprocess these memories so they become part of your past, rather than something that hijacks your present.
Who Trauma-Focused Therapy Helps
This approach is helpful for people who've experienced abuse, assault, accidents, loss, medical trauma, childhood neglect, or any event that left them feeling overwhelmed and unsafe. It's also effective for PTSD, complex trauma, and emotional wounds that haven't healed over time.
What to Expect
We always start by creating safety—both in our sessions and in your life. You'll learn grounding techniques and ways to manage overwhelming emotions before we begin processing the trauma itself. This isn't about rushing through it; it's about going at a pace that feels right for you.
Depending on what you need, I might use approaches like EMDR, somatic work, or narrative processing. The common thread is this: we'll help your mind and body integrate what happened so it no longer controls you.
Healing Is Possible
One of the hardest things about trauma is the way it convinces you that this is just how things are now—that you'll always feel this broken, this scared, this numb. But healing is possible. It doesn't mean forgetting what happened or pretending it didn't matter. It means reclaiming your life.
If you're ready to stop living in survival mode, I'm here to walk with you through it.
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