​​Sometimes, after something deeply distressing happens, your system holds onto the memory in a way that feels unfinished. Instead of it being a story with a beginning, middle, and end, it stays raw, unprocessed, stuck in the body, and ready to activate at any sign of potential threat. You might find yourself reacting with fear or anger when things don’t feel objectively dangerous, or feel disconnected and emotionally flooded without knowing why. Your mind might say you’re safe now, but your body hasn’t gotten the memo.

​​This isn’t about you being overly sensitive or dramatic. It’s about how your system stores overwhelming experiences. We don’t heal trauma by thinking, understanding, or reasoning our way out of it. We heal it by helping the body metabolize and integrate what got stuck.

​​In therapy, we gently approach those stored experiences with curiosity and care. That might look like noticing how your body responds to a specific memory, tracking sensations like tightness or freezing, or using bilateral stimulation or somatic release techniques to help the brain reprocess the experience so it can land somewhere more resolved. It also means learning to ground, soothe, and resource yourself in ways that help your system feel safe in real time.

​​My job is to help you move through the hard parts without getting overwhelmed by them. Together, we create a sense of completion, so your body can learn what it feels like to rest. Healing here means feeling safer in your body, clearer in your reactions, and more present in your life.

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​​Complex PTSD comes from experiences that were ongoing and that left you feeling unseen, unprotected, or unsafe in your own home. That might mean you had to grow up too fast, learn to manage others’ emotions, or keep parts of yourself hidden to stay connected. The result can show up years later as people-pleasing, chronic anxiety, dissociation, emotional flashbacks, or a deep fear of abandonment.

​​If you feel like you’re constantly scanning for danger or bracing for something to go wrong, that’s not random. That’s a trauma response in real time.

​​In therapy, we take time to understand what helped you survive, and we explore what it would be like to try something different now. I help you notice what’s happening in your body, name what’s going on inside, and practice regulating your nervous system so that your relationships, decisions, and self-worth aren’t dictated by old pain. We go slowly, because that’s what trauma needs.

​​This work is about building a self that feels grounded and real, one that no longer has to perform or disappear to stay safe.


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