Healing the past helps you feel better and make better choices in your present and for your future.

Trauma is my specialty area, both “big T” and “little t” trauma. We all know what Big T trauma is. Those intense, sudden, life or death kinds of experiences that we can all validate as traumatic. EMDR rocks in healing these kinds of traumas!

But “little t” traumas are less acknowledged. These include the many childhood and teen experiences so many of us have had to walk through.

Things like having a depressed, anxious, critical or absent parent, parental divorce, bullying, any childhood loss, multiple moves, medical procedures, and, believe it or not, even things as seemingly insignificant as scary TV shows can be stored in an individual’s brain as trauma.

Trauma is trauma when it causes us to store information in our brain that we can’t resolve on our own and therefore has an ongoing effect on our sense of self and/or safety.

Check out the “adverse childhood experiences (ACES)” study and questionnaire to learn more.

Everyone has negative self beliefs including things like: I’m not good enough, not worthy, unloveable, have no voice, am bad, have to be perfect, it’s my fault, I’m powerless, trapped, not safe, etc.  These beliefs cause a lot of reactivity or “triggers” - emotionally, physically, and relationally.

Shifting these often deeply entrenched beliefs can make changes in all the things! That’s what I’m here to help with.🙂

The things include, but are not limited to:

  PTSD, Complex PTSD & Stress Related Disorders, Anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias, Chronic Illness and pain (Fibromyalgia, IBS, etc.), Depression and Bipolar Disorders, Dissociative Disorders, Anger Responses, Grief and loss, Relationships, Performance anxiety, Personality disorders, Stress Tolerance, Self-Esteem, Sleep Disturbance, Substance Abuse and Addiction.

And healing the things creates change in every area of your life:

Self, Home, Career, Financial, Physical, Social and Spiritual.

So what are you waiting for. Let’s heal the things!

A Word on Dissociation

Dissociation is normal and something that happens to everyone to a certain extent. But, long-term abuse in childhood - that's a different story. If it's your story, then you probably need to see a therapist who is available in-office rather than online. Make sure you find someone who really knows trauma & dissociation. It's important. You're important.