​Have you ever found yourself on high alert, scanning for danger even in safe places?
Do you avoid social situations, or brace for the worst without knowing why?
Do your reactions ever feel too big—to you, or to those around you?
Startled easily, quick to anger, overwhelmed by seemingly small triggers?

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Maybe your mind feels foggy and unfocused, or your body far away—like you’re floating just outside of yourself. Perhaps the very experience of feeling safe feels inaccessible, especially around others.

Maybe you’ve wondered, Why do I feel so much—or nothing at all?

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If any of this resonates, you might be living with the echoes of trauma.

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The Unseen Impact of Trauma

 

Trauma is as unique as the fingerprint of your nervous system—and yet, it is more common than we often acknowledge.
It can arise from a single acute incident, such as a car crash, medical emergency, assault, or natural disaster.

Or, it can accumulate over time—layer by layer—in what is known as complex trauma: emotional neglect, chronic stress, unmet needs, instability, or the quiet erosions of relational betrayal.

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So many of us walk around with these invisible burdens.

You may not even name what happened to you as trauma—but your body remembers.

Your nervous system adapted. Your responses—though they might seem puzzling now—once served as brilliant survival strategies.

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But when those same strategies get stuck in the “on” position—when you’re no longer in danger, but your body doesn’t know that—it can start to feel like you’re living a half-life: guarded, disconnected, reactive, and constantly on edge.

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You’re Not Broken—Your System Is Brilliant

 

From a somatic perspective, trauma isn’t just about what happened to you.
It’s about what happened inside you in response.

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The startle, the shutdown, the rage or the numbness—it’s not weakness, it’s wiring. It’s your body doing its best to protect you, often long after the danger has passed.

And while the past can’t be changed, the imprint it left can be tended to, metabolized, and re-patterned.

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In fact, modern neuroscience and ancient wisdom traditions agree: healing is possible.
Through safe, attuned relationship, the brain rewires. The body softens. The soul remembers its wholeness.

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What Does Trauma Therapy Look Like?

 

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to trauma work.
Our time together begins by building a felt sense of safety—where nothing in you is “too much,” “too messy,” or unwelcome.

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For some, the doorway to healing is through the body. I offer gentle somatic and mindfulness-based tools to restore your connection to your inner rhythms and cues.

Others may feel more grounded starting with words and story. Together, we can explore the events that shaped you, and how they continue to echo through your life today.

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Some people want to talk. Some want to move.
Some want to cry or scream or sit in silence.
Some want to learn coping tools and create new rituals for safety and joy.
All of it belongs. You get to choose the pace. You get to say no. You get to stay.

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This work is about restoring your agency and dignity—not pushing you into catharsis or fixing something that was never broken, but buried.

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What If I Don’t Want to Talk About the Past?

 

That’s a wise concern.
From a somatic perspective, we honor that the body carries what the mind avoids—and that “talking about it” isn’t always the path forward.
In fact, retraumatization can happen when we revisit stories before our systems are resourced to hold them.

The goal of therapy is not to dwell in suffering, but to create space for movement—emotionally, physically, relationally.

We honor the past as we reclaim the present.
We listen to what the body is asking for now.

Healing isn’t about reliving what happened. It’s about making room for what’s possible.

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As Bessel van der Kolk reminds us:

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“Trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body.”

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And here’s the hopeful part:
Just as trauma changes the brain, so does healing.
In the right conditions—safety, care, attunement—your nervous system can reorganize toward connection, vitality, and wholeness.

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My Approach

 

I bring a depth of training and personal lived experience to this work.

I am a seasoned therapist with a background in somatic therapy, embodied relational Gestalt, attachment theory, modern psychoanalysis, neuroscience, Jungian psychology, mindfulness, and indigenous wisdom traditions.

My work is rooted in a trauma-informed, anti-oppressive, body-honoring lens.

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But more than anything, I bring my full humanity.

I know what it is to walk through the fire.
And I know the quiet joy of stepping back into life—more connected, more playful, more whole.

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In our sessions, you’ll find a steady presence, a gentle curiosity, and a belief in your inherent wisdom.
We’ll tend to what hurts with care. And we’ll also make room for what’s longing to bloom in you.

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Ready to Begin?

 

If you’ve been feeling haunted by the past—or like you’ve been surviving instead of living—please know: healing is not out of reach.
Together, we can work toward a life that feels more easeful, embodied, and free.

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Whether you're navigating PTSD, complex trauma, relational wounds, or a general sense of unease, I welcome you to reach out.
There is nothing wrong with you. You are not too far gone. And you don’t have to do this alone.

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If you're ready to explore this work—or even just curious—I'd be honored to walk with you.

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Let’s begin the journey back to yourself.