Trauma
Trauma can leave deep emotional scars, impacting how you see yourself, relate to others, and navigate the world. Whether you’ve experienced a single traumatic event or prolonged emotional pain, the effects can feel overwhelming, leaving you stuck, disconnected, or even questioning your own worth.
After a traumatic experience you may notice:
Feeling distressed or unsafe around certain people, places, or situations because they bring you back to the memory of your trauma
Avoiding anything and anyone that reminds you of your trauma
Experiencing feelings of shame, self-blame, low self-worth
Having difficulty regulating your emotions and/or mood
Believing you must stay busy to avoid unwanted and intrusive memories
Feeling constantly anxious, tense, or on edge
Struggling to trust others or tolerate emotional or sexual intimacy
Finding it difficult to concentrate on tasks, or to follow shows or conversations
Why Seeking Support Matters
When trauma goes unaddressed, its effects rarely stay contained. For survivors of sexual trauma especially, the silence and shame that often accompany these experiences can make the weight even harder to carry alone. Over time, you may find that everyday life feels increasingly exhausting. Your emotions feel harder to manage, focus is harder to hold, and hope harder to access. Unresolved trauma can give rise to anxiety, depression, and difficulties with anger and stress, and over time may contribute to challenges with substance use, physical health, and overall wellbeing.
Reaching out for support isn't a last resort. It's one of the most courageous and meaningful investments you can make in yourself. The sooner trauma is addressed in a safe, skilled therapeutic relationship, the sooner you can begin to reclaim the life you deserve.
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
Our approach
We understand that reaching out for trauma treatment takes immense courage, especially if you’ve already tried other ways to cope. Healing happens best in a relationship built on trust, safety, and genuine understanding. That's why we begin where you are, honoring the full complexity of who you are — your culture, age, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, immigration status, disability, and lived experience.
Our trauma therapy draws from some of the most rigorously researched and effective approaches available, always tailored to your unique history, values, and goals. There is no one-size-fits-all path through trauma. Together, we'll work to make sense of your experiences, gently challenge what's been holding you back, and equip you with the insight and tools to move forward with greater freedom and wholeness.
Evidence-Based Treatments We Offer
Prolonged Exposure (PE): One of the most well-researched treatments for PTSD, Prolonged Exposure helps you gradually and safely approach the memories, feelings, and situations you've been avoiding since your trauma, reducing their hold on your daily life over time.
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT): Cognitive Processing Therapy focuses on identifying and gently reshaping the trauma-related beliefs that have been standing in the way of your healing, helping you move from self-blame and hopelessness toward a more accurate and compassionate understanding of yourself and your experiences.
Written Exposure Therapy (WET): A brief, structured, and evidence-based treatment for PTSD, Written Exposure Therapy uses guided writing to help you process your trauma in a contained and supportive way, often producing meaningful relief in a shorter timeframe than traditional approaches.
Trauma Focused Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: This deeper relational approach helps you understand the emotional meaning beneath your current symptoms by exploring how your earliest experiences and relationships have shaped the way you move through the world today, and gently loosening their grip.