Have you spent years trying to push away painful memories, only to find them resurfacing again and again? Perhaps you avoid reminders, struggle with triggers, or feel haunted by nightmares and anxiety. Maybe you’ve thought about seeking trauma counseling for a long time but hesitated, afraid of what it might stir up.

If you’re reading this, it likely means you’ve reached a point where carrying the weight alone is no longer sustainable. You want peace. You want freedom. You want to feel like yourself again.

What Trauma Really is

Trauma is not only about single overwhelming events. It can also come from persistent experiences that quietly wear down your sense of safety.

Capital “T” Trauma: life-changing events such as combat, sexual abuse, or a serious accident.
Small “t” trauma: ongoing conditions like growing up in an unsafe home, chronic neglect, or environments filled with fear.

In both cases, your nervous system learns to live in fight, flight, or freeze. You may feel anxious one moment, shut down the next. This is not weakness, it is your body’s way of protecting you.

How Trauma Affects Daily Life

When trauma occurs, memory becomes fragmented. Images, sensations, and emotions that should flow together become scattered, leaving you caught in cycles of hypervigilance, anxiety, depression, or disconnection.

Modern trauma science shows that every time we recall a memory, it can be changed, either reinforced or re-integrated. With the right approach, those fragments can be safely re-woven into a narrative you can carry with peace rather than fear.

Effective PTSD Treatment Approaches

I am trained in several evidence-based and somatic trauma therapies that allow us to work gently, steadily, and effectively:

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping) — body-based tools to release stored intensity.
Polyvagal-informed therapies — calming the nervous system through safe connection.
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy — expanding access to healing states where old patterns can shift.
Existential Therapy — rediscovering meaning, purpose, and authenticity beyond trauma.

What Trauma Therapy Is Not

It is not reliving your pain. You’ve been reliving it every day in your body. Trauma therapy offers you a way to release it instead of re-experiencing it.
It is not endless talking. We work with the body, the nervous system, and memory itself, not just with words.
It is not about erasing the past. It’s about reclaiming your present and your future.

Why Healing Matters

Without integration, traumatic memories don’t vanish. They linger in the background, vibrating through your body and shaping your choices. With careful, compassionate therapy, these memories can become part of your story, not the whole of it.

Healing from trauma is possible. With the right support, your nervous system can learn safety again, and you can remember what it feels like to live with steadiness, freedom, and connection.

An Invitation

If you are ready to begin this work, know that you don’t have to face it alone. Together we will move gently, at your pace, always within your window of tolerance.

Trauma does not define you. Healing is possible. Beyond pain, a more authentic life is waiting.

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