Trauma Therapy
Heal trauma & find peace
In person in Gilbert, AZ & Online across Arizona
You don’t have to stay stuck in survival mode. Find peace and reclaim your story…
Have you noticed? You are…
experiencing a wide range of emotional responses- from anxiety to depress to feeling numb
noticing it is getting harder to stay focused and feel productive at work
feeling overwhelmed with getting through your day
having nightmares or memory flashes pop up more often
avoiding places and people that may remind you of certain memories
Your relationships are strained and you are feeling disconnected from the people that you love and you don’t know how to change it.
This is all starting to take a toll on you and how you see yourself. You are left feeling guilty and shame which just makes everything else worse. It becomes a cycle that can’t seem to be broken. You are left to feel like there is something wrong with you.
Nothing is wrong with you
Your mind and body are stuck in the past and you just need help to move out of there.
Experiencing trauma is something that all humans will face. It is deeply distressing and can often overwhelm a persons ability to cop with it.
It affects your mind and body in both big and small ways, making life more challenging. It disrupts how we think, feel and behave. It interferes with our ability to trust others and stay engaged in relationships. We may even begin to question whether or not we have experienced trauma.
Maybe you have heard some of these or even said them to yourself…
time will make it better
just don’t think about it
that was so long ago, why are you letting it bother you know?
stop being dramatic, others have it way worse
just think positive, it will be fine
you gotta grow some tough skin to survive
These statements are clues that you have experienced some hard things that maybe you have tucked away in the back of your brain.
These statements are often said in a well-intentioned manner, however the message is clear- you need to be over it, and now.
What happens when you can’t just be over it?
Trauma does not work that way- it doesn’t just go away. It is something that you have to confront and heal so that it really can be over.
“If you never heal from what hurt you, you’ll bleed on people who didn’t cut you.”
— Anonymous
How can Trauma Therapy help:
Reduce current symptoms that are interfering with daily life
Improve your ability to feel like you can manage your emotions
Enhance feelings of self worth
Create deep and meaningful relationships
Strengthen your quality of life
Heal pain from the past so that it does not show up in your present
Understand how your brain and body work so that you are able to feel confident in life moving forward.
How do we do this?
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We will create a space where you feel secure and comfortable which is essential for this work. This may be the first time that you have truly allowed yourself to acknowledge the things you have been through and a safe container in vital. We will also explore some therapy tools that you can begin to use to help find relief.
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We will identify and unlearn beliefs that no longer serve you and reconnect with your truest self. Utilizing trauma therapy modalities such as EMDR, IFS & Brainspotting, we will find the root of where these patterns of beliefs and behaviors love. We can unlearn what is no longer needed and uncover our truest self.
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Empowering you to reclaim your life and find peace after trauma. Therapy is not meant to be forever. Life is meant for living and it is time for your to reclaim the story of your life.
Trauma Therapy can help you transform your pain so that you can regain control of your life.
Frequently asked questions about trauma therapy:
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The quickest answer is that it is an experience your brain what not ready to handle at the time. You have to take into account several factors such as your age, your family support, how the situation was handled or not handled and many more. I also ask clients to close their eyes. When you bring up the memory, does it bring up any emotions or sensations in the body? Since the body holds onto trauma, this can be a way to explore what is stored as trauma.
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The modalities that I am trained in (EMDR, IFS & Brainspotting) are body based therapist. This means that we utilize not just the thinking brain, but the feeling body to help process trauma. There is a popular book "The Body Keeps the Score," by Bessel Van Der Kolk, and I reference the title because it is a great way to imaging why we need different modalities to heal from trauma. The body is an important component to healing from trauma. We can not talk therapy our way out of somatic symptoms.
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This is a great question and does happen often. While you may not to be able to recall the details of an event, if it is stored in the memory as a negative experience, we will be able to work with it and heal it.
Different ways we can experience trauma….
A recent event such as:
a car accident, assault, sudden loss of a loved one
Ongoing trauma such as:
Bullying, domestic violence, emotional or sexual abuse, long term neglect
Complex trauma such as:
Childhood abuse, religious abuse, exploitation of a human
Developmental trauma such as:
Attachment trauma- inconsistent caregiving from primary caregivers
Secondary or Vicarious trauma such as:
Witnessing a traumatic event, professional burnout, caregiver trauma
Historical/Generational trauma such as:
Systemic violence & oppression, trauma passed down generationally
Medical trauma such as:
Serious injury or illness, birth trauma, complications related to surgery
Community or Collective trauma such as:
Experiencing a mass shooting, living in an area with high levels of violence