Therapy for Trauma

I work with women of all ages as well as children who experienced trauma that has brought pain, impacted relationships and daily life.

You might be feeling numbed, overwhelmed, shocked or just exhausted. I'm here to provide a safe and nonjudgmental space to process the trauma, understand the challenges you are noticing and overcome the effects of trauma you have been experiencing.

There is no need to minimize how you truly feel. Even if it feels impossible to find motivation and hope to work on the trauma. If you are reading this, it shows you care about getting well. I can help you find healing. As you are intentional in your journey of healing, it can impact your relationships positively.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know I have trauma?

There is an event or series of them that causes a reaction in your nervous system every time you are reminded of it.

For example, some individuals feel out of control of their emotions and don't know why, others lash out at others and don't know how to stop it, while others avoid things and people that remind them of the traumatic event.

What types of trauma do you have experience treating?

The types of trauma I can help with include, but are not limited to the following:

Sickness or injury. One example is a car accident.
Life transitions (break up, separation, divorce, becoming a parent, starting school and more).
Loss of loved one or pet.
Physical, emotional or sexual abuse.
Being a victim of crime.
Vicarious Trauma.

What is Vicarious Trauma?

When someone who works with or takes care of a traumatized person experiences the following: thinks a lot about the traumatized person; is overly emotionally involved with the traumatized person, and has lingering feelings of anger, rage and sadness about the traumatized person. Some professions that work with many traumatized people include: therapists/social workers/counselors, police officers, firefighters, doctors, nurses, firefighters, paramedics.

How long does each session for trauma therapy take?

Each session will typically take around 50 minutes and we typically start to meet weekly or every other week.

How long will it take to find relief from trauma?

It depends, each individual and journey is unique. I'm here to work alongside you and we will collaborate together to figure out when you are well enough to "graduate" from therapy.

During the first month of therapy, we will discuss how therapy will look like and I can provide an approximate time frame of how long it can take based on your needs and goals.

How do you treat trauma?

My approach includes empathy, compassion, some interventions from Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and will encourage you to practice self-compassion.

Additionally, I'm trained in providing a modality called Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).

What is Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)?

ART is a technique that uses both the right (emotions) and left (intellect) side of the brain that help people feel better after as little as one ART session. The reported benefits of this technique include finding relief from trauma symptoms such as no longer having the emotional reaction from the trauma.

If you would like to find out more information, watch this informational video from the founder of ART (testimonials included).