Trauma Informed Therapy (PTSD)

Trauma doesn't require a battlefield. It lives in the sudden loss of a loved one, a car accident, a difficult breakup, domestic violence, a natural disaster, or any experience that overwhelmed your capacity to cope. Even witnessing trauma happen to someone else can leave lasting marks. If an event continues to generate stress that feels difficult to manage, it qualifies as trauma, regardless of how significant it may seem to others or even to yourself.

Left unaddressed, trauma creates dysfunction in the brain and body that quietly limits your ability to experience love, connection, satisfaction, and presence.

Recognizing Post-Traumatic Stress

PTSD and trauma responses manifest differently in everyone, but common symptoms include:

• Difficulty sleeping, nightmares, or flashbacks

• Hypervigilance, the persistent feeling of being on guard

• Avoiding people, places, or things associated with the event

• Emotional disconnection and difficulty connecting with loved ones

• Loss of interest in things that once brought pleasure

• Increased substance use or addictive behavior

• Dissociation or feeling detached from reality

Trauma-Informed Care: From Post-Traumatic Stress to Post-Traumatic Growth

As a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) with additional training in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and extensive clinical experience in both inpatient and outpatient traumatic care, I bring a comprehensive, body-informed approach to trauma treatment. That includes the integration of yoga-assisted techniques, clinically validated for their effectiveness in treating PTSD, into the therapeutic space. Trauma lives in the body as much as the mind, and healing requires reaching both.

We cannot change what happened. We can change your body and mind's relationship to it and in doing so, reclaim the life trauma has been quietly limiting.