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Trauma therapy for women ready for something different
Somatic EMDR therapy for women navigating the effects of trauma, whether it's something that happened recently or experiences they've carried for years.
Do any of these feel true?
You don't remember much from childhood, but you struggle with anxiety or feeling connected in your closest relationships.
You've learned not to need much from others. Asking for help or depending on someone doesn't come easily.
You regularly question yourself. Am I being dramatic? Too sensitive? Am I crazy?
You have a hard time trusting yourself or your own perspective.
It's not necessarily your relationships that feel like the problem. It's your body. You don't know whether to trust it or hate it. Sometimes you feel both.
You experience flashbacks, nightmares, or physical symptoms that don't have a clear medical explanation.
Maybe a medical procedure or diagnosis changed your life in a split second, and you're still dealing with the impact.
You are in the right place.
I know trauma can be a scary word to come to terms with. You might be thinking, “My childhood wasn't that bad,” or “Other people have been through so much worse. Does what happened to me really count?”
Trauma doesn't always come with a clear memory of one awful event. Sometimes it shows up in the ways you respond to yourself, your relationships, or the world around you, even when you can't quite explain why.
Another way to understand trauma is through experiences of powerlessness or disrupted connection. Maybe there were moments when you felt alone, unprotected, or overwhelmed—and those experiences shaped how you learned to respond to yourself and others.
Whether you're dealing with the impact of a specific event or patterns that have been with you for years, you don't have to prove that what happened was bad enough to deserve attention.
Safety isn't only understood.
It is experienced.
Your head can know your life is different now, while your body continues responding to what it learned in the past.
This isn't necessarily a problem of not understanding enough. Our brains and bodies learn from experience, and some of those responses can continue long after the circumstances that shaped them have changed.
That's part of why I use EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic, body-based approaches to trauma therapy. We pay attention to more than the story of what happened. Your thoughts, emotions, memories, physical responses, and what's happening in the present are all part of the work.
The goal isn't to force your body to calm down or convince you that your reactions are irrational. It's to help your system take in new information and create more room for choice in how you respond.
The old response may still show up. It just doesn't always have to decide what happens next.
When faith is part of your story
Maybe you've prayed about what you're experiencing. You've sought wisdom, reflected on what you believe, and still find yourself wondering why certain reactions or patterns haven't changed.
If your Christian faith is an important part of your life, we can thoughtfully integrate it into your trauma therapy. This might include exploring how your faith, spiritual experiences, or beliefs intersect with trauma, attachment, and the ways you've learned to respond to yourself and others.
You don't have to choose between meaningful psychological work and your spiritual life.
Faith integration is always guided by your preferences, never assumed or imposed. You get to decide if, when, and how much faith-based language or exploration is part of our work—if any.
My approach remains grounded in somatic, attachment-focused EMDR therapy, with room for your faith when it's meaningful to you.
How we can work together
I don't work in the traditional 50-minute therapy model. Instead, I offer longer sessions that give us more room to stay with what's coming up, without immediately having to wrap up because the session is ending.
There are two ways we can work together:
Therapy intensives
A concentrated block of time focused on a particular experience, pattern, or area you want to work on.
Instead of spreading the work across multiple appointments, we set aside dedicated time to stay with what comes up, with room for preparation and integration.
Extended sessions
Ongoing therapy in sessions of 90 minutes or longer, typically meeting less often.
We have more room to settle into the work, stay with what's meaningful, and slow things down before you return to your day. The space between sessions gives you time to notice what shifts in everyday life.
You don't have to figure out the next step on your own.
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation and we'll talk about what's been coming up, what you're hoping will be different, and whether this approach feels like the right fit.
You don't need to know whether an intensive or extended sessions make the most sense. We can figure that out together.
Trauma Therapy FAQs
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This is a common question people ask when considering trauma therapy.
First off, I would encourage you to reconsider your definition of trauma.
Here are some of the Trauma definitions I work from that may help you rethink what it might be:
“When something happens to the body that is too much, too fast, or too soon, it overwhelms the body and can create trauma.” Resmaa Menakem
“Trauma is defined as an overwhelming experience that exceeds our capacity to make sense of it, no matter how resilient we are.” Janina Fisher
Trauma is not the event itself, but rather what happens in our bodies when we experience something overwhelming. Trauma is a survival response, not an event.
What happened to us (abuse, loss of a loved one, or parent’s divorce) and what didn’t happen to us (lack of emotional stability or even neglect) gets stored in our bodies.
It is imprinted in our brains because our bodies want to be prepared for when trouble strikes again.
Any experience that was overwhelming to your system, and left you with a feeling of being powerless or unprotected is considered to be trauma.
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You don't need to arrive with a perfectly organized explanation of your past. You may not have a clear memory at all, and that's okay.
We can start with the trigger, sensation, reaction, or pattern that's showing up in your life now. We don't have to find the right memory or create an explanation before there's something to work with.
And we won't assume that a particular body sensation means something happened in your past.
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EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, can be a game-changer for individuals healing from trauma. It's like a therapy superhero with a unique power to help process and make sense of distressing memories and experiences.
So, here's the deal: when you go through a traumatic event, your brain might struggle to process it properly, leaving you with lingering emotions and thoughts that can be overwhelming. EMDR steps in with its bilateral stimulation, usually in the form of side-to-side eye movements, to kind of mimic what your brain does during REM sleep. This seems to help your brain reprocess those traumatic memories in a way that takes away their intense emotional charge.
Think of it like rearranging a messy filing cabinet in your brain. EMDR helps you organize those traumatic memories into a more manageable and less distressing form. It's not about erasing the memories but about helping your brain rewire them, making them less of a heavy burden.
People often find that after EMDR sessions, the emotional charge attached to traumatic memories decreases. It's like giving your mind a chance to heal and move forward.
Of course, everyone's journey is different, and what works wonders for one person might be a different experience for another. But many individuals have found EMDR to be a valuable tool in their healing toolbox when it comes to dealing with the aftermath of trauma.
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Yes! EMDR can be helpful for recent traumatic experiences, not just things that happened years ago.
If you've recently experienced something frightening or overwhelming and are dealing with flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, or difficulty functioning in your daily life, you don't necessarily have to wait for those symptoms to become a long-term problem before seeking support.
EMDR can help you process what happened and address the symptoms you're experiencing. Depending on your circumstances, meaningful relief may be possible in a relatively small number of sessions.
If you're struggling after a recent event, reach out for a consultation. We can explore whether EMDR might be a good fit for you.
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Recent interactions with Evangelicals have left you confused, hurt and deeply impacted your relationships with yourself, your faith and with God.
The last time you tried to go to a Bible study or service you had a panic attack.
Now, the idea of going to church or faith related activity causes your chest to tighten and your heart to race.
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Ready to be on the receiving end of care?
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Yes! I love serving clinicians.
If you're a therapist, chances are your own story has played a role in why you do this work.
You spend so much time holding space for other people's experiences. Your own story deserves attention, too.
Whether you're continuing your own healing work or recognizing something that needs more attention, we can explore what support might look like for you.