The human body is built to heal.
Trauma therapy is an invitation to begin your journey.
“The only way we can change the way we feel is by becoming aware of our inner experience and learning to befriend what is going on inside ourselves.” — Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score
Trauma can change the way we experience ourselves, others, and the world. Whether the result of a single overwhelming event or repeated experiences over time, trauma can leave us feeling disconnected, constantly on guard, or stuck in patterns that no longer serve us. Healing begins with understanding these experiences as adaptive responses to overwhelming circumstances.
Trauma can arise from many different experiences, including:
Childhood neglect, abuse, or adverse childhood experiences
High-conflict relationships or difficult breakups
The loss of someone important
Violence or assault
Witnessing distressing or life-threatening events
Medical trauma or serious illness
Chronic stress, discrimination, or emotionally unsafe environments
The human body is built to heal.
Trauma can leave the nervous system feeling constantly on alert, making it difficult to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, or navigate relationships. It can also leave us with painful beliefs about ourselves, others, and the world that continue to shape how we think, feel, and relate long after the traumatic experience has passed.
Just as the body has an innate capacity to heal physical injuries, the nervous system also has the capacity to heal from trauma. Healing means releasing the hold those experiences have on your life so they no longer define how you experience yourself, your relationships, or the world around you.
Therapy helps your nervous system rediscover a sense of safety, connection, and resilience. As healing unfolds, painful memories become less overwhelming, emotions feel more manageable, and you begin to reclaim the parts of yourself that trauma may have overshadowed. The past becomes part of your story rather than the force that shapes your present.
Therapy doesn't require having everything figured out before you begin - come as you are.
Evidence-Based Approaches to Trauma Therapy
Healing is not one-size-fits-all. Trauma affects each person differently, which is why we tailor treatment to your unique experiences, strengths, and goals. Our therapists integrate evidence-based approaches that address different aspects of trauma - from processing painful memories and reshaping unhelpful beliefs to strengthening emotional regulation and restoring connection with yourself.
Together, we determine which approaches best support your healing, creating a personalized path toward greater meaningful change.
Below are some of the evidence-based approaches we use to support trauma recovery.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Traumatic memories are not always processed and stored like ordinary memories. Instead, they can remain "stuck," continuing to trigger emotional and physical reactions long after the event has ended. EMDR helps the brain reprocess these memories through bilateral stimulation, allowing them to become more fully integrated. As memories are processed, they lose their emotional intensity, reducing distress while allowing you to remember what happened without feeling overwhelmed by it.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Trauma often leads us to develop different protective parts of ourselves as an adaptation to lived experience. Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps you develop a compassionate relationship with these parts, understand the roles they have played, and heal the wounded parts beneath them. As these internal relationships become more connected and balanced, people often experience greater self-compassion, emotional freedom and integration.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Trauma can leave the nervous system highly reactive, making it difficult to regulate emotions, tolerate distress, or maintain healthy relationships. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides practical, evidence-based skills that strengthen your ability to navigate overwhelming emotions without becoming consumed by them. Through mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, DBT helps you build practical skills to manage emotions, navigate relationships, and cope with life's challenges more effectively.
Mindfulness skills increase awareness and stay grounded in the present
Emotion Regulation skills help you understand and manage intense emotions
Distress Tolerance skills help you cope with painful situations
Interpersonal Effectiveness skills communicate needs and set healthy boundaries more effectively
Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
Traumatic experiences can change the way we understand ourselves, others, and the world, often leaving behind painful beliefs such as "I'm not safe," "It was my fault," or "I can't trust anyone." Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) helps identify and gently examine these beliefs, allowing you to process the trauma in a new way. As rigid or self-blaming beliefs begin to shift, many people experience reduced symptoms of trauma, greater self-compassion, healthier relationships, and a renewed sense of hope.