Trauma Therapy
Feeling overwhelmed by stress or stuck by past painful life experiences?
Life can feel like a constant struggle when stress or past painful experiences weigh on you. Whether it's the demands of work, challenges in your relationships, parenting struggles, or life changes, stress can drain your energy and sense of well-being. On top of that, past wounds—such as a traumatic accident, childhood trauma, or painful religious experiences—can continue to affect how you show up in the world.
You may feel exhausted, on edge, or disconnected from yourself and others. Trusting yourself or others may seem difficult, and you might struggle to find joy in activities you once loved. You could notice an increase in physical tension or pain, or maybe you're finding it harder to be compassionate with yourself. Your inner critic might be louder than ever.
Stress and trauma can overload our ability to cope.
When stress and trauma overwhelm us, they can affect not just our emotions, but our thoughts, beliefs, bodies, and relationships. The coping mechanisms that helped you survive in the past—whether it’s numbing out, avoiding, or over-functioning—might now be holding you back from living fully in the present. You might feel stuck in repetitive patterns that make it hard to move forward and feel at peace.
The good news is, healing is possible. By learning how stress and trauma show up in your body and mind, processing past experiences, and adopting new tools for self-compassion and resilience, you can begin to reclaim your life. Therapy can help you regain peace, restore trust in yourself, and move forward with confidence.
Why does trauma still effect me, even though it’s over?
Many people wonder why the past can still feel so present, even years after a painful experience. It can be confusing and even discouraging to notice your body or emotions reacting as if the danger is still happening, despite knowing logically that it is not.
Our brains and bodies are designed to protect us from harm. When something overwhelming or threatening happens, the nervous system shifts into survival mode, doing whatever it needs to do to get us through. These trauma responses are not a sign of weakness. They reflect how adaptive and resourceful your system was during a time when safety felt uncertain or unavailable. Even after the threat has passed, those protective responses can remain active, leading to intense emotional reactions, feeling on edge or shut down, or being triggered by situations that do not seem to make sense on the surface.
In response to trauma, we often develop coping strategies that helped us survive at the time. These might include staying hyper-alert, disconnecting from emotions, avoiding reminders of the past, or being hard on ourselves in an effort to stay in control. While these strategies were once protective, they can eventually limit our ability to feel present, connected, and at ease in our lives.
The good news is that healing is possible. Just as your nervous system learned how to protect you during a painful chapter, it can also learn that safety exists in the present. With the right support, trauma therapy can help your body and mind gently release what they no longer need to hold onto, creating space for greater calm, connection, and a sense of wholeness. Healing happens at a pace that honors your nervous system and your story.
Stress and trauma therapy can help you:
Understand how you adapt to stress and trauma, and why certain behaviors may no longer be serving you
Learn practical tools to manage the impact of stress on your mind, emotions, and body, so you can feel more in control
Process past painful experiences, freeing yourself from old emotional baggage and creating space for healing
Cultivate more self-compassion, so you can approach yourself with understanding and care, rather than judgment and criticism
Bounce back more quickly from future stressors, with increased resilience and confidence
Stress and trauma don’t have to define your life forever.
While the pain of stress and trauma can feel overwhelming at times, you don’t have to carry it alone. Together, we can work toward the relief, healing, and emotional freedom you're seeking. You can rediscover a sense of peace and meaning, and build a more resilient future.
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