Therapy for Trauma
online in indiana & colorado
Traumatic experiences don’t define who you are.
Who you became in response to them is the armor
you built when you needed protection.
Trauma doesn't always look like what you'd expect.
Sometimes it's in the anger that comes out of nowhere over something small, the way your body tenses before you even realize why, the exhaustion of being on guard all the time, scanning for danger even when you're somewhere safe, or the feeling of being disconnected from your own life, like you're watching it happen to someone else.
And underneath all of it, a part of you that learned a long time ago that staying alert was the only way to stay safe.
Trauma can sound like…
"Everything feels like a potential threat, even when I know I'm safe."
"I feel like I'm watching my life like a movie."
"Something bad is going to happen. I can feel it."
"I've talked about it a hundred times. I still don't feel any different."
"I don't know why I can't just move on. It was so long ago."
Trauma isn't just what happened to you.
It's what it came to mean about you, other people, and whether the world is safe.
My approach
Trauma has a way of making the past feel like the present.
Our work together can help you connect with what the trauma meant, what it left behind, and what your body has been holding ever since.
We'll work with the parts of you that learned to stay on guard, to avoid, and to protect. We'll help them understand that the threat has passed. We'll also explore the story trauma told you about yourself because that story is often where the deepest healing needs to happen.
WE’LL WORK TO…
Develop a felt sense of safety in your body, not just an understanding of it in your mind.
Identify the meaning trauma has had on your life and begin to change it.
Connect with the emotions underneath the experience, not just the memory of it.
Work with the parts of you that have been on guard and help them finally rest.
Heal what trauma left behind so it stops showing up in your present.
Let’s talk about…
Hypervigilance
Flashbacks
Avoidance
Shame
Self-blame
Dissociation
Distorted beliefs
Negative self-talk and low self-esteem
Generational trauma
Inner child healing
Identity
Anger
Relationships with yourself and others
And anything else that has stayed with you
what becomes possible:
Trauma makes the present feel unsafe and the past feel inescapable. On the other side of this work, your life starts to feel like yours again.
You stop bracing for the next thing to go wrong. You feel present in your own body and your own life. The anger that used to come out of nowhere makes sense and begins to quiet. You stop reliving the past and start actually living in the present.
The story trauma told you about yourself starts to lose its grip because you finally know a different one.
what that can look like:
✓ Moving through your day without waiting for something to go wrong.
✓ Feeling present in conversations instead of somewhere else entirely.
✓ Moving through hard moments without being pulled back into the past.
✓ Feeling at home in your own body, maybe for the first time.
✓ Telling your story without being consumed by it.
✓ Honoring the parts of you that kept you safe.
✓ Knowing what happened to you doesn't define who you are.
You survived.
Let’s find out what life looks like when you thrive.
Questions?
FAQs
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Trauma is the lasting emotional and psychological impact of an experience or series of experiences that felt overwhelming, threatening, or impossible to process at the time. Trauma isn't defined by the event itself but by how it affected you. Two people can go through the same experience and be impacted very differently, and both responses are valid.
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PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is a clinical diagnosis that can develop after a traumatic experience. Not everyone who experiences trauma develops PTSD, but many people carry the effects of trauma without meeting the full criteria for a diagnosis. Whether or not you have a formal diagnosis, if trauma is impacting your daily life, therapy can benefit you.
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Trauma can show up in many ways: hypervigilance, flashbacks, avoidance, emotional numbness, irritability, difficulty trusting others, dissociation, sleep disruption (nightmares, insomnia), and physical tension in the body. Sometimes symptoms appear immediately after an event, and sometimes they surface months or even years later.
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Complex trauma refers to the impact of repeated or prolonged traumatic experiences, often occurring in childhood or within close relationships. Unlike a single traumatic event, complex trauma tends to affect a person's sense of identity, ability to regulate emotions, and capacity for trust in relationships.
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Generational trauma, also called intergenerational or ancestral trauma, refers to the way unresolved trauma can be passed down through families, affecting how we think, feel, and relate to others even when we haven't experienced the original event ourselves.
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Yes. Trauma can feel permanent, but it isn't. With the right support, it's possible to process what happened, change the meaning it has held, and feel present in your life again.
Healing doesn't mean you forget what happened; it means the past no longer has the same power over your present.
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Traditional talk therapy can be helpful, but trauma often lives in the body, not just the mind.
Understanding what happened intellectually doesn't always translate to feeling differently. Trauma-informed therapy goes deeper by working with the nervous system, the body, and the parts of you that have been holding the experience, not just the story of it.
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Every person's healing journey is different. Some people experience significant changes in a relatively short time, while others need longer to work through deeper or more complex experiences. In our work together we'll move at a pace that feels safe for you.
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No. You get to share as much or as little as you're ready to share. Healing doesn't require reliving every detail of what happened; in fact, repeatedly retelling the story without connecting to the emotions underneath it can prevent you from healing.
Our work will go at your pace and in the direction that feels right for you, and you never even have to share the details of what happened for therapy to be effective.
