If you have experienced emotional, physical, relational, or sexual trauma, you know how much this impacts your life! This may be changes in self-worth and self-esteem, difficulties trusting others or yourself, an impaired sense of safety, trouble connecting with others, depressed mood, fear and anxiety, and reoccuring memories of distressing events.

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Therapy may be a vital piece of healing from past trauma.

Our body stores trauma, and therapy can help you gain back control over your ability to switch your body from fight or flight to relaxation when needed.

Trauma changes the way we view ourselves, others, and the world. Therapy will also help with reprocessing traumatic events, challenging unhelpful thoughts about yourself, others, and the world that keep you stuck, and reclaiming your life after trauma!

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I am trained in EMDR Therapy, an evidenced based treatment for healing from trauma. You can find me on the EMDRIA Directory. 

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For more detailed information regarding EMDR, please visit: HERE

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Anxiety is a normal human emotion, but for some anxiety can be completely overwhelming, preoccupy their thoughts, and disturb their relationships and ability to enjoy events.

 

Anxiety consists of a combination of physical symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and behavioral symptoms.

1. Physical symptoms include a heightened fight or flight response, such as racing heart, quick breathing, tension, and nausea, as well as exhaustion, changes in appetite, nervousness, restlessness, and more.

2. Cognitive symptoms include excessive worrying, self-doubt, fears, perfectionism, self-criticism and judgment, and intrusive thoughts.

3. Behavioral symptoms are the things we do when we are anxious that unintentionally worsen anxiety, such as avoidance of events that increase anxiety despite no threat, reassurance seeking behaviors, people pleasing, and difficulty expressing thoughts and needs to others.

Therapy will help you learn ways to calm your body and achieve relaxation, practice being more present in your life and engaged in meaningful behaviors, Become more aware of tendencies that keep you stuck, and challenge unhelpful thinking patterns.

Have you noticed that you are compassionate, understanding, and kind to others when they suffer, fail or struggle but you do not treat yourself the same way when you suffer, fail, or struggle? If so, this may mean you are struggling with self-compassion.

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Self-compassion is the ability to mindfully experience an upsetting event, validate our emotions, treat ourselves with genuine understanding and kindness when we suffer, acknowledge that suffering is a human experience, and act in ways that are soothing, encouraging and comforting during challenging times.

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I strongly believe in the power of self-compassion in healing from anxiety, depression, and trauma.