Trauma Therapy

  • Personalized Support: In one-on-one trauma therapy, we focus on the challenges you’re facing right now—whether that’s anxiety, stress, relationship struggles, or feeling stuck.

  • Honoring Your Resilience: Together, we’ll explore the unique ways you learned to protect yourself and survive difficult experiences. These strengths matter and will be honored in our work.

  • Creating Lasting Change: We’ll uncover how old survival strategies may no longer serve you today and learn healthier ways to build the life, connections, and peace you are seeking.

  • Building Skills for the Future: You’ll develop reliable coping tools, grounding techniques, and nervous system regulation skills to help you feel more balanced and confident in everyday life.

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As a trauma trained therapist, I believe in the mind body connection. I acknowledge the power of addressing trauma somatically in addition to talk therapy. Where words may fail, we will explore the effects of trauma through the work of somatic therapy.

Tapping into the wisdom that your body holds, we will process the unconscious ineffective patterns that may be blocking you from being present and engaging in your life today.

We will address the emotional dysregulation that often comes with an activated nervous system. You may recognize this in your life as feeling overwhelmed, frustration, struggling to have meaningful relationships, hopelessness, low self-esteem, dissociation, or shame.

Through the use of pragmatic evidenced based tools, you will develop skills to navigate difficult circumstances more mindfully and emotionally intact.

FAQ About Trauma Therapy

  • Trauma therapy helps people recover from overwhelming or painful experiences. The goal of trauma therapy is to reduce symptoms of PTSD or complex PTSD, restore a sense of safety, and improve relationships and daily life. I utilize a combination of talk therapy with somatic trauma work, which uses body-based tools to calm the nervous system and release stored stress.

  • You may benefit from trauma therapy if past experiences still affect you through anxiety, nightmares, flashbacks, or strong emotional reactions. Many people feel stuck, disconnected, or unable to move forward even years after trauma. Trauma therapy, including somatic trauma work, helps both the mind and body let go of old survival patterns while creating space for healing and well-being.

  • We move at the pace that feels right for you. In addition to gaining new insight around your past, your healing will be supported by somatic practices and nervous system regulation. There is no need to retell every detail which could be retraumatizing. The goal is to help you feel connected to your own mind and body knowing you can effectively navigate returning back to your window of tolerance and sense of safety with ease.

  • The length of trauma therapy depends on your personal history, your goals, and how often we meet. Some people notice improvement within a few weeks, while others continue therapy for a longer period to work through complex PTSD or long-term trauma. Somatic trauma work often creates early shifts by calming the body, while ongoing sessions support lasting emotional and relational healing.

  • Yes, trauma therapy is designed to feel safe and supportive. We will use techniques that keep your nervous system within a “window of tolerance,” so the work doesn’t feel too overwhelming. Somatic trauma therapy helps you stay grounded through body-based practices like breathwork, gentle movement, and mindfulness awareness. You are always in control of what you share and how fast we move.

  • Yes, trauma therapy often improves relationships. Unresolved trauma can affect trust, closeness, and communication with partners. Individual trauma therapy helps you regulate emotions and respond differently in relationships, while couples counseling can address how trauma shows up between partners. Somatic couples therapy in particular teaches both people to notice and regulate body cues together, creating more safety, intimacy, and connection.

  • No, you don’t have to talk about every detail for trauma therapy to have a positive impact. Somatic trauma therapy focuses on present-day body sensations, emotions, and triggers, which allows healing without retelling every memory. You set the pace, share only what feels safe, and remain in control of the process. Many people find this body-based approach gentle yet powerful.